It has to be able to play at the maximum expression and communication in every style, and the only way you can do that is - like Verdi said - working with a file, every day, little by little, until the orchestra`s collective qualities emerge.
- James LevineVerdi is my god and my other influences are Berlioz and Puccini, with a dash of Debussy in my orchestration.
- Anita Borg