"Elihu L. Sussman" <[log in to unmask]> writes:

>Karl Barth a famous theologian once wrote a wonderful homage to Mozart
>and in his monograph he stated "When the angels play for God they play
>Bach but when they play _en famille_ they play Mozart."

The complete quote ends, " - and our dear Lord listens with pleasure."

It's also been attributed to Alfred Einstein: "When the angels play for
God they play Bach, but when they play for themselves they play Mozart
- and God listens in."

I've also heard it as "when they wish to amuse themselves, they play
Mozart - and God puts His ear to the keyhole and listens."

 - seb