Most Beethoven symphonies require 80 or more instruments, and the late romantics even more.

I just wish, maybe, that I'd started conducting earlier. I was about 40 when I started. Apart from that I don't really have any regrets. Is that bad?

I think the quality of something like the Beveridge, for instance, will have a life of its own.

If we perform the romantic repertoire we need more musicians.

So I've never found there was any particular separation between the two cultures at all, musically speaking.

Taste is changing, style is changing, and players abilities are changing.

Most Beethoven symphonies require 80 or more instruments, and the late romantics even more.