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Eugene Ormandy
Age: 85 †
Born: 1899
Born: November 18
Died: 1985
Died: March 12
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Please follow me because I have to follow him and he isn't here.
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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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Brass, stay down all summer.
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Someone came too sooner.
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Watch me closely - only one can spoil it.
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After two minutes after this time, and I am already there.
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Long note? Yes. Make it seem short.
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I can conduct better than I count.
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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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That's the way Stravinsky was. Bup, bup, bup, bup. The poor guy's dead now. Play it legato.
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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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The next movement is still in the factory.
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During the rests - pray.
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Yes, the mutes are already on. You took them off in the beginning.
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Did you play? It sounded very good.
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Think of your girlfriend or boyfriend or whomever you want to.
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I am thinking it right but beating it wrong.
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Serkin was so sick he almost died for three days.
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Why do you always insist on playing while I'm trying to conduct?
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