But the important thing is to lie down and fall asleep. That little nap means you wake up fresh again and can continue.
From James Levine
Most people treat the office manual the way they treat a software manual. They never look at it.
I was lucky that I met the right mentors and teachers at the right moment.
It wasn't that I ever knew I'd be at the Met for 20 years, or 30 years, or 40 years, or anything like that.
It was just that we had this phenomenal honeymoon relationship that just kept on going.
And so, little by little, I gradually divested myself of pretty nearly all of the guest conducting I used to do, because I was at the same time working in the places like the Met, where I could work in this sort of depth.
I grew up in an era where an orchestra was like a treasure chest.
It has to be able to play at the maximum expression and communication in every style, and the only way you can do that is - like Verdi said - working with a file, every day, little by little, until the orchestra's collective qualities emerge.
You try on purpose to get players with different qualities which will rub off on one another.
I think this orchestra's strengths involve drama and voice.
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