“Please follow me because I have to follow him and he isn't here.”
--- Eugene Ormandy
“Please follow me because I have to follow him and he isn't here.”
--- Eugene Ormandy
“Start beforty-two.”
--- Eugene Ormandy
“I am thinking it right but beating it wrong.”
--- Eugene Ormandy
“With us tonight is William Warfield, who is with us tonight. He is a wonderful man, and so is his wife.”
--- Eugene Ormandy
“I don't mean to make you nervous, but unfortunately I have to.”
--- 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
“Someone came too sooner.”
--- Eugene Ormandy
“Without him here, it is impossible to know how fast he will play it, approximately.”
--- Eugene Ormandy
“It is not as difficult as I thought it was, but it is harder than it is.”
--- Eugene Ormandy
“Bizet was a very young man when he composed this symphony, so play it soft.”
--- Eugene Ormandy
“Serkin was so sick he almost died for three days.”
--- 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
“More basses, because you are so far away.”
--- Eugene Ormandy
“It's all very well to have principles, but when it comes to money you have to be flexible.”
--- Eugene Ormandy
“Let me explain what I do here. I don't want to confuse you any more than absolutely necessary.”
--- Eugene Ormandy
“Start three bars before something.”
--- 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
“I don't mean to make you nervous, but unfortunately I have to.”
--- Eugene Ormandy
“Thank you for your cooperation and vice versa.”
--- Eugene Ormandy
“Long note? Yes. Make it seem short.”
--- Eugene Ormandy
“I mean what I meant.”
--- Eugene Ormandy
“Accelerando means in tempo. Don't rush.”
--- Eugene Ormandy
“Intonation is important, especially when it is cold.”
--- Eugene Ormandy
“If you don't have it in your part, leave it out, because there is enough missing already.”
--- Eugene Ormandy
“Percussion, a little louder." / "We don't have anything." / "That's right, play it louder.”
--- Eugene Ormandy
“Congratulations to each and every one of you for the concert last night in New York and vice versa.”
--- Eugene Ormandy
“Start at B. Yes. No. Yes. No.”
--- Eugene Ormandy