Our dead brothers still live for us and bid us think of life, not death -- of life to which in their youth they lent the passion and glory of Spring. As I listen, the great chorus of life and joy begins again, and amid the awful orchestra of seen and unseen powers and destinies of good and evil, our trumpets, sound once more a note of daring, hope, and will.
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Personality is the glitter that sends your little gleam across the footlights and the orchestra pit into that big black space where the audience is.
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At the opera in Milan with my daughter and me, Needleman leaned out of his box and fell into the orchestra pit. Too proud to admit it was a mistake, he attended the opera every night for a month and repeated it each time.
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A man must pay the fiddler, in my case it so happened that a whole symphony orchestra often had to be subsidized.
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On a good day, I view the job of president as directing an orchestra. On the dark days, it is more like that of a clutch-engaging the engine to effect forward motion, while taking greater friction.
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A man must properly pay the fiddler. In my case it so happened that a whole symphony orchestra had to be subsidized.
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A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd.
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I'm not interested in having an orchestra sound like itself. I want it to sound like the composer.
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Notwithstanding these setbacks, the dream of a beautiful American orchestra goes on, and I share Dr. King's faith that each year we move inexorably closer to a magnificent opening night.
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She out to be arrested for loitering in front of an orchestra.
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No one can whistle a symphony. It takes an orchestra to play it.
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As long as I can sing halfway decent, I'd rather sing than act. There's nothing like being in good voice, feeling good, having good numbers to do and having a fine orchestra.
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A man who wishes to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd.
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