Zitat des Tages von Neville Marriner:
I think we were all frustrated with our daily routine.
Mozart has written opera, symphony, sacred and chamber music - not to mention his piano and violin concerti.
We don't want other people poking into our artistic pie.
So I've never found there was any particular separation between the two cultures at all, musically speaking.
Most Beethoven symphonies require 80 or more instruments, and the late romantics even more.
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.
This American Jewish music is a new experience for us at least consciously.
If we perform the romantic repertoire we need more musicians.
One thing we were looking for from the start was players who really fit together, who sounded in tune.
Initially we performed in halls with capacities of 1,000.
So in one leap we had gone from being a friendly society to something almost professional.
Taste is changing, style is changing, and players' abilities are changing.
But the most important test is to take them on tour and see if you can bear to spend time with them.
I think the quality of something like the Beveridge, for instance, will have a life of its own.
There are some sounds that English singers find quite difficult to manipulate.
I would like new people with new ideas to come into it and change it.
Music is a continuum and the modern and avant-garde composers of today will be part of the standard repertoire 30 years from now.