Harvard Square Visits 2016
A compilation of several visits to Harvard Square showing: Harvard Yard, Sanders Theatre, Cambridge Commons, Harvard Business School and Harvard Stadium.
Memory, Consciousness & Coma [Full Talk], Sadhguru at Harvard Medical School
During a session at Sanders Theatre, Harvard Medical School, on “Memory, Consciousness, and Coma” on May 14, Emery N. Brown, MD, PhD, Warren M. Zapol Professor of Anesthesia at Harvard Medical School and at Massachusetts General Hospital, Edward Hood Taplin Professor of Medical Engineering and Professor of Computational Neuroscience at MIT; and Nicholas D. Schiff, MD, PhD, The Jerold B. Katz Professor of Neurology and Neurosciences, Weill Cornell Medical College,New York, seek Sadhguru’s inputs on various aspects of anesthesia, the brain and science.
1:52 - Professor's explanation on how anesthesia affects your brain.
6:50 - Sadhguru's explanation on difference between consciousness and jaagrithi (wakefulness).
22:45 - How can we use the yogic insights and adapt them into anesthesiology ?
30:17 - People lose sense of time both during enlightenment and during anesthesia. Why ?
37:49 - Discussion on space and time from a yogic perspective.
42:21 - How can we use your enlightenment experiences to solve the issues in the world ?
1:02:33 - How can we put aside memory and intelligence when those are the biggest gifts to us ?
1:19:17 - What are your thoughts on near-death experience ?
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I Love You for Sentimental Reasons - The Harvard Krokodiloes of the 1970s
The Harvard Krokodiloes of the 1970s
65th Anniversary Concert
Sanders Theatre, Cambridge, MA
[Wikipedia] Memorial Hall (Harvard University)
Memorial Hall, immediately north of Harvard Yard in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is an imposing High Victorian Gothic building honoring the sacrifices made by Harvard men in defense of the Union during the American Civil War—a symbol of Boston's commitment to the Unionist cause and the abolitionist movement in America.
Built on a former playing field known as the Delta, it was described by Henry James as consisting of
three main divisions: one of them a theater, for academic ceremonies; another a vast refectory, covered with a timbered roof, hung about with portraits and lighted by stained windows, like the halls of the colleges of Oxford; and the third, the most interesting, a chamber high, dim and severe, consecrated to the sons of the university who fell in the long Civil War.
James' three divisions are known today as (respectively) Sanders Theatre; Annenberg Hall (formerly Alumni Hall or the Great Hall); and Memorial Transept. Beneath Annenberg Hall, Loker Commons offers a number of student facilities.
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Trey Anastasio 2-10-18 Cambridge Ma Until We Meet Again
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Climate Carnival, Montpelier, VT 08112014
Exuberant invasion of the Vermont Statehouse with masked actors on stilts and louder than loud brass band wake-up calls to promote Climate Justice and warn against proposed Keystone XL and Fracked Gas Pipelines. Agit-prop street theater by Bread & Puppet & Modern Times Theater.
USA: CHINESE PRESIDENT JIANG ZEMIN VISITS BOSTON
English/Nat
Chinese President Jiang Zemin will continue his whirlwind tour of the United States Saturday with a visit to Boston.
He's due to give a speech at Harvard University.
In Boston, there's a sizeable Chinese immigrant and student population ready to greet Jiang.
Some will welcome him, but others are very much opposed to the message he's bringing to America.
Tibetans and Chinese gathered on the lawn of a chapel Friday on the campus of Harvard University, in the shadows of the school's Sanders Theatre.
Hundreds of guests will be in the theatre on Saturday to listen to China's president talk of his country's future and its relationship with the United States.
And it's that relationship which worries these people.
Protestors chanting the call for human rights in Tibet and China have greeted Jiang in his tour of America, and Boston will be no different.
This time, he faces a well organised dissident community.
