From: Jeffrey Epstein <[email protected]> To: President Subject: Re: reply Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2012 20:47:39 +0000 i have been wrestling now with the conceptual underpinning of you project. I found the cage concert disquieting. the Audience , at least the vast majority were neither interested, interesting or engaged, they were just warm. (body temp ). If music is to bypass the intellect, it shouldn't have been a problem for your audience as that hurdle did seemed not to exist. . IF your idea does not have traction, then what. are you saying that there should be works that are exhiited, though the audience does not yet know it. what encouragement doest it give to new world symphony players . to look out and see blanck old theatre masks. if there is one person whose life is changed , is it worth the effort and the philanthropy. I remain troubled On Sun, Dec 16, 2012 at 4:38 PM, President < wrote: Dear Jeffrey, Happy holidays on the Island (wherever it is). I just got an email from Henry (about some project he is involved with). Take care and I look forward to our next conversation. Leon From: "Jeffrey Epstein" <[email protected]> To: "President" Sent: Friday, December 14, 2012 12:11:56 PM Subject: Re: i will be on the island until jan 17 , you are welcome to come for a few days, one day, any day, I spent time looking at works by Cage , therefore I might argue that it says carnegie music hall , not carnegie sounds hall. we need a longer discussion re benefits vs cost. On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 11:52 AM, President < > wrote: I hope you enjoyed yourself. I warned you it was out there. In January we are doing a concert at Carnegie designed to question why certain pieces become famous. I am doing three symphonies in minor keys all written or revised in the 1880s by three composers who knew one another. One work became famous (Brahms 4), one is on the sidelines (Dvorak 4) and one is totally obscure (Herzogenberg 1). The audience then gets