Funeral service for conductor and musician Mstislav Rostropovich

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(29 Apr 2007) SHOTLIST • 1. Wide of the Christ the Saviour Cathedral, where the funeral service for renowned cellist Mistslav Rostropovich is being held • 2. Mourners queuing at the cathedral entrance • 3. Tilt down from Cathedral dome to gathered crowd • 4. Woman holding flowers at service • 5. Naina Yeltsin standing over coffin • 6. Close of coffin • 7. Wide of Naina Yeltsin and daughters at service • 8. Wide of Rostropovich's widow Galina Vishnevskaya sitting in chair • 9. Close of Galina Vishnevskaya with mourner • 10. Various of mourners • 11. SOUNDBITE: (Russian) Boris Bressler, Theatre Director, Vox pop: • (He was) a saint of a man and a genius. We cannot find anybody else with his combination of qualities; humanity, spirit, genius, creativity, simplicity... I cannot compare him with somebody else. • 12. Wide of queue of mourners • 13. SOUNDBITE: (Russian) Aina Zhuravleva, Musician, Vox pop: • On the day we heard (Rostropovich had died) we just cried. We could not believe that Rostropovich has left and we could not hold back tears. We could not understand why such a strong personality went away. He was such a remarkable (figure) for our country, for Russia, and generally for the whole world. He was a citizen of the world. • 14. Close of flowers • STORYLINE • Mourners gathered in Moscow on Sunday, to pay their final respects to Mistslav Rostropovich, one of Russia's most celebrated cellists and conductors who died on Friday aged 80. • The funeral service for the legendary maestro was held at the Christ the Saviour Cathedral and was attended by Naina Yeltsin, widow of former Russian President Boris Yeltsin, who also died last week. • Rostropovich's widow, famous opera singer Galina Vishnevskaya, and his two daughters Olga and Elena accepted condolences from mourners. • Throughout the day, dozens of people queued outside Cathedral, some brought flowers, while others lit candles for the renowned musician. • Boris Bressler, a theatre director who had come to pay his respects to Rostropovich and his family, described Rostropovich as a saint of a man and a genius . • We cannot find anybody else with his combination of qualities; humanity, spirit, genius creativity, simplicity... I cannot compare him with somebody else, he said. • Aina Zhuravleva, a musician from Moscow, said she was overwhelmed with emotion when she learned of Rostropovich's death. • We could not believe that Rostropovich has left and we could not hold back tears. We could not understand why such a strong personality went away. He was such a remarkable (figure) for our country, for Russia, and generally for the whole world. He was a citizen of the world, she said. • Rostropovich was widely admired for his musical mastery and his defiance of Soviet repression. • He fought for the rights of Soviet-era dissidents and spent much of his life in a self-imposed exile. • He later returned and triumphantly played Johann Sebastian Bach suites below the crumbling Berlin Wall. • The composer, who returned to Russia last month after years of living in Paris, had suffered from intestinal cancer. • Rostropovich was due to be buried later on Sunday in Moscow's Novodevichy Cemetery - where the graves of his teachers, celebrated musicians and composers, Dmitry Shostakovich and Sergei Prokofiev also lie. • • Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork • Twitter: / ap_archive • Facebook: / aparchives • Instagram: / apnews • • • You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...

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