So in one leap we had gone from being a friendly society to something almost professional.

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Most Beethoven symphonies require 80 or more instruments, and the late romantics even more.

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I think the quality of something like the Beveridge, for instance, will have a life of its own.

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But the most important test is to take them on tour and see if you can bear to spend time with them.

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One thing we were looking for from the start was players who really fit together, who sounded in tune.

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The awful thing about a conductor becoming geriatric is that you seem to become more desirable, not less.

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So I think we got together as the Academy to give ourselves that sort of responsibility and to play well.

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So I've never found there was any particular separation between the two cultures at all, musically speaking.

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Mozart has written opera, symphony, sacred and chamber music - not to mention his piano and violin concerti.

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Music is a continuum and the modern and avant-garde composers of today will be part of the standard repertoire 30 years from now.

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