Alfred Brendel: ‘I talk about the day I will have to stop or even the thought when I will have to die’

From the Irish Times archive: The great pianist, who has died at the age of 94, spoke to Michael Dervan for this article from 2004

Celebrated pianist: Alfred Brendel in 2007. Photograph: Jonathan Player/New York Times
Celebrated pianist: Alfred Brendel in 2007. Photograph: Jonathan Player/New York Times