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Conductors are performers. - Michael Tilson Thomas
指揮是表演者。 ~麥可.提爾森.湯瑪斯 (1944/12/21)
譯者:李佳霖
That was one of the big problems when I was at Harvard studying music. We had to write choral pieces in the style of Brahms or Mendelssohn, which was distressing because in the end you realized how good Brahms is, and how bad you are. - Elliott Carter
我在哈佛唸音樂時碰到的最大問題之一,是我們得寫布拉姆斯或孟德爾頌風格的合唱曲,這很令人苦惱,因為到最後你才會了解,布拉姆斯是多麼棒,而自己是多麼的糟糕。 ~ 艾略特卡特 (1908/12/11)
譯者:李佳霖
All the conductor has to do is stand back and try not to get in the way. Mozart is doing all the work. - Collin Davis
指揮唯一該做的事是站到後面,試著不要擋路。莫札特已經做完所有的工作了。 ~柯林戴維斯 (1927/9/25)
譯者:李佳霖
I'm not interested in having an orchestra sound like itself. I want it to sound like the composer. - Leonard Bernstein
我沒有興趣讓樂團聽起來像它原本的樣子,我要它聽起來像是作曲家本人的心聲。 ~伯恩斯坦 (1918/8/25)
譯者:李佳霖
If we are able to inspire people with our music, we can raise more funds. - Zubin Mehta
如果我們能用音樂來激勵人們,我們就能募到更多基金。 ~祖賓梅塔 (1936/4/29)
譯者:李佳霖
Although I am flexible and ready to take advice, I can't carry an umbrella of thoughts over my head that would distract me and affect my music making. - Zubin Mehta
雖然我思想靈活並且能夠接受忠告,但我無法戴一頂思想的傘,那會困擾我並影響我製造音樂。 ~祖賓梅塔 (1936/4/29)
譯者:李佳霖
There is no relationship between the gestures and what an orchestra will do. - James Levine
指揮的動作和樂團會做什麼,是沒有關聯的。 ~李汶 (1943/5/24)
譯者:李佳霖
I don't know whether I like it, but it is what I meant. - Ralph VaughanWilliams
我不知道我是否喜歡它,但它就是我要表達的意思。 ~佛漢威廉士 (1872/10/12)
譯者:李佳霖
Stupid criticism and still more stupid praise. - Giuseppe Verdi, speaking of the press notices of Aida
愚蠢的批評,讚美更蠢。 ~威爾第 (1813/10/10)談到歌劇阿伊達的報刊評論
譯者:李佳霖
The Beethoven Experience provided the opportunity to solidify the relationship between the Orchestra and me, the Orchestra and me and the public, between all of us and the city of New York, because Beethoven after all is a really amazing point of referenc - Lorin Varencove Maazel
這個貝多芬的經驗提供了一個機會,強化了我與樂團的關係;樂團、我與觀眾,在我們所有人與紐約市之間-因為貝多芬終究是一個真正令人驚奇的參考標準。 ~馬捷爾 (1930/3/6)
譯者:李佳霖