I think Quote by David Ogden Stiers

Orchestras seem content to be museums now, even as they wring their hands about dropping subscription sales and graying listeners.

— Allan Kozinn

Ergo, because of the money problem, it is probable that our orchestras will soon go down in quality.

— Lara St. John

Concert-going has become much less the thing to do, while people are still going to opera. This might be a harsh judgment, but it…

— Jeffrey Tate

I will never master this craft. Orchestras are very, very forthcoming with me.

— David Ogden Stiers

To this day I am indulgent toward orchestras that are trying to lift themselves in the world, while critics are busy assuring them that…

— Robertson Davies

Symphonic orchestras have almost become a glut in the market.

— Skitch Henderson

I sometimes feel it is to my disadvantage that I have not conducted the Cleveland Orchestra or the Boston or Chicago symphonies, but then…

— Zubin Mehta

Orchestras are like people. They're the sonic embodiment of their community.

— Simon Rattle

We still listen to the original lush arrangements with the orchestras.

— Jane Lynch

People ordinarily don't think of their orchestras as important as we'd like them to be. People don't care about their friends and neighbors who…

— David Ogden Stiers

But still as compared to many, many orchestras in the world, I think you find a lot more new music and living composers on…

— Michael Tilson Thomas

I want to take the great tradition of the orchestra within me, to take what the orchestra offers.

— Andris Nelsons