Can do Quote by Martin Fowler

We can't afford big symphonies but we commission works that sound rich and symphonic because of the nature of the instrumentation and the people…

— Graeme Murphy

I attempt to compose symphonies, although it is clear to me that logically it is pointless.

— Alfred Schnittke

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

— Elliott Carter

I have written six symphonies, they are smaller-scale works. I seem to emit my themes, work them out, combine and intertwine them, and then…

— Barbara Harbach

There's not an orchestra in the world that doesn't have weaknesses. None of us can play everything well. The repertoire is just too big.

— Leonard Slatkin

I don't believe in a composer who is only able to compose, who can't play or conduct, can only use a computer. If that…

— Krzysztof Penderecki

Composing music is hard work.

— John Williams

All these tales of people sitting down and composing symphonies just as though they were writing a letter are very much exaggerated; at least,…

— George Gershwin

If I weren't the way I am, I shouldn't write my symphonies.

— Gustav Mahler

Writing a play, you start with less, so more is demanded of you. It's as if you have to not only write a symphony,…

— David Ives

The better the orchestra, often the harder it is to conduct, not the other way around.

— Simon Rattle

Remember Haydn's 104 symphonies. Not all of them were great. But there were 104 of them.

— Raymond Carver