If the (British) Arts Council give you money, they also tell you how to spend it.
We don't want other people poking into our artistic pie.
As you know, there are certain languages that lend themselves very easily to vocal use.
There are some sounds that English singers find quite difficult to manipulate.
Most Beethoven symphonies require 80 or more instruments, and the late romantics even more.
I think the quality of something like the Beveridge, for instance, will have a life of its own.