The big day is next Sunday.
He tells Fiona Maddocks:
‘It’s a total cliche to say music keeps you young. I still feel like a teenager, though my knees may have a different opinion. I always thought there would come some mythical time when wisdom settles on you. This is absolutely not true. I’m still learning new things. It takes longer. I’m about to do Janáček’s The Excursions of Mr Brouček to the Moon. It’s completely nuts. I’m finally getting the hang of it. And there are still things I feel are beyond me. Bach’s B minor Mass, Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis…’
More here.
Still time to send him a birthday card.
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