eugene ormandy quotes

"With us tonight is William Warfield, who is with us tonight. He is a wonderful man, and so is his wife."
--- Eugene Ormandy

"I am thinking it right but beating it wrong."
--- Eugene Ormandy

"Please follow me because I have to follow him and he isn't here."
--- Eugene Ormandy

"Start beforty-two."
--- Eugene Ormandy

"I don't mean to make you nervous, but unfortunately I have to."
--- Eugene Ormandy

"It is not as difficult as I thought it was, but it is harder than it is."
--- Eugene Ormandy

"Without him here, it is impossible to know how fast he will play it, approximately."
--- Eugene Ormandy

"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."
--- Eugene Ormandy

"Bizet was a very young man when he composed this symphony, so play it soft."
--- Eugene Ormandy

"Someone came too sooner."
--- Eugene Ormandy

"Why do you always insist on playing while I'm trying to conduct?"
--- Eugene Ormandy

"That's the way Stravinsky was. Bup, bup, bup, bup. The poor guy's dead now. Play it legato."
--- Eugene Ormandy

"Let me explain what I do here. I don't want to confuse you any more than absolutely necessary."
--- Eugene Ormandy

"Serkin was so sick he almost died for three days."
--- Eugene Ormandy

"More basses, because you are so far away."
--- Eugene Ormandy

"Start three bars before something."
--- Eugene Ormandy

"It's all very well to have principles, but when it comes to money you have to be flexible."
--- Eugene Ormandy

"We can't hear the balance yet because the soloist is still on the airplane."
--- Eugene Ormandy

"Did you play? It sounded very good."
--- Eugene Ormandy

"I need one more bass less."
--- Eugene Ormandy