Among them, Harvard graduate Jianli Yang, who represents a coalition of Boston's Chinese community opposed to Jiang's visit.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
I don't think the violation of human rights is a necessary cost of development. Chinese people can have both simultaneously, why not? Speaking out can interfere with eating well. It's nonsense. So we can have both.
SUPER CAPTION: Jianli Yang, Chinese Student Dissident Leader
And it's the U-S embrace of a China policy which, in his view, abandons the issue of human rights they cannot understand.
You can't embrace China, he says, without that linkage.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
When the U-S government oppresses China's government on the issues other than human rights, nobody says this is a policy which is isolating China. Why? When it comes to human rights, that is isolating China. So I just don't see it.
SUPER CAPTION: Jianli Yang, Chinese Student Dissident Leader
However, there are those ready to welcome Jiang, such as those who run this Chinese language school for the children of immigrants in nearby Cambridge.
The man who runs the program, and other Chinese cultural projects, says these young students may one day return to China.
They must be ready, he says, to lead in a country that should be a partner, not an enemy, of the west.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
Definitely when these kids grow-up they are very strong competition ability and they can speak Chinese, also English, they can do business, they can do anything between two countries, they will be very important. Perhaps, a few of them will be a leader in China.
SUPER CAPTION: Humin Ji, Director, Cambridge Centre for Chinese Culture
But that's still a hard sell for those who say Jiang, and China, cannot and should not reap the benefits of economic prosperity, without bearing some of the responsibility for ensuring the human rights of Chinese people.
The monks who chant these prayers for Tibet, and the people of Tibet, believe the U-S and the world should help them achieve their own kind of prosperity, back home in a free Tibet.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
Sometimes I worry a little. I'm confused too, because we can all see the economic part more than the human rights. But I think that there are people around this world and I think that there are going to be changes because changes are always brought by people and I'm hoping in my lifetime, at least, to see free Tibet.
SUPER CAPTION: Dolma Yurcham, Tibetan student
Come Saturday morning, these protestors will be here still; hoping to remind Jiang Zemin that they won't let him forget.
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Noam Chomsky Glenn Greenwald with Liberty and Justice For Some
Former constitutional rights lawyer Glenn Greenwald contends that the United States has a two-tiered judicial system, one for the haves and one for the have-nots. Mr. Greenwald presents his argument by tracing the evolution of judicial inequality, from President Richard Nixon's pardon for the Watergate scandal to what the author deems were economic and political crimes committed during the George W. Bush administration. The author posits that both political parties and the media are culpable for creating an unequal judicial system. Glenn Greenwald presented his thoughts in conversation with political activist Noam Chomsky. They also responded to questions from members of the audience. This was a special event of the Harvard Book Store, held at the Brattle Theatre in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Ghosts of the Forest “Ghosts of the Forest” 4-4-19 State Theatre, Portland, ME
Ghosts of the Forest perform the opening song of their debut performance, the eponymous title track of their new album.
Visitas Thinks Big 2017 - Harvard University
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Tom Lehrer: It Makes A Fellow Proud To Be A Soldier (concert live) (1959)
The first part of the video (my signature slide) is overlaid by the final bars of L-Innu Malti, which I played on my keyboard.
The main part of the song is one of Tom Lehrer's live performed songs, It Makes A Fellow Proud To Be A Soldier. It is part of Tom's first published live performance album, An Evening Wasted With Tom Lehrer. But I obtained the actual music from the box set, The Remains of Tom Lehrer, which was released in 2000. Enjoy.
And the last part is the main theme of The Phantom of the Opera, by Andrew Lloyd Webber. Simply the 'cherry on top', and my personal song.
Here's the description Tom Lehrer himself made about the song: 'It Makes A Fellow Proud To Be A Soldier' concerns the peacetime army, not as the author experienced it himself, it must be confessed, but as he believes purchasers of his records would like to think he experienced it.
