#orchestra

With American orchestras, in particular, because they play in such huge halls, getting a true pianissimo is very hard. ↗

— Esa-Pekka Salonen

#because #getting #halls #hard #huge

Eventually we want to do a puppet musical with turntables in the orchestra pit. ↗

— Eric San

#musical #orchestra #pit #puppet #turntables

The way it works: The orchestra plays a few selections of its own and I terminate the first part of the programme on piano, usually with a movement from a Mozart concerto. ↗

— George Shearing

#few #first #i #movement #mozart

I do read everything that we publish. We usually have to have two or three votes for a book before we take it on. So in that sense I suppose it is an orchestra. ↗

— James Laughlin

#book #everything #i #i do #orchestra

The director is a bit analogous to the conductor of a symphony orchestra. It's a collaborative adventure. ↗

— Nicholas Meyer

#analogous #bit #collaborative #conductor #director

My whole career I have worked with non-Western musicians and different orchestras and ensembles and choirs. ↗

— Mychael Danna

#choirs #different #i #musicians #orchestras

There are two golden rules for an orchestra: start together and finish together. The public doesn't give a damn what goes on in between. ↗

— Thomas Beecham

#damn #finish #give #goes #golden

At such a loving invitation, Pinocchio, with one leap from the back of the orchestra, found himself in the front rows. With another leap, he was on the orchestra leader's head. With a third, he landed on the stage. ↗

— Carlo Collodi

#back #found #front #head #himself

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