Quote #13

'Here are two golden rules for an orchestra: start together and finish together. The public doesn't give a damn what goes on in between.'

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  1. He helped Walter Legge underwrite the creation of the Philharmonia Orchestra, and conducted its premiere concert on 25 October, 1945. Later…
  2. When asked why only male composers appeared in his repertoire, he said 'There are no women composers, never have been, and possibly never w…
  3. It is said that in one rehearsal he was unsatisfied with the performance of a female cello soloist, and so said to her 'Madam, you have bet…
  4. No composer has written as much as 100 bars of worthwhile music since 1925.
  5. Of Beethoven - 'Beethoven's last quartets were written by a deaf man and should only be listened to by a deaf man'
  6. A city life for me!
  7. On Beethoven's Seventh Symphony: 'What can you do with it? It's like a lot of yaks jumping about.'
  8. The musical equivalent of St. Pancras Station

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