ITL #14: The King's Gambit
New year, new ITL: after some light banter about the rebranding, Chris and Sridhar discuss the similarities between music and chess, why it might be that there are so many musicians who are avid chess players, a poster for an old New York Philharmonic concert conducted by none other than Gustav Mahler, Rimsky-Korsakov’s “Scheherezade,” and Leonard Bernstein’s affinity for Mahler.
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Useful Links:
Ennio Morricone Plays Chess - Paris Review interview
Leonard Bernstein explains the harmonic series
Bernstein conducts Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique
Composer Alexander Liebermann notates animal sounds
Olivier Messiaen - Le Merle Noir (The Blackbird)
Chris's Elementary School chess handbook
Bobby Fischer Against the World on YouTube
Arthur Rimbaud - one of the few poetic prodigies
Sergei Nakariakov - shopping for a new trumpet
How many chess games are possible? - Numberphile video
Program for Mahler's matinee with the New York Philharmonic
Scheherazade (1001 Arabian Nights)
Scheherazade (Rimsky-Korsakov piece) - wikipedia
Scheherazade - Sinfónica de Galicia (YARR!)
Leif Segerstam - Finnish composer/conductor
Bernstein conducts Mahler's unfinished Symphony no. 10
Mahler - "Ulricht" from Symphony no. 2 on theremin
Who is Gustav Mahler? - Leonard Bernstein's Young People's Concerts
The Unanswered Question: Bernstein on Mahler
Mahler rehearsals with Leonard Bernstein
Pirates of the Caribbean soundtrack