The Beethoven Experience provided the opportunity to solidify the relationship between the Orchestra and me, the Orchestra and me and the public, between all of us and the city of New York, because Beethoven after all is a really amazing point of reference.
“If we learn the art of yielding what must be yielded to the changing present, we can save the best of the past.”
“This country and the Commonwealth last Tuesday were not far from the Kingdom of Heaven.”