Neville Marriner Quotes & Sayings

Taste is changing, style is changing, and players' abilities are changing. — Neville Marriner

I would like new people with new ideas to come into it and change it. — Neville Marriner

If we perform the romantic repertoire we need more musicians. — Neville Marriner

Before, we may have taken part in it without even thinking it was American Jewish, but in this case, I think, you have now perhaps pointed us in a direction of a new interest in this repertoire. — Neville Marriner

As you know, there are certain languages that lend themselves very easily to vocal use. — Neville Marriner

We don't want other people poking into our artistic pie. — Neville Marriner

Mozart has written opera, symphony, sacred and chamber music - not to mention his piano and violin concerti. — Neville Marriner

Initially we performed in halls with capacities of 1,000. — Neville Marriner

If the (British) Arts Council give you money, they also tell you how to spend it. — Neville Marriner

One of the great virtues, apart from the pleasure of performing these works, is that it's opened up an entirely new, expansive repertoire of American Jewish music. — Neville Marriner

The awful thing about a conductor becoming geriatric is that you seem to become more desirable, not less. — Neville Marriner

I think we were all frustrated with our daily routine. — Neville Marriner

I think the quality of something like the Beveridge, for instance, will have a life of its own. — Neville Marriner

But the most important test is to take them on tour and see if you can bear to spend time with them. — Neville Marriner

Most Beethoven symphonies require 80 or more instruments, and the late romantics even more. — Neville Marriner

I just wish, maybe, that I'd started conducting earlier. I was about 40 when I started. Apart from that I don't really have any regrets. Is that bad? — Neville Marriner

There are some sounds that English singers find quite difficult to manipulate. — Neville Marriner

So in one leap we had gone from being a friendly society to something almost professional. — Neville Marriner

This American Jewish music is a new experience for us at least consciously. — Neville Marriner

One thing we were looking for from the start was players who really fit together, who sounded in tune. — Neville Marriner

So I think we got together as the Academy to give ourselves that sort of responsibility and to play well. — Neville Marriner

So I've never found there was any particular separation between the two cultures at all, musically speaking. — Neville Marriner

Music is a continuum and the modern and avant-garde composers of today will be part of the standard repertoire 30 years from now. — Neville Marriner