The Northern Idea Of Form Is More

If You Think Of The History, In The Days Of Brahms And Beethoven And All These Guys, Almost Every Concert Was A New Music Concert. To Play Something Old Was Really An Exception.

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.

You Know, In Some Ways Conducting Is Counter-intuitive. It's Like Winter Driving In Finland - If You Skid, The Natural Reaction Is To Fight With The Wheel And Jam On The Brakes, Which Is The Quickest Way To Get Killed. What You Have To Do Is Let Go, And The Car Will Right Itself. It's The Same When An Orchestra Loses Its Ensemble. You Have To Resist The Temptation To Semaphore, And Let The Orchestra Find Its Own Way Back To The Pulse.

I Think If You Would Like To Describe Composing As An Act With One Word, "slow" Would Be The Word.

I Like This Idea Of Identification With The Local Team. I Think It's Great. That's What An Orchestra Should Be. It's An Orchestra For Its Hometown, And It Serves The People.