Dear Nathaniel,

Thank you, and if you consider it appropriate, thank Professor Zander
for his account of the BPYO tour 2016, which I found interesting and
informative, providing insight into what he and you are doing.
The subject of the relationships of musicians to the music and to
the society which they enlighten is very compelling to me, 
perhaps because my own life has been shaped by my disappointment
not to have become a musician.

I've postponed listening to the music Professor Zander cited, because
of a musical diet so strict that it would make an orthodox rabbi 
seem indulgent. Right now I restrict myself to Mozart's three
DaPonte operas whose melodies and rhythms and insights serve as
the indispensable continuo for my writing.

I think of you often and I wish you well.

Love, Jochen