I don't believe that a lot of the things I hear on the air today are going to be played for as long a time as Coleman Hawkins records or Brahms concertos.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I have no experience performing that music live in front of an audience. So that remains to be seen. I'm very excited to see what that's going to be like.
But we will play 6, 7 new songs each evening, approximately a third in the concert. I think it's a good balance. It will be very interesting to see the public's reaction. But i think when we'll play the very first new piece, we will be scared.
Composers today get a TV script on Friday and have to record on Tuesday. It's just dreadful to impose on gifted talent and expect decent music under these conditions.
Hopefully it doesn't come as too much of a shock that artists we love watching or listening to for an hour or two aren't always people with whom we otherwise would want to spend 20 minutes.
To me, there is nothing like the excitement and unique experience of a live orchestra playing.
We do a lot of light classical programming with that, too... obviously... a lot of Tchaikovsky music, Grieg, things like that which have become less classical with classical concerts.
I look at my clarinet sometimes and I think, I wonder what's going to come out of there tonight? You never know.
I miss the standard of the New York Philharmonic's playing very much. It has certainly been a high point in my life.
The role of an orchestra in the 21st century isn't just playing, it's about developing future audiences and performers.
We are excited about the music, past and present and future, and are really looking forward to playing.