Quotes and Sayings about Orchestras
"And what unity is to be had, at a time when orchestras are dying out, and when opera houses are about to close their doors; what's going to come next - when nothing new in music, for the orchestra, is truly lasting: pieces are performed once, and then they're thrown away."
- Dietrich Fischer Dieskau
(Related: Time, Music, Dying, Houses, Nothing, Opera, Orchestras, Unity)
"When facing symphonic orchestras which have played some works five thousands times, you have nothing to do."
- Placido Domingo
(Related: Nothing, Orchestras)
"I think that there's a lot more freedom in the low budget, the independent films where, unfortunately, you don't have the money, necessarily, to get the orchestras in there to play a lot of stuff. But, you have a lot more freedom, very often."
- Danny Elfman
(Related: Money, Freedom, Orchestras, Play)
"Next year I'm going to be a guesting soloist with orchestras all over Europe, to start off with."
- Keith Emerson
(Related: Europe, Orchestras)
"I also work with the regular orchestras in Munich, Germany and other similar orchestras."
- Skitch Henderson
(Related: Work, Germany, Orchestras)
"I've watched the demise of the Hollywood orchestra, the house orchestras of the big studios."
- Skitch Henderson
(Related: Hollywood, Orchestras)
"Symphonic orchestras have almost become a glut in the market."
- Skitch Henderson
(Related: Orchestras)
"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
(Related: Money, Music, Now, Orchestras)
"For many years, the government of Canada has massively supported orchestras and the arts in general."
- Lara St. John
(Related: Government, Canada, Orchestras, Years)
"Ergo, because of the money problem, it is probable that our orchestras will soon go down in quality."
- Lara St. John
(Related: Money, Quality, Orchestras, Will)
"As major orchestras around the world are gripped in various kinds of crises and upheaval, we need to be sure that we are bringing up this new generation."
- James Levine
(Related: Orchestras, World)
"I did the one concert, and I was not bitten by the conducting bug, and I thought I was done, but then the phone started to ring, and gradually, over time, I started conducting more and more. Now a third of my performances are with orchestras."
- Bobby McFerrin
(Related: Time, Thought, Now, Orchestras)
"With American orchestras, in particular, because they play in such huge halls, getting a true pianissimo is very hard."
- Esa-Pekka Salonen
(Related: American, Orchestras, Play)
"Orchestras have become used to the emphasis on the separation of layers, of the ultimate precision and clarity."
- Esa-Pekka Salonen
(Related: Clarity, Orchestras, Separation)
"You hear the same work by different orchestras, different conductors, violinists, pianists, singers, and slowly, the work reveals itself and begins to live deeper in you."
- David Ogden Stiers
(Related: Work, Orchestras)
"I will never master this craft. Orchestras are very, very forthcoming with me."
- David Ogden Stiers
(Related: Orchestras, Will)
"But still as compared to many, many orchestras in the world, I think you find a lot more new music and living composers on our programs than many other places."
- Michael Tilson Thomas
(Related: Music, Composers, Living, Orchestras, World)
"Composers love to write for symphony orchestras because the symphony is the Rolls Royce of musical instruments."
- David Del Tredici
(Related: Love, Composers, Orchestras)
"Orchestras are not used to playing the kind of stuff jazz musicians like to play. It requires a lot of rehearsal and recording time, so it's much easier to do on a synth or sampler. So, we came up with that idea."
- Eberhard Weber
(Related: Time, Idea, Jazz, Musicians, Orchestras, Play)