“The musical equivalent of the towers of St Pancras Station”

Thomas Beecham

“Asked if he had ever conducted any Stockhausen, he said, "No, but I once trod in some."”

Thomas Beecham

“Too much counterpoint; what is worse, Protestant counterpoint.”

Thomas Beecham

“A musicologist is a man who can read music but can't hear it.”

Thomas Beecham

“The function of music is to release us from the tyranny of conscious thought.”

Thomas Beecham