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"Orchestras have become used to the emphasis on the separation of layers, of the ultimate precision and clarity."
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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 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."
"Anyone who composes and conducts at the same time is immediately suspect, because he must be faking one or the other."
"The act of conducting in itself, of waving my arms in the air and being in charge, I didn't miss. I missed the sensual pleasure of being in contact with music."
"The sound was my greatest concern. There were certain difficulties getting used to the way every musician can hear his or herself, the way each of them relates to the musician in the next seat."
"As we watch TV or films, there are no organic transitions, only edits. The idea of A becoming B, rather than A jumping to B, has become foreign."
"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."
"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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