Audience Quote by Laurie Anderson

But a large symphony orchestra basically is a repertory company and it has a very enormous repertoire and it is important for the performers…

— Michael Tilson Thomas

Its just that, when the orchestra look at me, I want them to see a completely involved person who reflects what we rehearsed, and…

— James Levine

There are two golden rules for an orchestra: start together and finish together. The public doesn't give a damn what goes on in between.

— Thomas Beecham

A symphony is a stage play with the parts written for instruments instead of for actors.

— Colin Wilson

It is against the spirit of our non-discriminating times to openly prefer one sort of music to another, so let's just say that hearing…

— Howard Jacobson

Orchestration is part of the very soul of the work. A work is thought out in terms of the orchestra, certain tone-colors being inseparable…

— Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

The game is if the orchestra can hear each other, they play better. If they play better and there's a tangible feeling between the…

— Frank Gehry

When you put the musical in front of an audience, you get to see how the audience reacts.

— Jennifer Damiano

An audience is an abstraction; it has no taste. It must depend on the only person who has (pardon, should have), the conductor.

— Igor Stravinsky

There is something about the live performance of an orchestra that makes it very different to a film. With a film, you can rewrite…

— Gael Garcia Bernal

Normally classical music is set up so you have professionals on a stage and a bunch of audience - it's us versus them. You…

— David Lang

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