György Ligeti, Lux Aeterna

From an Interview with Helmut Lachenmann

Is the idea of the artist changing society an illusion?

I know that young composers still have—or are getting back to—the expectation of being able to shake things up in society. Of “rubbing salt in the wound.” I think that’s moving, and I respect their intentions. But it’s also naïve, and they end up sacrificing aesthetic rigor. Besides: who am I to rub salt into the wound? I am the wound.

If not change, what can art accomplish?

Art should be understood, and enjoyed, as a world that hasn’t been infected by commercialism. And within that, it should serve as a reminder that we are creatures who have the ability to access our souls.

 

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Ennio Morricone, Once Upon a Time in the West