With us tonight is William Warfield, who is with us tonight. He is a wonderful man, and so is his wife.
About Eugene Ormandy
Eugene Ormandywas a Hungarian-born American conductor and violinist, best known for his association with the Philadelphia Orchestra, as its music director. His 44-year association with the orchestra is one of the longest enjoyed by any conductor with any American orchestra.
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During the rests – pray.
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The notes are right, but if I listened they would be wrong.
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I wrote it the right way, so it was copied the wrong way right. I mean the right way wrong.
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I don’t mean to make you nervous, but unfortunately I have to.
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Death is an awful thing. I don’t believe in it myself.
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I never say what I mean, but I always manage to say something similar.
Hungarian conductor and violinist
Let me explain what I do here. I don’t want to confuse you any more than absolutely necessary.
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Why do you always insist on playing while I’m trying to conduct?
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It’s hot as hell as can be.
Hungarian conductor and violinist
If you don’t have it in your part, leave it out, because there is enough missing already.
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I can conduct better than I count.
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I’m one of the boys, no better than the last second violinist. I’m just the lucky one to be standing in the center, telling them how to play.
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Even when you are not playing you are holding me back.
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Beauty is less important than quality.
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It is not as difficult as I thought it was, but it is harder than it is.
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It’s all very well to have principles, but when it comes to money you have to be flexible.
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There is a shadow on every page.
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With us tonight is William Warfield, who is with us tonight. He is a wonderful man, and so is his wife.
Hungarian conductor and violinist
I told him he’d have a heart attack a year ago, but unfortunately he lived a year longer.
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Tonight I’m going to listen with my ears.
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It is not together, but the ensemble is perfect.
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