“Very often, if I know the orchestra doesn't know a piece or it's a new piece, I have main ideas about it. But then we start to play and I never talk about places where they played so beautiful and so clear in the beginning that there is nothing to say.” IfsKnowsIdeasPlayBeautifulClearPiecesOrchestra Author:Kurt Masur
“An orchestra knows during the first two minutes of the first rehearsal whether or not they are going to enjoy the person on the podium.” KnowsFirstsPersonsTwoEnjoyMinutesOrchestraRehearsal Author:Leonard Slatkin