Neville Marriner
Neville Marriner
Sir Neville Marriner, CH, CBEis an English conductor and violinist...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth15 April 1924
fit looking players start
One thing we were looking for from the start was players who really fit together, who sounded in tune.
performed
Initially we performed in halls with capacities of 1,000.
becoming awful conductor
The awful thing about a conductor becoming geriatric is that you seem to become more desirable, not less.
symphony piano opera
Mozart has written opera, symphony, sacred and chamber music - not to mention his piano and violin concerti.
symphony instruments late
Most Beethoven symphonies require 80 or more instruments, and the late romantics even more.
ideas people new-ideas
I would like new people with new ideas to come into it and change it.
capacity halls
Initially we performed in halls with capacities of 1,000.
player style taste
Taste is changing, style is changing, and players abilities are changing.
singers sound difficult
There are some sounds that English singers find quite difficult to manipulate.
academy responsibility
So I think we got together as the Academy to give ourselves that sort of responsibility and to play well.
apart entirely expansive great jewish opened performing repertoire
One of the great virtues, apart from the pleasure of performing these works, is that it's opened up an entirely new, expansive repertoire of American Jewish music.
spend time tour
But the most important test is to take them on tour and see if you can bear to spend time with them.
I think we were all frustrated with our daily routine.
almost gone society
So in one leap we had gone from being a friendly society to something almost professional.