When you play a concerto with a small orchestra, you don't feel it is… — 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 PerlmanMusician · Israeli · b. 1945

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