Conductor

[01:00.61] Confident with your back to the audience

[01:09.35] Tremolo strings begin with your gesturing wrist

[01:16.37] Start the orchestra slow with an elegant aire

[01:24.37] Then a circular sweep crescendoing swell

[01:31.63] Leo Slatkin, Dohnanyi, Previne, Depaur

[01:40.38] Your arms are calling out

[01:42.38] They wave like a swarm of sound

[01:46.13] You pull the sound from scores of notes

[01:50.38] You step the stage and take control

[02:15.63] You're conducting verese in a moment of silence

[02:24.64] Your body directs a pulse of wind

[02:31.39] Von Karajan, Hampton, Menuhin, Levine