Eugene Ormandy Quotes

Yes, the mutes are already on. You took them off in the beginning.

The next movement is still in the factory.

There is a shadow on every page.

Something went wrong. It was correct when I studied it.

It's all very well to have principles, but when it comes to money you have to be flexible.

At every concert I've sensed a certain insecurity about the tempo. It's clearly marked 80 ... uh, 69.

That's the way Stravinsky was. Bup, bup, bup, bup. The poor guy's dead now. Play it legato.

Brass, stay down all summer.

I'm conducting slowly because I don't know the tempo.

During the rests - pray.

If you don't have it in your part, leave it out, because there is enough missing already.

I need one more bass less.

Tonight I'm going to listen with my ears.

There was confusion since I stood here 35 years ago.

It's difficult to remember when you haven't played it before.

Someone came too sooner.

Who is sitting in that empty chair?

I can see none of you are smugglers; that's why it's so loud.

Intonation is important, especially when it is cold.

I conduct faster so you can see my beat.

Accelerando means in tempo. Don't rush.

Muti is going to do the Alpine Symphony this year. He will do it well because it is not very well known.

We do not know when he is coming. He is coming tomorrow.

More basses, because you are so far away.

It's hot as hell as can be.

It is not together, but the ensemble is perfect.

After two minutes after this time, and I am already there.

I wrote it the right way, so it was copied the wrong way right. I mean the right way wrong.

Why do you always insist on playing while I'm trying to conduct?

That's the way it was every time I studied it.

He was listening so I don't remember.

I am thinking it right but beating it wrong.

I know this music from memory, not from the music.

Bizet was a very young man when he composed this symphony, so play it softly.

Why do you always start after my beat then rush to catch up? Do you want us to stay behind?

It is not as difficult as I thought it was, but it is harder than it is.

It's so legato it's difficult to splice. Sibelius was famous for that.

I always feel I do it too slow, but then others do it faster.

We have to play it longer because there are no numbers or letters.

This is one bar you should take home.

With us tonight is William Warfield, who is with us tonight. He is a wonderful man, and so is his wife.

Long note? Yes. Make it seem short.

Write it down in your own handwriting.

Start three bars before something.

That was perfect. It was just the opposite from what I said yesterday.

It has no rhythm, but it will because it's so much faster.

Did you play? It sounded very good.