During the course of the Gergiev Festival in Rotterdam, Gubaidulina's orchestral work “The Rider on the White Horse” received its world premiere on 21 September 2002. This work is an orchestral extract from her works “St. John Passion” and “St. John Easter,” the “Intermedium” of which is incorporated into the work. Gubaidulina: “In the present orchestral work, however, the passion level is so condensed that it has been more or less melted down to a single point, a kind of turning point. (...) Th...