If we perform the romantic repertoire we need more musicians. Neville Marriner More Quotes by Neville Marriner More Quotes From Neville Marriner I just wish, maybe, that I'd started conducting earlier. I was about 40 when I started. Apart from that I don't really have any regrets. Is that bad? Neville Marriner conducting regret wish Music is a continuum and the modern and avant-garde composers of today will be part of the standard repertoire 30 years from now. Neville Marriner avant-garde today years I would like new people with new ideas to come into it and change it. Neville Marriner new-ideas people ideas Most Beethoven symphonies require 80 or more instruments, and the late romantics even more. Neville Marriner instruments late symphony If the (British) Arts Council give you money, they also tell you how to spend it. Neville Marriner british giving art So I've never found there was any particular separation between the two cultures at all, musically speaking. Neville Marriner separation two culture Mozart has written opera, symphony, sacred and chamber music - not to mention his piano and violin concerti. Neville Marriner opera piano symphony The awful thing about a conductor becoming geriatric is that you seem to become more desirable, not less. Neville Marriner conductor awful becoming There are some sounds that English singers find quite difficult to manipulate. Neville Marriner manipulation singers sound As you know, there are certain languages that lend themselves very easily to vocal use. Neville Marriner certain language use Taste is changing, style is changing, and players abilities are changing. Neville Marriner style taste player We don't want other people poking into our artistic pie. Neville Marriner pie want people Initially we performed in halls with capacities of 1,000. Neville Marriner halls capacity I think the quality of something like the Beveridge, for instance, will have a life of its own. Neville Marriner instance quality thinking Before, we may have taken part in it without even thinking it was American Jewish, but in this case, I think, you have now perhaps pointed us in a direction of a new interest in this repertoire. Neville Marriner new think you thinking But the most important test is to take them on tour and see if you can bear to spend time with them. Neville Marriner see you important time I think we were all frustrated with our daily routine. Neville Marriner i-think daily think routine One of the great virtues, apart from the pleasure of performing these works, is that it's opened up an entirely new, expansive repertoire of American Jewish music. Neville Marriner new great pleasure music One thing we were looking for from the start was players who really fit together, who sounded in tune. Neville Marriner looking start who together So I think we got together as the Academy to give ourselves that sort of responsibility and to play well. Neville Marriner think responsibility together play