Sorry I gave so much information about the music earlier. I don't want to get screwed by stupid WMG again. They are a bunch of arse-holes. And to make sure I am not screwed, have them read the following credits:
Recorded at SANDERS THEATRE, HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Cambridge, MA (3/20/59 & 3/21/59)
Produced by TOM LEHRER
Engineered by STEPHEN FASSET
From the album An Evening Wasted With Tom Lehrer, Lehrer #TL-202-S (1959); Reissued as Reprise #R-6199 (1966)
The Remains of Tom Lehrer Compilation ℗ 2000 Warner Bros. Records Inc. & Rhino Entertainment Company.
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Speaker: Cornel R. West, Professor of the Practice of Public Philosophy, Harvard Divinity School
Introduction: Gretchen Brion-Meisels, Ed.M.'11, Ed.D.'13, lecturer on education and co-chair, Dean's Advisory Committee on Equity and Diversity (DACED), HGSE.
Don't miss dynamic speaker Cornel West, a professor at the Harvard Divinity School and in the Harvard Department of African and African American Studies.
Vision & Justice | Friday | Part I || Radcliffe Institute
FRIDAY, APRIL 26
“Vision & Justice: A Convening” considered the role of the arts in understanding the nexus of art, race, and justice. Wynton Marsalis opened the morning session on Friday, April 26, with a musical performance. Later that morning, discussions covered a range of topics: representation in civic spaces, the “adultification” of black girls, the Flint water crisis, and more.
MORNING SESSION: Sanders Theatre
Welcome Remarks: Alan M. Garber (0:01)
Darren Walker (6:53)
Sarah Lewis (13:29)
Video by Lance Oppenheim (19:40)
Musical Opening
Wynton Marsalis, Dan Nimmer, Taurien (TJ) Reddick, and Phillip Norris (30:30)
Cultural Citizenship
Wynton Marsalis, Diane Paulus, and President Emerita Drew Gilpin Faust (41:44)
Race, Culture, and Civic Space
Introduction: Mohsen Mostafavi (1:15:20)
David Adjaye, Theaster Gates, and Sarah Lewis (1:23:44)
Tribute to LaToya Ruby Frazier
Teju Cole (1:49:02)
Video by LaToya Ruby Frazier (1:56:53)
Race, Justice, and the Environment
Focus: Discovering the Flint crisis
Introduction: Sarah Lewis (2:00:59)
Chelsea Clinton and Mona Hanna-Attisha (2:03:50)
Race, Childhood, and Inequality in the Political Realm
Introduction: Claudine Gay (2:29:13)
Robin Bernstein, Yara Shahidi, and Naomi Wadler (2:36:18)
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Jeffrey Brody (b. 1950) : Passacaglia for full orchestra (1994)
Jeffrey Brody (b. 1950) (USA)
Passacaglia for full orchestra (1994)
Dir : Leon Gregorian
With the authorization of the American composer Jeffrey Brody.
On collectionCB3 we can also listen to Jeffrey Brody's « Organ Concerto » (1995).
Currently Music Director of Longwood Opera and Principal Accompanist of the Paul Madore Chorale, Jeffrey Brody enjoys an active musical career as composer, conductor, vocal coach, collaborative pianist and organist. Appointed to the musical staff of Seattle Opera in 1986, he has done the musical preparation of that company's critically acclaimed production of Wagner's Ring, serving as Assistant Conductor and Prompter. He has also done musical preparation for Sarah Caldwell's Opera Company of Boston, Boston Lyric Opera, Opera New England, MIT Chamber Opera, Janus Opera Productions and the Princeton June Opera Festival. Jeffrey Brody has been Music Director of Longwood Opera since 1998 and was appointed Musical Advisor of the Boston Wagner Society in 2005. He was named Music Director and Organist of Park Avenue Congregational Church, Arlington, MA in 2007 and serves as Staff Accompanist at New England Conservatory.
