ITL# 26: Concerts in Caves

Chris and Sridhar discuss Beethoven’s 10th Symphony as completed by Artificial Intelligence, the role of AI in music, a pop quiz, and some superlative questions. Shots are fired, but it’s all in good fun.

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Useful links:

Beethoven's unfinished 10th Symphony completed by AI - classicfm

Beethoven X: The AI Project: III. Scherzo

Curse of the ninth symphony

27 club

Daniel Barenboim - Beethoven masterclasses

Sporcle

Classical music triplets quiz

Pasta shape or Italian composer quiz

Debussy - Sonata for flute, viola, and harp

Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4 - Leonard Bernstein

Glenn Gould plays Bach's Italian Concerto

András Schiff - Italian Concerto masterclass

Gould plays Bach's Chromatic Fantasia

Daniel Barenboim conducts Ravel's Bolero

Walt Disney Concert Hall - wikipedia

Glare at Walt Disney Hall

Cracked - 5 Most Embarrassing Architectural Failures Ever ft. Walt Disney Hall

Musical Arts Center at Indiana University (doubles as a bomb shelter)

Cave of the Mounds in Wisconsin

Boston Symphony Hall

Royal Festival Hall (if the Death Star had a concert hall)

St. Matthew Passion - All of Bach project

Gustavo Dudamel conducts Berlioz Requiem in Notre Dame de Paris

Claudio Abbado & Lucerne Festival Orchestra - Mahler 3

Mahler 3 Posthorn solo - Abbado/LFO

Bob Dylan - Desolation Row

Desolation Row lyrics

Nat King Cole - Stardust

Stardust lyrics

Hoagy Carmichael statue at Indiana University

Chris' Cocktail Piano Hour - Stardust