"There is a terrible conservatism, like a cancer,……" — Charles Hazlewood
"There is a terrible conservatism, like a cancer, right in the heartlands of music-making, a tremendous resistance to change, an absolute horror of the idea that more people might connect with music. That infuriates me more than I can say."
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Charles Hazlewood
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17 Quotes by Charles Hazlewood
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[As a conductor] there has to be, between me and the orchestra, an unshakable bond of trust, born out of…
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For too long, musicians have been the greatest enemy of music. Their lack of desire to proselytize is a kind…
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I hate playing the piano! And it's so hard to fight for Beethoven's soul! But that's what I have to…
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Mozart, Beethoven - how can you not want to share them with everyone and anyone? This stuff is of as…
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Music is a lens through which to see who we are. Every phrase of every piece of music is trying…
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Our pop scene is among the best in the world because there are 300 languages spoken on the streets of…
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When I analyse the music, I can get really extreme.
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I spend so much of my time working away, but I love being here. My family is in Somerset, and…
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All roads for me lead back to Mozart. In his tragically short life, he breathed new life, fire and meaning…
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Parallels between classical and pop are not new. The whole San Francisco movement of John Cage and Terry Riley went…
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Classical music has become rarefied, like a maiden aunt that nobody wants to talk to.
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