As you know, there are certain languages that lend themselves very easily to vocal use.

The awful thing about a conductor becoming geriatric is that you seem to become more desirable, not less.

Mozart has written opera, symphony, sacred and chamber music - not to mention his piano and violin concerti.

Most Beethoven symphonies require 80 or more instruments, and the late romantics even more.

Taste is changing, style is changing, and players abilities are changing.

Music is a continuum and the modern and avant-garde composers of today will be part of the standard repertoire 30 years from now.

So I've never found there was any particular separation between the two cultures at all, musically speaking.