Tradition Demands That We Not Speak Poorly

Wagner Exploited All Forms Of Expression At A Composer's Disposal - Harmony, Dynamics, Orchestration - To The Extreme. His Music Is Highly Emotional, And At The Same Time Wagner Has Extraordinary Control Over The Effect He Achieves.

But The Ear, Let Us Not Forget, Starts Operating On The Forty-fifth Day Of The Pregnancy Of A Woman. Seven And A Half Months Advance Over The Eye...(but) What Do We Do In Our Society, In Our Civilisation, To Continue This Process?

Every Great Work Of Art Has Two Faces, One Towards Its Own Time And One Towards Future, Towards Eternity.

The Ear Plays The Role Of The Guide In The Museum In The Concert I'm Taking Now. We Don't Have An Oral Guide, We Have To Provide It Ourselves. One Reason Why Active Listening Is Absolutely Essential.

Not Only Has The Eyes Taken Over, But We Have Anaesthetised The Ears Through All The Muzak That We Hear All The Time.