Symphony Orchestras Quotes

20 quotes by 19 authors

No symphony orchestra ever played music like a two-year-old girl laughing with a puppy. — Bernard Williams
The director is a bit analogous to the conductor of a symphony orchestra. It's a collaborative adventure. — Nicholas Meyer
Consciousness is somehow a by-product of the simultaneous, high frequency firing of neurons in different parts of the brain. It's the meshing of these frequencies… — Francis Crick
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
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
I used to think that running an organization was equivalent to conducting a symphony orchestra. But I don't think that's quite it; it's more like… — Warren G. Bennis
You can play Bach on the piano, a symphony orchestra or a quartet of saxophones, but let's stop this silly, childish business of knit your… — Paul McCreesh
The Russian composers, especially, tricked the symphony orchestra into the kind of dynamic, rhythmic thing — Gerry Mulligan
I would think, of all the saxophones, the baritone would be the most logical instrument if anybody was adding a voice to the symphony orchestra. — Gerry Mulligan
But a large symphony orchestra basically is a repertory company and it has a very enormous repertoire and it is important for the performers to… — Michael Tilson Thomas
Have you seen a symphony orchestra? There is a person at the back carrying a triangle. Now and again the conductor will point to him… — Desmond Tutu
Composers love to write for symphony orchestras because the symphony is the Rolls Royce of musical instruments. — David Del Tredici
Thank God for that. You can shut them, say, 'Hold on a moment.' You play God to it. But who has ever torn himself from… — Ray Bradbury
Music will still be a big part of our environment. The Bible talks about choirs of angels and how there is singing in Heaven. We're… — David Berg
If a professional musician in a symphony orchestra is playing Beethoven. But this particular orchestra have played this particular chestnut so many times, they can… — Robert Fripp
And over the last ten years, after my work with the Brodsky Quartet, I had the opportunity to write arrangements for chamber group, chamber orchestra,… — Elvis Costello
God comes to us in theater in the way we communicate with each other, whether it be a symphony orchestra, or a wonderful ballet, or… — Julie Harris
And at the same time, I had my very first concert at the age of 16. I hadn't heard a symphony orchestra before, and I… — Kurt Masur
When you hear a large symphony orchestra. for instance, in a concert hall, there's a big, sweeping sound that just doesn't get on to a… — Teddy Wilson
The symphony orchestra had played poorly, so the conductor was in a bad mood. That night he beat his wife--because the music hadn't been beautiful… — George Carlin

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