Orchestra Quotes - Page 19

• I often conduct an orchestra in my sleep; my orchestras are so huge that the back desks of the violas vanish into the horizon. And everything is so wonderful.

  Jean Sibelius

  Sleep, Horizon, Wonderful

  Jean Sibelius' remarks to Jussi Jalas, August 27, 1943.

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• For an instant God opens his door and His orchestra plays the Fifth Symphony.

  Jean Sibelius

  Doors, Play, Symphony

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• At every concert I've sensed a certain insecurity about the tempo. It's clearly marked 80...uh, 69.

  Eugene Ormandy

  Funny, Insecurity, Concerts

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• In or orchestra we have many nationalities, types, and temperaments.

  Artur Rodzinski

  Type, Temperament, Nationality

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• During a rehearsal of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony the members of the orchestra were so overwhelmingly moved by the conducting of Arturo Toscanini that they rose as one man and applauded him. When the spontaneous cheering has subsided, Toscanini turned to his men, tears glistening in his eyes. "Please . . . please! Don't do this! You see, gentlemen, it isn't me you should applaud. It's Beethoven!"

  James Keller

  Cheer, Eye, Men

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• Even when you are not playing you are holding me back.

  Eugene Ormandy

  Funny, Holding On

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• My relationship with the Philharmonia Orchestra brought me many times to London and I will always reflect positively on that early period of development with them - their patience, their warmth, their dedication.

  Gustavo Dudamel

  Patience, Dedication, Development

  "Gustavo Dudamel and London: a special relationship" by Marshall Marcus, www.theguardian.com. June 19, 2012.

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• I was much more interested in the orchestra than the piano, but I did become fairly proficient as a pianist and my teachers felt I had talent and wanted me to become a good concert pianist and earn my living that way.

  Alan Hovhaness

  Teacher, Piano, Way

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• Symphonic orchestras have almost become a glut in the market.

  Skitch Henderson

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• I don't feel that the conductor has real power. The orchestra has the power, and every member of it knows instantaneously if you're just beating time.

  Itzhak Perlman

  Real, Members, Feels

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• Right now I just finished writing the music for a Rugrats feature film and the third week of September I go to London, and the Orchestra is going to perform the score.

  Mark Mothersbaugh

  Writing, Fog, London

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• Every culture from the Egyptians to the Mayans to the American Indians to the Bedouins created bestiaries that enabled them to express their relationship with nature. Ashes and Snow is a 21st-century bestiary filled with species from around the world. Nature’s orchestra includes not just Homo sapiens but elephants, whales, manatees, eagles, cheetahs, orangutans, and many others.

  Gregory Colbert

  Elephants, Eagles, Whales

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• On the other hand, when I give it closer thought, I realize I'm not enough of a dictator to conduct an orchestra because it requires a pretty awful person. When you read these biographies of famous conductors, they are all awful people who fail in their private relationships.

  Eberhard Weber

  Hands, People, Giving

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• In the orchestra of a great kitchen, the sauce chef is a soloist.

  Fernand Point

  Food, Cooking, Kitchen

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