Thomas Beecham Quotes on Performance
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If I cannot sing a work, I cannot conduct it.
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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 between your legs an instrument capable of giving pleasure to thousands, and all you can do is scratch it!'.
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'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.'