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

We don't want other people poking into our artistic pie.

If the (British) Arts Council give you money, they also tell you how to spend it.

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

I think the quality of something like the Beveridge, for instance, will have a life of its own.

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

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