His compositions include two operas, as well as works for orchestra, chorus, chamber music and organ. They have been performed in Boston's Symphony Hall, Jordan Hall, the Washington National Cathedral, the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, Saint Patrick's Cathedral, the Vienna Konzerthaus, the Temple of the Shinji Kai in Shiga, Japan and on National Public Radio. Recent commissions include « Beowulf », a Musical Legend for soloists, double chrous and large orchestra written for performance in the Vienna Musikvereinsaal under the direction of Maestro Gerhard Track, as well as « Planetarium », a work for the Arlington-Belmont Chamber Chorus premiered in May of 2005 under the direction of Barry Singer. Most recently, Jeffrey Brody is the recipient of a very generous grant from the Brannen-Cooper Fund of Brannen Brothers Flute Makers for the composition of a three-movement, 29-minute « Concerto for Flute and Orchestra » premiered in January of 2009 by flutist Judith Braude and the Salem Philharmonic under his direction. Past seasons have brought the world premiere of his opera « The Measure of Love » ; the premiere performances of his choral work « O Fairest Love Divine » by the Paul Madore Chorale ; the first performances by the Salem Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of Maestro Alan Hawryluk of his transcriptions for orchestra of three works by Mozart for mechanical organ ; the performance of his « Concerto for Organ and Orchestra » with organist Berj Zamkochian and the State Symphony Orchestra of Lebanon under the direction of Harout Faslian ; the Vienna premieres of his « Haec Dies » for Organ, Strings and Timpani as well as his « Symphony for Organ », with Zamkochian performing in the Konzerthaus as well as at Vienna's renowned Karlskirche ; and the premiere of « Fanfare ! », a short orchestral work written for the seventy-fifth anniversary of the Michigan State Symphony Orchestra. The 2004-5 season brought premieres of his « Sinfonietta nel stilo antico » and « The Ballad of the Four Brothers » by the Salem Philharmonic Orchestra. In August 2005 the Harvard Summer Orchestra, under the direction of Judith Zuckerman, played his « Nigun » in Sanders Theater, Cambridge. Highlights of the 2005-6 season included the world premiere of his « Concerto for Violin and Orchestra », written for Alan Hawryluk, played by the Salem Philharmonic under the direction of the composer. The 2008-9 season brought the premiere of his most recent commission, the « Concerto for Flute and Orchestra », by flutist Judith Braude with the Salem Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of the composer, and the world premiere of a song-cycle « Phantasmagoria » with tenor Christopher Aaron Smith and pianist Terry Decima at New England Conservatory's Brown Hall. The 2009-2010 season brought performances of his works with the Salem Philharmonic Orchestra, the Dirk Hillyer Festival Orchestra, the Harvard Summer Orchestra, the Parkway Concert Orchestra and the Arlington-Belmont Chamber Chorus. The 2010-2011 season brings the premiere of his second opera, « The Picture of Dorian Gray », by Longwood Opera, as well as the premiere of his « Pezzo Serioso » by the Salem Philharmonic Orchestra and premieres of his arrangements for organ, brass quartet and timpani of Vierne's « Carillon de Westminster » and Rimsky-Korsakov's « Procession of the Nobles ».
A finalist in the 1999 European International Composers Competition, Jeffrey Brody has been the recipient of numerous ASCAP special awards.
To better know the American composer Jeffrey Brody :
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Jeffrey Brody (b. 1950) : Organ Concerto (1995)
Jeffrey Brody (b. 1950) (USA)
Organ Concerto (1995)
Organist : Berj Zamkochian
Dir : Leon Gregorian
Symphony Orchestra of Michigan St. University
1- Sehr feierlich bewegt (Very solemnly moved). Allegro moderato (16.52)
2- Passacaglia, Ruhig heitere Bewegung (Quiet serene movement) (13.26)
3- Rondo-Finale. Heiftig, doch nie übeirelt (Violently, but never hastly) (10.29)
With the authorization of the American composer Jeffrey Brody.
On collectionCB3 we can also listen to Jeffrey Brody's « Passacaglia for full orchestra » (1994).
