Leonard Bernstein Quote by Haruki Murakami

“We are the conductors of the beauty of the orchestra of our inner lives. Keep a Händel on it and don't hold Bach!”

— Tom Althouse

“Classical music is not really my thing, and I know absolutely nothing about it. If you told me you saw Brendel play Brahms last…

— David Rosenfelt

Do you know that my very first experience as a composer was a 'Concerto for Accordion?'

— Alfred Schnittke

“In the symphonic world, musically inclined industrialists and financiers were having problems of a different sort with the New York Philharmonic. The old German…

— Mike Wallace

A Composition on the Piano

— Johann Sebastian Bach

“At breakfast, I might pass a Brahms symphony in my head. Then I am called to the phone, and half an hour later I…

— Arthur Rubinstein

Every orchestra is different. Sometimes, you're blown away by a particular musician. If I'm playing the Brahms concerto, it's crucial to have a great…

— Joshua Bell

“This one is the Andante Moderato from his sixth symphony. It’s uplifting. Way uplifting. We won’t have you listen to the rest of the…

— Terez Mertes Rose

I got to compose for a full symphony orchestra.

— Jack Conte

“Just like life. Each person was like one line of music, but nobody knew what the symphony sounded like. Only the conductor had the…

— Janet Fitch

The real Brahms is nothing more than a sentimental voluptuary. rather tiresomely addicted to dressing himself up as Handel or Beethoven and making a…

— George Bernard Shaw

“The novelist is like the conductor of an orchestra, his back to the audience, his face invisible, summoning the experience of music for the…

— Sol Stein