Listening through the years as self-measurement

[gabyb]

I recently read this blog post

http://bldgblog.blogspot.com/2008/03/architecture-of-self-measurement.html

on using reading and architecture over time as measures of how we have changed over that time.  Since many people here have been listening to Mahler over long periods of time, I wonder how your perceptions of particular works/performances have changed with the passage of time.  The blog post is well thought-out and written, so worth your time if you have it.  I'd especially like to hear examples of how particular works/performnaces have played a role in your life over time.  Enjoy,

GB

[stillivor]

I think my biggest geberal change is to regard the corpus as greater and greater.

This board had inspired me to play the works in cycles [next up is 7 on cycle number 8].

Lastly, for a long time [since the 60s], the 6th was my top symphony. Over the last 20 years, I've noticed that most times I play seems to be followed by some change or other in my life.

Thrilling to see how M's stock has risen so much over this period.

And of course we don't see the world as it is but as we are. So if works of art look different over time, it's because we're different.

"Things don't change; we do." [Thoreau]


   Ivor