{"id":302,"date":"2012-05-26T16:57:27","date_gmt":"2012-05-26T16:57:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/johnschroder.co.uk\/js\/?page_id=302"},"modified":"2012-06-11T17:04:45","modified_gmt":"2012-06-11T17:04:45","slug":"conductor-quotes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/johnschroder.co.uk\/js\/conductor-quotes\/","title":{"rendered":"Conductor quotes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Quotes from Conductors in CBSO rehearsals<\/h2>\n
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Paavo Berglund<\/h3>\n

The English are very good at sight-reading, the problems come after that!<\/span><\/p>\n

Rehearsal of Rimsky-Korsakov, Overture to May Night, on 22\/1\/1996.\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Stephen Kovacevich<\/h3>\n
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  1. We will probably have a disaster anyway.<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Let’s assume that will be together.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Rehearsing Sibelius 4th Symphony, on 1 & 2\/4\/1996.\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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    Paavo Berglund<\/h3>\n

    The danger point is where you start playing.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Rehearsing Haydn Symphony no. 92, on 14\/1\/1997.\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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    Matthias Bamert<\/h3>\n

    I am not with you.<\/span>
    \nRehearsing Faur\u00e9’s Pell\u00e9as & M\u00e9lisande, on 20\/1\/1997.\n<\/div>\n

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    Simon Rattle<\/h3>\n

    I’m sick of this bit.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Mahler Symphony no. 7, off stage cow bells, after many performances in different venues, on 18\/5\/1998.\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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    Paavo Jarvi<\/h3>\n

    Here there’s no point in being right.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Rehearsing Stravinsky’s Petroushka, on 13\/11\/1998.\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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    Sakari Oramo<\/h3>\n

    Tuba, this should sound like the breath of a cow.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Rehearsing Stravinsky’s Divertimento, The Fairy’s Kiss, on 24\/1\/2000.\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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    Nicholas McGegan<\/h3>\n

    Like midges on the Isle of Skye in summer.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Speaking to the violins near the beginning of Mendelssohn’s Overture, Midsummer Night’s Dream, on 3\/2\/2002.\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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    Simon Rattle<\/h3>\n

    We just need to get the notes right.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Ravel’s Daphnis et Chlo\u00e9 near rehearsal figure 208 – lots of notes flying!
    \nRediscovered on my bassoon part in my handwriting<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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    George Hurst<\/h3>\n

    An ocean of sound where we drown in our own collective ignorance.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Rediscovered in my part for Dvorak violin concerto, date unknown.\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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    John Wilson<\/h3>\n

    I want this to be the musical equivalent of taking a perfumed bath while having a cocktail.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Said to the violins while rehearsing a Gershwin programme, on 23\/1\/2009.\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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    Andris Nelsons<\/h3>\n

    Like an asphalting machine.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Said to the cellos and basses while rehearsing the 2nd movement of Beethoven’s 3rd symphony, on 14\/2\/2011.\n<\/p><\/div>\n

    If anyone mentioned in this page would prefer not to be in it, please send me an email and I will remove the offending piece.<\/em><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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