Neville Marriner Quotes
"One of the great virtues, apart from the pleasure of performing these works, is that it's opened up an entirely new, expansive repertoire of American Jewish music."
- Neville Marriner
(Related: Music, American, Pleasure)
"Before, we may have taken part in it without even thinking it was American Jewish, but in this case, I think, you have now perhaps pointed us in a direction of a new interest in this repertoire."
- Neville Marriner
(Related: American, Direction, Interest, May, Now, Thinking)
"There are some sounds that English singers find quite difficult to manipulate."
- Neville Marriner
(Related: English)
"The awful thing about a conductor becoming geriatric is that you seem to become more desirable, not less."
- Neville Marriner
"Taste is changing, style is changing, and players' abilities are changing."
- Neville Marriner
(Related: Style, Taste)
"So in one leap we had gone from being a friendly society to something almost professional."
- Neville Marriner
(Related: Society, Being)
"So I've never found there was any particular separation between the two cultures at all, musically speaking."
- Neville Marriner
(Related: Separation)
"So I think we got together as the Academy to give ourselves that sort of responsibility and to play well."
- Neville Marriner
(Related: Play, Responsibility)
"One thing we were looking for from the start was players who really fit together, who sounded in tune."
- Neville Marriner
"This American Jewish music is a new experience for us at least consciously."
- Neville Marriner
(Related: Experience, Music, American)
"Music is a continuum and the modern and avant-garde composers of today will be part of the standard repertoire 30 years from now."
- Neville Marriner
(Related: Music, Composers, Now, Today, Will, Years)
"Mozart has written opera, symphony, sacred and chamber music - not to mention his piano and violin concerti."
- Neville Marriner
(Related: Music, Opera)
"Most Beethoven symphonies require 80 or more instruments, and the late romantics even more."
- Neville Marriner
"Initially we performed in halls with capacities of 1,000."
- Neville Marriner
"If we perform the romantic repertoire we need more musicians."
- Neville Marriner
(Related: Musicians, Romantic)
"If the (British) Arts Council give you money, they also tell you how to spend it."
- Neville Marriner
(Related: Money)
"I would like new people with new ideas to come into it and change it."
- Neville Marriner
(Related: Change, People, Ideas)
"I think we were all frustrated with our daily routine."
- Neville Marriner
(Related: Routine)
"But the most important test is to take them on tour and see if you can bear to spend time with them."
- Neville Marriner
(Related: Time)
"As you know, there are certain languages that lend themselves very easily to vocal use."
- Neville Marriner
"I think the quality of something like the Beveridge, for instance, will have a life of its own."
- Neville Marriner
(Related: Life, Quality, Will)