#orchestra

I've watched the demise of the Hollywood orchestra, the house orchestras of the big studios. ↗

— Skitch Henderson

#big studios #demise #hollywood #house #i

The actor is concerned with his own bit of it, but the director's somehow trying to work the whole thing into a much bigger picture. It's like conducting an orchestra. ↗

— Roland Joffe

#bigger #bigger picture #bit #concerned #conducting

In Berlin I especially enjoyed the orchestral concerts, and I attended a large number of them. I formed the acquaintance of a good many musicians, several of whom spoke of my playing in high terms. ↗

— James Weldon Johnson

#attended #berlin #concerts #enjoyed #especially

It's nice not to have the majority of the attention on me like there is when playing a concerto with an orchestra. ↗

— Leila Josefowicz

#concerto #like #majority #me #nice

Show me an orchestra that likes its conductor and I'll show you a lousy conductor. ↗

— Goddard Lieberson

#i #likes #lousy #me #orchestra

A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd. ↗

— Max Lucado

#back #crowd #his #lead #man

When you play a concerto with a small orchestra, you don't feel it is as important as Carnegie Hall. You try to work out all the little problems. Once that's all done, trust comes in. ↗

— Itzhak Perlman

#carnegie hall #comes #concerto #done #feel

My brother Leon started it all. He played the piano. In school they made me leader of the orchestra because I played the violin, but I followed Leon and the boys in his jazz band around. ↗

— Louis Prima

#band #because #brother #followed #his

Only when every one of us and every nation learns the secret of love for all mankind will the world become a great orchestra, following the beat of the Greatest Conductor of all. ↗

— Artur Rodzinski

#become #conductor #every #every nation #following

I think my playing has been orchestral throughout the years, and this is another way of expressing that. But I primarily see it as the ultimate accomplishment of a musician. Composing makes me feel like I've finally gotten all the way up the ladder as a musician. ↗

— Tony Williams

#another #another way #been #composing #expressing