Orchestra Quotes - Page 6

[On Helen Reddy:] She ought to be arrested for loitering in front of an orchestra.

Except for the violin pieces and a few of my orchestra pieces, all of my works from the Passacaglia on relate to the death of my mother.

Movies are a medium of expression like a symphony orchestra...or a painter's brush and canvas.

The piano is really the featured instrument of a 10-piece chamber orchestra. The construction is the harmonic language.

I don't mind conducting the orchestra if I can play the violin.

I recorded the song live in front of an orchestra, and yes, I was very moved, I was in tears.

I hear these melodies. I hear horn lines and string lines. That's what's fun about recording with an orchestra.

May night continue to fall upon the orchestra

...Ori Kam is an outstanding violist who has already played as a soloist with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra twice, much to our delight and satisfaction, and has availed himself with distinction.

The orchestra whirls me wider than Uranus flies, It wrenches such ardors from me I did not know I possess'd them

And your dinner for the orchestra officials." "Haven't you ever had people coming over and no time to shop? You have to make do with what's in the fridge, Clarice. May I call you Clarice?

One of the things that benefited me that anyone can learn is classical technique. That shows the orchestra that exists within the instrument.

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.

Symphonic orchestras have almost become a glut in the market.

I hope always to be busy, even if only directing an orchestra in the pit. However, I should prefer to produce movies or be the directing head of a radio corporation.

Politics is the name we give to the orchestration of power in any society.

I just remember standing there, singing with the headphones on and the strings playing, just how wonderful that felt. But we so rarely got to go out and do it. Obviously, we don't carry a 70-80-piece orchestra with us when we do shows.

Danzon is my favorite Cuban music, played by a traditional string orchestra with flute and piano. It's very formally structured but romantic music, which derives from the French-Haitian contradance.

When facing symphonic orchestras which have played some works five thousands times, you have nothing to do.

I never thought that I would write orchestra music, but in fact I did write a group of orchestra pieces.

I really love performing with an orchestra and am very excited to do so with the Kalamazoo Symphony.

We do not realize the sound the world makes -- unless, of course, it comes to a stop. Then, when it starts, it sounds like an orchestra.

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.

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.

An orchestra knows during the first two minutes of the first rehearsal whether or not they are going to enjoy the person on the podium.