Orchestras Quotes

43 quotes by 32 authors

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… — George Bernard Shaw
I'm too busy playing. When I'm playing I don't pay attention to who's listening. When I was listening I listened to symphony orchestras, Beethoven, Bach,… — Charles Mingus
As major orchestras around the world are gripped in various kinds of crises and upheaval, we need to be sure that we are bringing up… — James Levine
Few tears will be shed over the demise of the East German army, but what about East Germanyâ€™s eighty symphony orchestras, bound to lose some… — Bob Simon
We ought to approach this challenge [of global warming] with a sense of profound joy and gratitude: that we are the generation about which, a… — Al Gore
I've watched the demise of the Hollywood orchestra, the house orchestras of the big studios. — Skitch Henderson
Symphonic orchestras have almost become a glut in the market. — Skitch Henderson
I also work with the regular orchestras in Munich, Germany and other similar orchestras. — Skitch Henderson
For many years, the government of Canada has massively supported orchestras and the arts in general. — Lara St. John
When I lived in rural Oxfordshire, I was walking home across a field when I stroked a cow. The damn thing butted me in the… — Mark Lawrenson
Orchestras have become used to the emphasis on the separation of layers, of the ultimate precision and clarity. — Esa-Pekka Salonen
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… — Jean Sibelius
There was a time, from 1935-1946, when teenagers and young adults danced to jazz-orientated bands. When jazz orchestras dominated pop charts and when influential clarinettists… — Scott Yanow
Next year I'm going to be a guesting soloist with orchestras all over Europe, to start off with. — Keith Emerson
I went to study some orchestration stuff because I got so inspired working with all the orchestras. — Dido Armstrong
I've worked with some great orchestras and amazing classical musicians, but I don't like the conceptualization of classical music as an elitist form of art. — Serj Tankian
Composers love to write for symphony orchestras because the symphony is the Rolls Royce of musical instruments. — David Del Tredici
I did the one concert, and I was not bitten by the conducting bug, and I thought I was done, but then the phone started… — Bobby McFerrin
And what unity is to be had, at a time when orchestras are dying out, and when opera houses are about to close their doors;… — Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
In Hamburg, there are three major orchestras, an opera house, and one of the great concert-hall acoustics in Europe at the Laeiszhalle, in a town… — Jeffrey Tate

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