Top 22 Quotes by Neville Marriner

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

If we perform the romantic repertoire we need more musicians.

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