World. with William B. Irvine Insights sometimes hit us like a bolt from the blue. For Archimedes, clarity struck while he was taking a bath. For Gustav Mahler, it came as the blades of his oars touched the water. And for Albert Einstein, it emerged while he was talking to a friend. Why do these moments o

World. with William B. Irvine Insights sometimes hit us like a bolt from the blue. For Archimedes, clarity struck while he was taking a bath. For Gustav Mahler, it came as the blades of his oars touched the water. And for Albert Einstein, it emerged while he was talking to a friend. Why do these moments o

gained prominence as a cellist while playing in the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra for many years. The orchestra's chief conductor — none other than Gustav Mahler - apparently insisted on having Schmidt for his cello soloist whenever possible. He was also a virtuoso organist; the evidence of his love for the

First Symphony In this concert, =he Berliner Philharmoniker and conductor Daniel Harding took the audienc= on an exciting journey into the world of Gustav Mahler: in addition to =ahler's First Symphony, they performed an orchestral work by Charl=s Ives, a contemporary of Mahler, and the Three Fragments from t