Top 22 Quotes by Neville Marriner

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

I think we were all frustrated with our daily routine.