All Neville Marriner Quotes
- Most Beethoven symphonies require 80 or more instruments, and the late romantics even more. Beethoven
- Taste is changing, style is changing, and players abilities are changing. Abilities
- As you know, there are certain languages that lend themselves very easily to vocal use. Certain
- There are some sounds that English singers find quite difficult to manipulate. Difficult
- I think the quality of something like the Beveridge, for instance, will have a life of its own. Beveridge
- If the (British) Arts Council give you money, they also tell you how to spend it. Art
- Music is a continuum and the modern and avant-garde composers of today will be part of the standard repertoire 30 years from now. Avant
- So I've never found there was any particular separation between the two cultures at all, musically speaking. All
- We don't want other people poking into our artistic pie. Artistic
- I would like new people with new ideas to come into it and change it. Change
- Mozart has written opera, symphony, sacred and chamber music - not to mention his piano and violin concerti. Chamber
- Initially we performed in halls with capacities of 1,000. Capacities
- The awful thing about a conductor becoming geriatric is that you seem to become more desirable, not less. Awful
- Before, we may have taken part in it without even thinking it was American Jewish, but in this case, I think, you have now perhaps… American
- But the most important test is to take them on tour and see if you can bear to spend time with them. Bear
- I think we were all frustrated with our daily routine. All
- If we perform the romantic repertoire we need more musicians. More
- One thing we were looking for from the start was players who really fit together, who sounded in tune. Fit
- So I think we got together as the Academy to give ourselves that sort of responsibility and to play well. Academy
- So in one leap we had gone from being a friendly society to something almost professional. Almost Professional
- This American Jewish music is a new experience for us at least consciously. American
- One of the great virtues, apart from the pleasure of performing these works, is that it's opened up an entirely new, expansive repertoire of American… American