BERNSTEIN

Quote for Today  December 6, 2011

A questioner: "To turn to the compositions, do you think Bernstein felt that he had failed as  composer?"


The answer: "Ah but Mon Dieu, we are all frustrated in life, we all want to do something else than what we do. West Side Story or Candide, I think these are wonderful works, but maybe he only thought of them as a light music, operetta music. You know, I think with Bernstein, and with all of us, often the thing that we really can do, it's not so interesting. We always want to sing soemthing else,  or compose something else, or whatever. Karajan also felt this. Before the died he said: 'I have still so much to do.'"

Christa Ludwig

I found this quote on page 70 in a book entitled, The Education of The Heart, Readings and Sources For Care Of The Soul, Soul Mates, And The Re-Enchantment Of Everyday Life, Edited by Thomas Moore, Harper Perennial, New York, 1997