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We interviewed Leonard Nimoy the other day: he will narrate Peter and the Wolf this weekend, a holiday tradition! And the pointy-eared one had a, well, lapse of his dignified Vulcan composure. But in a good way. (Really, this man can do no harm.) Hear him sing Prokofiev and quack like a duck. Nimoy is a wildly charming man.
He will be part of a family show with the SF Symphony Youth Orchestra led by Benjamin Shwartz. It's Benjamin last time conducting this holiday favorite, we're sad to see him leave the SF Symphony at the end of the season.
(To read the rest of Nimoy's interview, follow the jump.)
We asked Leonard if, after doing Peter and the Wolf, he was not worried about being typecast as a Russian peasant, and he shrugged: It happens that I'm descended from Russians, my parents were Russian immigrants, so that might be appropriate. I'd go for that! Actually, Leonard has been doing this role for a while: Peter and the Wolf, it's a very popular piece. I've done it several times before. In my business, you cannot be 77yo and haven't done Peter and the Wolf, it's impossible, you can't do that.
And Leonard, what's your San Francisco connection: I directed a movie, which was called Star Trek IV: the voyage home, most of it was shot in SF. Does that count? You bet! We had a great time, we shot all over the place, we shot on the Golden Gate bridge. We haven't seen it, but it's ok, you don't have to apologize, there are a lot of people who have not seen a Star Trek movie, you are not alone. Plus, he assures us it's a fun movie.
He officially has retired from movies, but guess what? What could possibly bring me out of retirement other than a Star Trek movie. That's the only thing I would come out for. They wrote a wonderful script, it's going to be a great movie. Coming out in May to a theater near you. I owe a lot to Star Trek obviously, it was a great influence in my life, it gave me the opportunity to work all around the world on some projects, and gave me the opportunity to become a director. And they told me there was a Star Trek movie that needed me to come and play Spock, I'm happy to go.
Forty-three years of Star Trek, and still going strong. And his singing is as good as ever!
Peter and the Wolf
Narrated by Leonard Nimoy, with the SF Symphony Youth Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Shwartz,
Saturday, Dec 13, 2008 2:00pm at the Flint Center (Cupertino)
Sunday, Dec 14, 2008 1:00pm and 4:00pm at Davies Symphony Hall
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Of course ST IV has the wonderful moment where they park their Klingon spaceship in Golden Gate Park and Kirk says, "OK everybody remember where we parked."
In the new movie they just get Computer to print out a fake handicapped placard.