Neville Marriner's Quotes
Born: 1924-04-15
Profession: Musician
Nation: English
Biography of Neville Marriner
Mozart has written opera, symphony, sacred and chamber music - not to mention his piano and violin concerti.
Tags: Music, Piano, WrittenSo I've never found there was any particular separation between the two cultures at all, musically speaking.
Tags: Between, Found, SeparationAs you know, there are certain languages that lend themselves very easily to vocal use.
Tags: Languages, Themselves, VocalBut the most important test is to take them on tour and see if you can bear to spend time with them.
Tags: Spend, Test, TimeI think the quality of something like the Beveridge, for instance, will have a life of its own.
Tags: Instance, Life, QualityI think we were all frustrated with our daily routine.
Tags: Daily, Frustrated, RoutineIf the (British) Arts Council give you money, they also tell you how to spend it.
Tags: Give, Money, TellInitially we performed in halls with capacities of 1,000.
Tags: Capacities, Halls, InitiallyMost Beethoven symphonies require 80 or more instruments, and the late romantics even more.
Tags: Beethoven, Late, RequireMusic is a continuum and the modern and avant-garde composers of today will be part of the standard repertoire 30 years from now.
Tags: Modern, Music, TodayOne thing we were looking for from the start was players who really fit together, who sounded in tune.
Tags: Looking, Start, TogetherSo I think we got together as the Academy to give ourselves that sort of responsibility and to play well.
Tags: Give, Ourselves, TogetherSo in one leap we had gone from being a friendly society to something almost professional.
Tags: Almost, Friendly, SocietyTaste is changing, style is changing, and players' abilities are changing.
Tags: Changing, Players, StyleThe awful thing about a conductor becoming geriatric is that you seem to become more desirable, not less.
Tags: Become, Less, SeemThere are some sounds that English singers find quite difficult to manipulate.
Tags: Difficult, English, QuiteThis American Jewish music is a new experience for us at least consciously.
Tags: American, Experience, MusicBefore, 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.
Tags: American, May, ThinkingOne 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.
Tags: American, Great, Music