Particularly at around the age of 70 you reach a stage where you have to be very careful. If, at that point, you abandon the work you have been doing, there is a good chance that you will just collapse…

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If you only do little clusters - three or four songs by one, and another,...

If you only do little clusters - three or four songs by one, and another,...

In Romanticism, the main determinant is the mood, the atmosphere. And in that regard, you...

In Romanticism, the main determinant is the mood, the atmosphere. And in that regard, you...

What concerns me, is the general social tendency to enforce a level, above which nothing...

What concerns me, is the general social tendency to enforce a level, above which nothing...

All music has to speak in some form or other.

All music has to speak in some form or other.

Within each individual young person you meet, you have the same fields to plow. The...

Within each individual young person you meet, you have the same fields to plow. The...

Which is why, in my lieder concerts, I always strove, when possible, to sing only...

Which is why, in my lieder concerts, I always strove, when possible, to sing only...

It is desirable that people make music on the breath, with the breath.

It is desirable that people make music on the breath, with the breath.

Brahms believed that there was no need to publish absolutely everything that Schubert ever wrote.

Brahms believed that there was no need to publish absolutely everything that Schubert ever wrote.

With creative people, truly new horizons open up.

With creative people, truly new horizons open up.

The composition of a single melody is born out of a bit of text, perhaps...

The composition of a single melody is born out of a bit of text, perhaps...

Unfortunately, it happens all too seldom that you really disappear behind a work, that you...

Unfortunately, it happens all too seldom that you really disappear behind a work, that you...

Toward the end of his life, one can sense that he was no longer thinking...

Toward the end of his life, one can sense that he was no longer thinking...

In fact, the element of play has an important role in my life, and I...

In fact, the element of play has an important role in my life, and I...

And what unity is to be had, at a time when orchestras are dying out,...

And what unity is to be had, at a time when orchestras are dying out,...

Anyone who draws attention to himself as an individual, is viewed with suspicion. We acquired...

Anyone who draws attention to himself as an individual, is viewed with suspicion. We acquired...

When you go out onto the stage, all the preparation has to be forced into...

When you go out onto the stage, all the preparation has to be forced into...

Many, many composers have only found their way to a certain form, through familiarizing themselves...

Many, many composers have only found their way to a certain form, through familiarizing themselves...

Rather, I believe that it is very good, if, with the aid of his songs,...

Rather, I believe that it is very good, if, with the aid of his songs,...

Admittedly, it is really our duty, as artists, to hold up a mirror to our...

Admittedly, it is really our duty, as artists, to hold up a mirror to our...

I came together with younger musicians and tried to pass on my own experiences. In...

I came together with younger musicians and tried to pass on my own experiences. In...