Neville Marriner Quotes

So I've never found there was any particular separation between the two cultures at all, musically speaking.
Neville Marriner

Two, Between, Found

We don't want other people poking into our artistic pie.
Neville Marriner

Artistic, Pie, Poking

As you know, there are certain languages that lend themselves very easily to vocal use.
Neville Marriner

Themselves, Languages, Vocal

Before, 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.
Neville Marriner

Thinking, May, Before

But the most important test is to take them on tour and see if you can bear to spend time with them.
Neville Marriner

Time, Important, Test

I think the quality of something like the Beveridge, for instance, will have a life of its own.
Neville Marriner

Life, Quality, Instance

I think we were all frustrated with our daily routine.
Neville Marriner

Daily, Frustrated, Routine

I would like new people with new ideas to come into it and change it.
Neville Marriner

If the (British) Arts Council give you money, they also tell you how to spend it.
Neville Marriner

Money, Give, Tell

If we perform the romantic repertoire we need more musicians.
Neville Marriner

Romantic, Musicians, Perform

Initially we performed in halls with capacities of 1,000.
Neville Marriner

Capacities, Halls, Initially

Most Beethoven symphonies require 80 or more instruments, and the late romantics even more.
Neville Marriner

Late, Beethoven, Require

Mozart has written opera, symphony, sacred and chamber music - not to mention his piano and violin concerti.
Neville Marriner

Music, Written, Piano

Music is a continuum and the modern and avant-garde composers of today will be part of the standard repertoire 30 years from now.
Neville Marriner

Music, Today, Modern

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.
Neville Marriner

Music, Great, American

One thing we were looking for from the start was players who really fit together, who sounded in tune.
Neville Marriner

Together, Start, Looking

So I think we got together as the Academy to give ourselves that sort of responsibility and to play well.
Neville Marriner

Together, Give, Play

So in one leap we had gone from being a friendly society to something almost professional.
Neville Marriner

Society, Friendly, Almost

Taste is changing, style is changing, and players' abilities are changing.
Neville Marriner

Style, Players, Changing

The awful thing about a conductor becoming geriatric is that you seem to become more desirable, not less.
Neville Marriner

Become, Less, Seem

There are some sounds that English singers find quite difficult to manipulate.
Neville Marriner

Find, Difficult, Quite

This American Jewish music is a new experience for us at least consciously.
Neville Marriner

Music, Experience, American

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Nationality: English

Born: April 15, 1924

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