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Why do you always insist on playing while I'm trying to conduct?
Please follow me because I have to follow him and he isn't here.
We have to play it longer because there are no numbers or letters.
Yes, the mutes are already on. You took them off in the beginning.
That was perfect. It was just the opposite from what I said yesterday.
It's so legato it's difficult to splice. Sibelius was famous for that.
I never say what I mean, but I always manage to say something similar.
It is not as difficult as I thought it was, but it is harder than it is.
We can't hear the balance yet because the soloist is still on the airplane.
Bizet was a very young man when he composed this symphony, so play it softly.
Without him here, it is impossible to know how fast he will play it, approximately.
I told him he'd have a heart attack a year ago, but unfortunately he lived a year longer.
If you don't have it in your part, leave it out, because there is enough missing already.
It's all very well to have principles, but when it comes to money you have to be flexible.
That's the way Stravinsky was. Bup, bup, bup, bup. The poor guy's dead now. Play it legato.
Why do you always start after my beat then rush to catch up? Do you want us to stay behind?
I wrote it the right way, so it was copied the wrong way right. I mean the right way wrong.
Let me explain what I do here. I don't want to confuse you any more than absolutely necessary.
Congratulations to each and every one of you for the concert last night in New York and vice versa.
At every concert I've sensed a certain insecurity about the tempo. It's clearly marked 80...uh, 69.
With us tonight is William Warfield, who is with us tonight. He is a wonderful man, and so is his wife.
Muti is going to do the Alpine Symphony this year. He will do it well because it is not very well known.
I don't get into politics, general or musical, but just call me if you get jury duty. Even in New Jersey I was able to help somebody.
Im one of the boys, no better than the last second violinist. Im just the lucky one to be standing in the center, telling them how to play.
I'm one of the boys, no better than the last second violinist. I'm just the lucky one to be standing in the center, telling them how to play.
[conductor Eugene Ormandy introduces Warfield to the audience in an unintentionally humorous way:] With us tonight is William Warfield, who is with us tonight. He is a wonderful man, and so is his wife.
Mahler wrote it as the third movement of his Fourth Symphony. I mean the fourth movement of his First Symphony. We play it third. The trumpet solo will be played by our solo trumpet player. It's named 'Blumine,' which has something to do with flowers.