Neville Marriner quotes
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“Mozart has written opera, symphony, sacred and chamber music - not to mention his piano and violin concerti.”
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“We don't want other people poking into our artistic pie.”
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“So I've never found there was any particular separation between the two cultures at all, musically speaking.”
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“Music is a continuum and the modern and avant-garde composers of today will be part of the standard repertoire 30 years from now.”
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“If the (British) Arts Council give you money, they also tell you how to spend it.”
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“I think the quality of something like the Beveridge, for instance, will have a life of its own.”
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“There are some sounds that English singers find quite difficult to manipulate.”
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“As you know, there are certain languages that lend themselves very easily to vocal use.”
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“Taste is changing, style is changing, and players abilities are changing.”
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“Most Beethoven symphonies require 80 or more instruments, and the late romantics even more.”
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“The awful thing about a conductor becoming geriatric is that you seem to become more desirable, not less.”
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“Initially we performed in halls with capacities of 1,000.”
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“I would like new people with new ideas to come into it and change it.”
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