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Did you play? It sounded very good. Eugene Ormandy
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Did you play? It sounded very good. Eugene Ormandy
The great actors are the luminous ones. They are the great conductors of the stage. Ethel Barrymore
I was starting a group of musicians and we had a group of young composers in Finland back in the ’70s, and the real conductors, the professional conductors at the time were not interested in our stuff. Esa-Pekka Salonen
Classic music somehow changed, and it changed between the first and the second world wars, and somehow what happened was that the hero that had been the composer, the hero now was the performer, and especially the conductor. Esa-Pekka Salonen
There was this kind of mildly annoying mythology about conductor Like biker should riding a Harley-Davidson on an LP cover, and wearing a sort of a leather suit. Esa-Pekka Salonen
Somehow, conductor as this superhuman conduit between the masters and the masterpieces and the immortals. Esa-Pekka Salonen
The greatest contribution jazz has made in music has been to replace the role of the conductor with a member of the ensemble who, instead of waving his arms to keep time and convey mood, is an active member of the musical statement. That person is the drummer. Elvin Jones
Nothing, that is say no one, can be such an inexorable tour-conductor as one’s own conscience or sense of duty, if one allows either the upper hand: the self-bullying that goes on in the name of sight-seeing is grievous. Elizabeth Bowen
As the bus slowed down at the crowded bus stop, the Pakistani bus conductor leaned from the platform and called out, \”Six only!\” The bus stopped. He counted on six passengers, rang the bell, and then, as the bus moved off, called to those left behind: \”So sorry, plenty of room in my heart – … Read more
As a conductor I find the hardest tasks are to listen to the instinct of a musician and to hear the music behind the notes. Edward Gardner