 THE CONDUCTOR ENCOURAGES AND ENABLES music to be decoded from ink on a page to a powerful and profound communicative force, creating a series of magical moments, unique and ephemeral, yet intrinsic to the whole. The conductor tempers, refines, and unifies all the orchestra gives him to realize the composer's intent. He hears the pinnacle of their music making; then he asks for more. The conductor is the steward of music. He presides over the final stage, indeed the only stage, of music making - the communion of ear and object, the birth of intent into reality. |
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