From the Ted Talk by Charles Hazlewood: Trusting the ensemble
Unscramble the Blue Letters
And I remember at the beginning of my career, again and again, on these dismal oitungs with orchestras, I would be going completely insane on the podium, trying to engender a small scale cncderseo really, just a little ugupsre in vmolue. Bugger me, they wouldn't give it to me. I spent a lot of time in those eraly years weeping silently in dressing rooms. And how futile seemed the words of advice to me from great British veteran conductor Sir cioln daivs who said, "Conducting, Charles, is like hildong a small bird in your hand. If you hold it too tightly, you crush it. If you hold it too loosely, it flies away." I have to say, in those days, I couldn't really even find the bird.
Open Cloze
And I remember at the beginning of my career, again and again, on these dismal _______ with orchestras, I would be going completely insane on the podium, trying to engender a small scale _________ really, just a little _______ in ______. Bugger me, they wouldn't give it to me. I spent a lot of time in those _____ years weeping silently in dressing rooms. And how futile seemed the words of advice to me from great British veteran conductor Sir __________ who said, "Conducting, Charles, is like _______ a small bird in your hand. If you hold it too tightly, you crush it. If you hold it too loosely, it flies away." I have to say, in those days, I couldn't really even find the bird.
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volume
holding
colin
crescendo
outings
upsurge
davis
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Original Text
And I remember at the beginning of my career, again and again, on these dismal outings with orchestras, I would be going completely insane on the podium, trying to engender a small scale crescendo really, just a little upsurge in volume. Bugger me, they wouldn't give it to me. I spent a lot of time in those early years weeping silently in dressing rooms. And how futile seemed the words of advice to me from great British veteran conductor Sir Colin Davis who said, "Conducting, Charles, is like holding a small bird in your hand. If you hold it too tightly, you crush it. If you hold it too loosely, it flies away." I have to say, in those days, I couldn't really even find the bird.