You get more nervous in front of a lot of people. That`s why, when you play a concerto, you play with a small orchestra, in some place where you don`t feel that it is as important as Carnegie Hall.
Itzhak Perlman
When you play a concerto with a small orchestra, you don`t feel it is as important as Carnegie Hall. You try to work out all the little problems. Once that`s all done, trust comes in.
Itzhak Perlman
This was a huge, huge undertaking. I composed this concerto from the ground up. It took about two years total to compose, but there were interruptions when I was touring and making rock albums,
Yngwie Malmsteen
There are some classical pieces written . . . that are very boring. I`ve always had a strong urge to have my own voice, to express something. . . . A concerto was kind of a natural.
Edgar Meyer
I`d forget the piece just before I went out to do the concerto, the panic was too great. This was not anything that gave me pleasure. This was fulfilling somebody else`s dream.
Linda Lavin
Harmony is pure love, for love is a concerto.
Lope de Vega
Source: thinkexist.com
