Able Quote by Michael Tilson Thomas

Audiences, whether they're seeing a film or a reading or whatever it is, a concert, they decide very quickly what kind of show it…

— Laurie Anderson

Symphonic orchestras have almost become a glut in the market.

— Skitch Henderson

You probably think of the orchestra as a heterogeneous mass of instruments producing a confused agreeable mass of sound. You do not listen for…

— Arnold Bennett

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

— Colin Wilson

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

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

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

— Simon Rattle

In superficial terms, to have an orchestral career is to be better than others, or at least to be chosen over others on that…

— Stephen Hough

Symphony is the ability to see the big picture, connect the dots, combine disparate things into something new. Visual artists in particular are good…

— Daniel H. Pink

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

— Andris Nelsons

I currently spend a lot of time thinking about orchestration and every detail of a piece.

— Gavin Bryars

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