I absolutely insist upon adequate rehearsal time – particularly for the pieces that orchestras know best. Because there, the tendency is not to take them apart – rediscover them – and you must. Andre Previn Read Quote
It’s been thrown up to me most of my life: Why don’t I just concentrate on conducting or composing or my own playing or on jazz? Andre Previn Read Quote
The thing is that I’m naturally curious about a lot of different disciplines in music, and I enjoy doing them. And as long as people are nice enough to let me, I’ll keep on trying. Andre Previn Read Quote
Music critics have made it quite clear that any composer who ever contributed a four-bar jingle to a film was to be referred to as a ‘Hollywood composer’ from then on, even if the rest of his output were to consist solely of liturgical organ sonatas. Andre Previn Read Quote
I remain extraordinarily proud of the Vaughan Williams symphonies I recorded with the LSO, and in the 1980s and ’90s, I made an almost complete cycle of orchestral works by Richard Strauss with the Vienna Philharmonic. Andre Previn Read Quote
I’ve had the healthy and sobering experience of constantly working with music that is invariably better than any performance of it can be. Andre Previn Read Quote
People who don’t do jazz think it’s black magic. But really, it’s just a matter of getting used to it. It’s fun to gamble. The trick is not to fall back on the things you’ve done before. Andre Previn Read Quote
A Beethoven symphony should be rehearsed like chamber music, only for a lot more people. Andre Previn Read Quote
