36 Years Ago

36 Years Ago, Vienna 1971—A Student Journal

Day 280: Time travel with YouTube—Mahler 4

Day 280 — Time travel with YouTube—Mahler 4
08-May-1972 (Montag–Mon.)

Bernstein Mahler 4
The real Mahler 4 concert at night. We enter a time-vortex through the magic of YouTube and see two videos from this same concert—36 years ago. Yes, I was there.
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Day 279: Bernstein & Beethoven

Day 279 — Bernstein & Beethoven
07-May-1972 (Sonntag–Sun.)

A Mahler symphony and Beethoven opera are on today’s venue, along with a YouTube video. Nice.
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Day 269: RPO, Tchaikovsky 4, Pirates of the Caribbean

Day 269 — RPO, Tchaikovsky 4, Pirates of the Caribbean
27-April-1972 (Donnerstag–Thur.)

Michael Tilson Thomas Tchaikovsky 4
A good day for everything—horn, piano, electronic music, and a concert. Tchaikovsky 4 is on the menu today and a bit of Pirates of the Caribbean. Arrgh! My last day of German journal writing. Yay!
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Day 167: Back to music

Day 167 — Back to music
16-January-1972 (Sonntag–Sun.)


It’s back to some concertizing in Vienna. A Beethoven mass and Brahm’s symphony. Music heals the soul. In 2008, I need some soul healing—back to the blog.

My brother and college buddies are coming to Europe. I’m going to try and hookup with them.

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