Currently Music Director of Longwood Opera and Principal Accompanist of the Paul Madore Chorale, Jeffrey Brody enjoys an active musical career as composer, conductor, vocal coach, collaborative pianist and organist. Appointed to the musical staff of Seattle Opera in 1986, he has done the musical preparation of that company's critically acclaimed production of Wagner's Ring, serving as Assistant Conductor and Prompter. He has also done musical preparation for Sarah Caldwell's Opera Company of Boston, Boston Lyric Opera, Opera New England, MIT Chamber Opera, Janus Opera Productions and the Princeton June Opera Festival. Jeffrey Brody has been Music Director of Longwood Opera since 1998 and was appointed Musical Advisor of the Boston Wagner Society in 2005. He was named Music Director and Organist of Park Avenue Congregational Church, Arlington, MA in 2007 and serves as Staff Accompanist at New England Conservatory.
His compositions include two operas, as well as works for orchestra, chorus, chamber music and organ. Recent commissions include « Beowulf », a Musical Legend for soloists, double chrous and large orchestra written for performance in the Vienna Musikvereinsaal under the direction of Maestro Gerhard Track, as well as « Planetarium », a work for the Arlington-Belmont Chamber Chorus premiered in May of 2005 under the direction of Barry Singer. Most recently, Jeffrey Brody is the recipient of a very generous grant from the Brannen-Cooper Fund of Brannen Brothers Flute Makers for the composition of a three-movement, 29-minute « Concerto for Flute and Orchestra » premiered in January of 2009 by flutist Judith Braude and the Salem Philharmonic under his direction. Past seasons have brought the world premiere of his opera « The Measure of Love » ; the premiere performances of his choral work « O Fairest Love Divine » by the Paul Madore Chorale ; the first performances by the Salem Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of Maestro Alan Hawryluk of his transcriptions for orchestra of three works by Mozart for mechanical organ ; the performance of his « Concerto for Organ and Orchestra » with organist Berj Zamkochian and the State Symphony Orchestra of Lebanon under the direction of Harout Faslian ; the Vienna premieres of his « Haec Dies » for Organ, Strings and Timpani as well as his « Symphony for Organ », with Zamkochian performing in the Konzerthaus as well as at Vienna's renowned Karlskirche ; and the premiere of « Fanfare ! », a short orchestral work written for the seventy-fifth anniversary of the Michigan State Symphony Orchestra. The 2004-5 season brought premieres of his « Sinfonietta nel stilo antico » and « The Ballad of the Four Brothers » by the Salem Philharmonic Orchestra. In August 2005 the Harvard Summer Orchestra, under the direction of Judith Zuckerman, played his « Nigun » in Sanders Theater, Cambridge. Highlights of the 2005-6 season included the world premiere of his « Concerto for Violin and Orchestra », written for Alan Hawryluk, played by the Salem Philharmonic under the direction of the composer. The 2008-9 season brought the premiere of his most recent commission, the « Concerto for Flute and Orchestra », by flutist Judith Braude with the Salem Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of the composer, and the world premiere of a song-cycle « Phantasmagoria » with tenor Christopher Aaron Smith and pianist Terry Decima at New England Conservatory's Brown Hall. The 2009-2010 season brought performances of his works with the Salem Philharmonic Orchestra, the Dirk Hillyer Festival Orchestra, the Harvard Summer Orchestra, the Parkway Concert Orchestra and the Arlington-Belmont Chamber Chorus. The 2010-2011 season brings the premiere of his second opera, « The Picture of Dorian Gray », by Longwood Opera, as well as the premiere of his « Pezzo Serioso » by the Salem Philharmonic Orchestra and premieres of his arrangements for organ, brass quartet and timpani of Vierne's « Carillon de Westminster » and Rimsky-Korsakov's « Procession of the Nobles ».
A finalist in the 1999 European International Composers Competition, Jeffrey Brody has been the recipient of numerous ASCAP special awards.
To better know the American composer Jeffrey Brody :
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