If the (British) Arts Council give you money, they also tell you how to spend it.
As you know, there are certain languages that lend themselves very easily to vocal use.
I just wish, maybe, that I'd started conducting earlier. I was about 40 when I started. Apart from that I don't really have any regrets. Is that bad?
If we perform the romantic repertoire we need more musicians.
There are some sounds that English singers find quite difficult to manipulate.
Mozart has written opera, symphony, sacred and chamber music - not to mention his piano and violin concerti.