When facing symphonic orchestras which have played some works five thousands times, you have nothing to do.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The orchestral or symphonic music never interested me.
The symphonies are the things that, as a soloist, I've not gotten to play. I used to travel the world playing concertos, and then I would sit and listen to the symphony.
I sometimes feel it is to my disadvantage that I have not conducted the Cleveland Orchestra or the Boston or Chicago symphonies, but then I have had to sacrifice something in order to have enough time with my orchestras.
Symphonic orchestras have almost become a glut in the market.
You can't play a symphony alone, it takes an orchestra to play it.
I currently spend a lot of time thinking about orchestration and every detail of a piece.
Why write for the orchestra? For one thing it's a very challenging problem.
You have to change your mind with every orchestra because every orchestra has a different character.
I will never master this craft. Orchestras are very, very forthcoming with me.
When working with an orchestra, you never spend more than 20 minutes per recording session.