#orchestra

Orchestras have become used to the emphasis on the separation of layers, of the ultimate precision and clarity. ↗

— Esa-Pekka Salonen

#clarity #emphasis #layers #orchestras #precision

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

The guitar is a small orchestra. It is polyphonic. Every string is a different color, a different voice. ↗

— Andres Segovia

#different #different color #every #guitar #orchestra

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've got my own studio, and I've got four- to five-hundred unreleased tracks. I've got stuff that's electronic, orchestral, jazz, I've got rock, I've got metal, you know, I don't have polka. ↗

— Serj Tankian

#got #i #jazz #know #metal

Although we are being presented in Carnegie Hall, we have to furnish a budget for our guest stars, and for the music writing - which is a huge budget in any orchestra that plays popular music. ↗

— Skitch Henderson

#any #being #budget #carnegie #carnegie hall

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

I've been a woman for a little over 50 years and have gotten over my initial astonishment. As for conducting an orchestra, that's a job where I don't think sex plays much part. ↗

— Nadia Boulanger

#been #conducting #gotten #i #initial

The Chicago Symphony is considered the greatest orchestra in the world. ↗

— Jane Byrne

#considered #greatest #orchestra #symphony #world

I want to work with the big orchestras. I want to have a big family. ↗

— Gustavo Dudamel

#big family #family #i #orchestras #want