Musical Quotes Thread

[Contratrombone64]

Interesting Rattle quote, however, I think such conductors as Karl Bohm, Hirouki Iwaki and Oleg Caetani would differ (all of whom have or had a very quiet conducting style). You don't need to jump around on the podium like Sir Simon Rattle to proove that you're musical "there"

If anyone has conducted a Beethoven performance, and then doesn't have to go to an osteopath, then there's something wrong.
Simon Rattle

 

[marval]

I agree, I don't see the need to leap about when conducting, a bit off putting I would think.


Margaret

 

[marval]

A jazz musician is a juggler who uses harmonies instead of oranges.
Benny Green

 

[marval]

I always make sure that the lid over the keyboard is open before I start to play.
Artur Schnabel Australian pianist when asked the secret of piano playing.

 

[Contratrombone64]

LOL @ margaret

 

[marval]

My idea is that there is music in the air, music all around us, the world is full of it, and you simply take as much of it as you require.
Edward Elgar.

 

[Contratrombone64]

have you been listening to the wonderful "Letters to Sibelius" programs? They were produced by Concert FM, New Zealand and concoted by a wise expat Scot.

 

[marval]

Hi CT

No I haven't. looks like I will have to start listening. It sounds interesting.


Margaret

 

[marval]

Pay no attention to what the critics say; there has never been set up a statue in honor of a critic.
Jean Sibelius.

 

[methodistgirl]

That is so true so true!
judy tooley

 

[Contratrombone64]

Margaret

Jean Sibelius was spot on. Have hear "Letters to Sibelius" (written by a expat Scot now living in New Zealand)?

 

[intet_at_tabe]

"Don't play what's there, play what's not there.", by Miles Davis.

 

[marval]

It's easy to play any musical instrument, all you have to do is touch the right key at the right time, and the instrument will play itself.
Johannes Sebastian Bach

 

[intet_at_tabe]

"Music is my mistress, and she plays second fiddle to no one.", by Duke Ellington.

 

[marval]

Music is the shorthand of emotion.
Leo Tolstoy.

 

[Contratrombone64]

When a famous Australian pianist (I'll try and thinik of his name) was asked what his trick was for such a thrilling playing and wonderful technique, he said "I start by opening the lid ..."

 

[intet_at_tabe]

"I would like, with the sun shining through the window on a crisp early-autumnal mid-morning, with a sufficiency of Monster Cappucino flowing in my veins to prompt minimal sentience, to declare my view for the record that Drummer Jokes are a cruel and pernicious form of humour introduced to the world by under-humoured persons lacking in sensitivity and concern for other drummers.", by Robert Fripp.

 

[marval]

"When she started to play, Steinway himself came down personally and rubbed his name off the piano."
- Bob Hope, on comedienne Phyllis Diller.

CT was that the quote by Artur Schnabel?


Margaret

 

[Contratrombone64]

margaret - yes, thank you Schnabel it was indeed.

 

[intet_at_tabe]

"Whether you are playing in the bar, the church, the strip joint, or the Himalayas, the first duty of music is to complement and enhance life.", by Carlos Santana.