Aggressive Quote by Wayne McGregor

“The orchestra sounds a flourish. A chap with a chrysanthemum in his buttonhole comes to the front and explains that a couple will now…

— Erich Maria Remarque

I'm particularly keen on promoting this [Nikolai] Medtner piece, Night Wind, because I feel it is a fantastic work that hasn't been given its…

— Marc-Andre Hamelin

It's Messiaen's Turangalila Symphony I'm really looking forward to. Simon Rattle does it perfectly: he understands its primal rhythmic life force, and he and…

— Charles Hazlewood

“When at last I feel ready to tackle the whole of the piece, I begin slowly, delighting in the silvery tone of this violin…

— Pat Lowery Collins

“The Moscow audience had of course heard it many times before, but Van’s interpretation was extraordinary. The work’s thundering octaves and delicate filigree were…

— Stuart Isacoff

“But that afternoon there was an orchestra playing. Music filling the brownstone. Black fingers pulling violin bows and strumming cellos, dark lips around horns,…

— Jacqueline Woodson

I think this orchestra's strengths involve drama and voice.

— James Levine

Nothing can grab you by the throat - or heart or soul - like an orchestra. It's undeniably the most engaging and exciting way…

— Michael Giacchino

“Music has always assuaged my lacerations, brightened my hours, added glow to my little joys and given wings to my fantasy flights.”

— Balroop Singh

“I've always felt that the performance of a raag resembles a novel - or at least the kind of novel I'm attempting to write.…

— Vikram Seth

Good music resembles something. It resembles the composer.

— Jean Cocteau

His style has the desperate jauntiness of an orchestra fiddling away for dear life on a sinking ship.

— Edmund Wilson