#on

Great cataclysmic things can go by and neither the orchestra nor the conductor are under the delusion that whether they make this or that gesture is going to be the deciding factor in how it comes out. ↗

— James Levine

#comes #conductor #deciding #delusion #factor

I have a big problem with conductors who gesture a lot. ↗

— James Levine

#big problem #conductors #gesture #i #lot

It has to be able to play at the maximum expression and communication in every style, and the only way you can do that is - like Verdi said - working with a file, every day, little by little, until the orchestra's collective qualities emerge. ↗

— James Levine

#collective #communication #day #emerge #every

It was just that we had this phenomenal honeymoon relationship that just kept on going. ↗

— James Levine

#going #had #honeymoon #just #kept

It's just that, when the orchestra look at me, I want them to see a completely involved person who reflects what we rehearsed, and whose function is to make it possible for them to do it. ↗

— James Levine

#function #i #involved #just #look

More and more couples are having this negotiation or discussion, but I'm still amazed at the number who aren't and where the cultural norm sort of kicks in and they just assume that mom's got to be the one who stays home, not dad. ↗

— James Levine

#amazed #assume #couples #cultural #dad

There is no relationship between the gestures and what an orchestra will do. ↗

— James Levine

#gestures #orchestra #relationship #will

We found that when people put this issue on the table, it turns out that men acknowledge the issue, and employers and employees can work out solutions just as working mothers do. ↗

— James Levine

#employees #employers #found #issue #just

We're in the midst of an evolution, not a revolution. ↗

— James Levine

#midst #revolution

Where my tastes in music are concerned, I'm a real maximalist. ↗

— James Levine

#i #music #real #tastes #where