With American Orchestras, In Particular, Because They

Somehow, Conductor As This Superhuman Conduit Between The Masters And The Masterpieces And The Immortals.

Pulse As An Active Means Of Expression, Stravinsky And Beethoven Are The Two Masters Of That.

Our Industry [classic Music] Has Kind Of Retarded Into This Kind Of Endless Cover-producing Thing, And It's A Pity.

I Always Had, Deep Down, A Slight Aversion Toward The Purely Cerebral In Music.

I Like This Idea Of Identification With The Local Team. I Think It's Great. That's What An Orchestra Should Be. It's An Orchestra For Its Hometown, And It Serves The People.