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Eugene Ormandy
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Eugene Ormandy
Age: 85 †
Born: 1899
Born: November 18
Died: 1985
Died: March 12
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Long note? Yes. Make it seem short.
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Think of your girlfriend or boyfriend or whomever you want to.
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Without him here, it is impossible to know how fast he will play it, approximately.
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It's all very well to have principles, but when it comes to money you have to be flexible.
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Brass, stay down all summer.
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Let me explain what I do here. I don't want to confuse you any more than absolutely necessary.
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Serkin was so sick he almost died for three days.
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Mahler wrote it as the third movement of his Fourth Symphony. I mean the fourth movement of his First Symphony. We play it third. The trumpet solo will be played by our solo trumpet player. It's named 'Blumine,' which has something to do with flowers.
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Who is sitting in that empty chair?
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I can conduct better than I count.
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I know this music from memory, not from the music.
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I cannot give it to you, so try to watch me.
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I don't mean to make you nervous, but unfortunately I have to.
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Yes, the mutes are already on. You took them off in the beginning.
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More basses, because you are so far away.
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At every concert I've sensed a certain insecurity about the tempo. It's clearly marked 80...uh, 69.
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It's difficult to remember when you haven't played it before.
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