About Quote by Jonny Greenwood

When I first wrote for orchestra, I didn't realize, when you have 20 people playing a violin line, that is very different than one…

— David Del Tredici

Why write for the orchestra? For one thing it's a very challenging problem.

— Elliott Carter

I never thought that I would write orchestra music, but in fact I did write a group of orchestra pieces.

— Paul Lansky

I've done shows with orchestras, and I like writing with orchestras.

— Bryan Ferry

Writing orchestra music, you need for the emotional content to come from everyone doing everything together, adding up as it goes, a crowd mentality.

— Nico Muhly

Not everybody gets to record with an orchestra, and not everybody that gets to record with an orchestra gets to write all their own…

— Harry Connick, Jr

It's so important which musicians we choose for being in the orchestra.

— Andris Nelsons

Normally when you write for an orchestra, you think about melody and harmony and countermelody.

— Ludwig Goransson

Part of what I enjoy about writing classical music is communicating through the score and collaborating with such amazing musicians.

— Bryce Dessner

If an ensemble - I don't care if it's a duet or a forty-piece orchestra - the musicians, the two of them or the…

— John Densmore

You have to change your mind with every orchestra because every orchestra has a different character.

— Kurt Masur

When I want 30 musicians in the orchestra, I get 30.

— Les Baxter