The Conductor

Confident with your back to the audience... Tremolo strings begin with your gesturing wrist. Start the orchestra slow with an elegant air, Then a circular sweep crescendoing swell... Leo Slatkin, Dohnányi, Previn, DePaur. Your arms are calling out, They wave like a swarm of sound. You pull the sound from scores of notes- You step the stage and take control. You're conducting Verese in a moment of silence. Your body directs a pulse of wind. Von Karajan, Hampton, Menuhin, Levine Your arms are calling out, They wave like a swarm of sound. You pull the sound from scores of notes- You step the stage and take control. Those arms are calling out, They wave like a swarm of sound. You pull the sound from scores of notes- You step the stage and take control. Control.