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The silence before the downbeat
A concert does not begin with the first sound but with the second before it. The orchestra watches the hands, the hall goes quiet, and the tempo is already set in that pause.
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A rehearsal is a conversation
An orchestra has 80 people and three hours. If the conductor talks more than the orchestra plays, the time is wasted.
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How to read a score
Start not with the first page but with the form: where the climaxes are, where the transitions are, where the music rests.
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