“incredibly good training for the orchestra.”
Huw Edwards
“Orchestras only need to be sworn at, and a German is consequently at an advantage with them, as English profanity, except in America, has not gone beyond a limited technology of perdition.”
George Bernard Shaw
“It never really sounds the same. It's sort of like a good symphony orchestra playing a Mozart symphony. You can play it and sit on your ass and nothing happens, or you can play it and make it feel fresh. And that's what this band does.”
Lou Blue Marini
“Essentially, the [New York] Philharmonic is just like any other orchestra-they all have the spirit of kids, and if you scratch away a little of the fatigue and cynicism, out comes a 17-year-old music student again, full of wonder, exuberance and a tremendous love of music.”
Zubin Mehta
“Conductors must give unmistakable and suggestive signals to the orchestra, not choreography to the audience.”
George Szell
“I'm not interested in having an orchestra sound like itself. I want it to sound like the composer.”
Leonard Bernstein
“It is extraordinary - the orchestra tells you so much about the stage and what's going on,”
Pat Miller
