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Peter Maxwell Davies Quotes

If you don’t get feedback from your performers and your audience, you’re going to be working in a vacuum Picture Quote #1

There’s no card, business card, better than a compact disc for a composer. It doesn’t half impress people and they get a long way on it ... these composers they will get more performances, more commissions, more recognition just by having that disc Picture Quote #1

The establishment in Britain is certainly against the arts and against education. If something doesn’t make a profit, it’s invalid, and art doesn’t make a profit in that sense Picture Quote #1

If you’re writing a piece for the Boston Pops, the balance is towards one end. If you’re writing a piece for a chamber music society, then it’s towards another point. I won’t make a final answer on that. I think it changes with every piece Picture Quote #1

I’m very interested, for instance, in music in education - getting young people not only to listen to, but participate in the music that I write. I consider this one of the most vital aspects of my work Picture Quote #1

But when you get a bit older, and I hate to use the word, quite a bit more established, people take more notice and conducting becomes a great deal easier. You don’t have battles like you had before Picture Quote #1

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But you can’t really know your audiences so well Picture Quote #1

You don’t underestimate either players or audience in any circumstances Picture Quote #1

An audience shouldn’t listen with complacency Picture Quote #1

I don’t see how they can with most of my pieces, but I think it’s unfortunate that they can through familiarity with flashy performances of a great deal of other music Picture Quote #1

What they can expect always is that they’re going to be made to think Picture Quote #1

The demands are related to their questing of the best possible out of the people concerned. It’s this going for the highest possible factor that I’m very concerned about Picture Quote #1

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You can’t pander to your audience. You might in the short term, but ultimately you can’t hoodwink them, either Picture Quote #1

The present government is very insistent that business sponsorship should replace government sponsorship of the arts. Business sponsorship won’t happen unless you make tax concessions, which they won’t Picture Quote #1

Recently I’ve been participating in radio and television talk programs doing broadcasts and conferences, and shooting my mouth off and really going to town Picture Quote #1

If you don’t get feedback from your performers and your audience, you’re going to be working in a vacuum Picture Quote #1

If you aim at anything lower that is expecting your audience to be really alert and aware, then you’re going to be caught out sooner or later as a composer Picture Quote #1

I’m obviously very keen on the theater and I think it’s inevitable that some of the orchestral and chamber pieces have got dramatic elements which might even suggest an unspecified dramatic plot of some kind or other, even though it’s not in my mind at the time Picture Quote #1

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I’m not actually teaching any more, but I am writing pieces for schools all the time, and for kids Picture Quote #1

I know what I want at least, and the older I get I think I’m better at getting it out of players and singers Picture Quote #1

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If you don’t get feedback from your performers and your audience, you’re going to be working in a vacuum. (Peter Maxwell Davies Quotes) There’s no card, business card, better than a compact disc for a composer. It doesn’t half impress people and they get a long way on it ... these composers they will get more performances, more commissions, more recognition just by having that disc (Peter Maxwell Davies Quotes) The establishment in Britain is certainly against the arts and against education. If something doesn’t make a profit, it’s invalid, and art doesn’t make a profit in that sense (Peter Maxwell Davies Quotes) If you’re writing a piece for the Boston Pops, the balance is towards one end. If you’re writing a piece for a chamber music society, then it’s towards another point. I won’t make a final answer on that. I think it changes with every piece (Peter Maxwell Davies Quotes) I’m very interested, for instance, in music in education - getting young people not only to listen to, but participate in the music that I write. I consider this one of the most vital aspects of my work (Peter Maxwell Davies Quotes) But when you get a bit older, and I hate to use the word, quite a bit more established, people take more notice and conducting becomes a great deal easier. You don’t have battles like you had before (Peter Maxwell Davies Quotes) But you can’t really know your audiences so well (Peter Maxwell Davies Quotes) You don’t underestimate either players or audience in any circumstances (Peter Maxwell Davies Quotes) An audience shouldn’t listen with complacency (Peter Maxwell Davies Quotes) I don’t see how they can with most of my pieces, but I think it’s unfortunate that they can through familiarity with flashy performances of a great deal of other music (Peter Maxwell Davies Quotes) What they can expect always is that they’re going to be made to think (Peter Maxwell Davies Quotes) The demands are related to their questing of the best possible out of the people concerned. It’s this going for the highest possible factor that I’m very concerned about (Peter Maxwell Davies Quotes) You can’t pander to your audience. You might in the short term, but ultimately you can’t hoodwink them, either (Peter Maxwell Davies Quotes) The present government is very insistent that business sponsorship should replace government sponsorship of the arts. Business sponsorship won’t happen unless you make tax concessions, which they won’t (Peter Maxwell Davies Quotes) Recently I’ve been participating in radio and television talk programs doing broadcasts and conferences, and shooting my mouth off and really going to town (Peter Maxwell Davies Quotes) If you don’t get feedback from your performers and your audience, you’re going to be working in a vacuum (Peter Maxwell Davies Quotes) If you aim at anything lower that is expecting your audience to be really alert and aware, then you’re going to be caught out sooner or later as a composer (Peter Maxwell Davies Quotes) I’m obviously very keen on the theater and I think it’s inevitable that some of the orchestral and chamber pieces have got dramatic elements which might even suggest an unspecified dramatic plot of some kind or other, even though it’s not in my mind at the time (Peter Maxwell Davies Quotes) I’m not actually teaching any more, but I am writing pieces for schools all the time, and for kids (Peter Maxwell Davies Quotes) I know what I want at least, and the older I get I think I’m better at getting it out of players and singers (Peter Maxwell Davies Quotes)