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"The Northern idea of form is more of a process. The various units of the form overlap. You can't tell where some things stop and new things start. This is typical of Sibelius."
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"Through your ideas, you open the window of your mind and say a hello to the world."
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"An idea can change your fate in a wonderful way but you must first let the idea to touch your mind and your heart! No closed book can ever be your hero!"
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"Drop the idea that you are Atlas carrying the world on your shoulders. The world would go on even without you. Don't take yourself so seriously."
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"The underlying process in Northern music tends to be slower and continuous, whatever's happening on the surface; in Southern music the underlying process is always faster."
"The players never think they project enough. In a hall that seats 3,300 people, it's a very scary thing to play so quietly that you can barely hear yourself."
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"I can't imagine how many first performances I've done, perhaps 500. Some of them have been very good, and some of course very bad."
"In the range of music that we play - roughly 300 years' worth-there really are more similarities than differences."
"There will have to be times when I'm not conducting because I'm composing. I haven't solved that problem, and perhaps I never will."
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"The Royal Festival Hall in London is nice; people hang out there. I think this inviting, non-exclusive character is very important."
"If the seams are showing, there is something wrong with the performance or the construction of the piece. This idea is completely at odds with our modern visual experience, because everything today is based on montage."
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