#orchestra

There is much modern music that is better adapted to a wind combination than to a string, although for obvious reasons originally scored for an orchestra. If in such cases the interpretation is equal to the composition the balance of a wind combination is more satisfying. ↗

— John Philip Sousa

#although #balance #better #cases #combination

Next year I'm going to be a guesting soloist with orchestras all over Europe, to start off with. ↗

— Keith Emerson

#going #i #next #next year #off

While there used to be one or two Pops orchestras, now there are all kinds of European orchestras that suddenly look upon this as a golden wand that can enable them to make money recording this music. ↗

— Skitch Henderson

#european #golden #kinds #look #make

It was both exciting and frustrating to work with an orchestral group. ↗

— Ken Hensley

#exciting #frustrating #group #orchestral #work

I had a big background in listening to classical music and I started trying to compose, like I was playing the guitar but I heard an orchestra in my head. ↗

— John Fahey

#big #classical #classical music #compose #guitar

Last year in Germany at a town hall in Leipzig there was a game music concert played by the orchestra and some of the Final Fantasy scores were played. This year there is another concert scheduled in the same location, for game music. ↗

— Nobuo Uematsu

#concert #fantasy #final #game #game music

Personality is the glitter that sends your little gleam across the footlights and the orchestra pit into that big black space where the audience is. ↗

— Mae West

#audience #big #black #gleam #glitter

I went to study some orchestration stuff because I got so inspired working with all the orchestras. ↗

— Dido Armstrong

#got #i #inspired #orchestras #orchestration

Right now I just finished writing the music for a Rugrats feature film and the third week of September I go to London, and the Orchestra is going to perform the score. ↗

— Mark Mothersbaugh

#feature film #film #finished #go #going

There's always a question of duration, there's a question of who the orchestra is. No one is free to write what you want - you collaborate on a film score, and one of the good things is that someone else's work is motivating you. ↗

— Michael Nyman

#collaborate #duration #else #film #free