Fri, 10 Apr 2009 13:19:38 -0500 Chicago Humanities Festival http://www.chfestival.org Podcast Maker v1.3.8b - http://www.lemonzdream.com/podcastmaker The Chicago Humanities Festival presents the 2008 Festival: Thinking Big! It's the Chicago Humanities Festival. A Festival of ideas. Since 1990, world-renowned authors, scholars, poets, policy-makers, artists, and performers have gathered each November at Chicago's many cultural institutions to celebrate the power of ideas in human culture. And each year, tens of thousands of enthusiastic audience participants rediscover the rich and vital role the humanities play in their daily lives. en http://www.chfestival.org/podcast/chf_logo_podcast_144.jpg http://www.chfestival.org 144 144 Arts Society & Culture Education Chicago,Chicago,Humanities,Festival,humanities,Jeffrey,Sachs,economics,arts,lectures,education,poverty,climate,global,warming,philosophy no Chicago,Chicago,Humanities,Festival,humanities,Jeffrey,Sachs,economics,arts,lectures,education,poverty,climate,global,warming,philosophyGovernment & Organizations/Non-ProfitSociety & Culturechf-online@chfestival.orgChicago Humanities FestivalIt's the Chicago Humanities Festival Podcast. A Festival of ideas. Since 1990, world-renowned authors, scholars, poets, policy-makers, artists, and performers have gathered each November at Chicago's many cultural institutions to celebrate the power of ideas in human culture. And each year, tens of thousands of enthusiastic audience participants rediscover the rich and vital role the humanities play in their daily lives. Scroll down to view the contents of this podcast, or if you want to subscribe in iTunes (recommended), click on the link to the right. Peter Hill Pianist and writer Hill, who studied with the great French composer Olivier Messiaen, discusses and performs a selection of his mentor's birdson-inspired works-- some of the most colorful and virtuosic piano music of the 20th century. The concert will trace the development of the composer's music, from the early Préludes (1929) through the spectacular evocations of the birds and landscapes of France in the Catalogue d'oiseaux (1956-58) to the later grace and wit of the Petites Esquisses d'oiseaux (1985). This performance was part of the 2008 Chicago Humanities Festival: Thinking Big! in partnership with the 2008 Messiaen Festival presented by the University of Chicago on October 11, 2008.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ChicagoHumanitiesFestival/~4/mcl0sHKEmGo" height="1" width="1"/> Pianist and writer Hill, who studied with the great French composer Olivier Messiaen, discusses and performs a selection of his mentor's birdson-inspired works-- some of the most colorful and virtuosic piano music of the 20th century. Pianist and writer Hill, who studied with the great French composer Olivier Messiaen, discusses and performs a selection of his mentor's birdson-inspired works-- some of the most colorful and virtuosic piano music of the 20th century. The concert will trace the development of the composer's music, from the early Préludes (1929) through the spectacular evocations of the birds and landscapes of France in the Catalogue d'oiseaux (1956-58) to the later grace and wit of the Petites Esquisses d'oiseaux (1985). This performance was part of the 2008 Chicago Humanities Festival: Thinking Big! in partnership with the 2008 Messiaen Festival presented by the University of Chicago on October 11, 2008. http://www.chfestival.org/podcast/Peter_Hill_Messiaens_Birdsong.mp3 Fri, 10 Apr 2009 13:17:00 -0500 Music no 00:55:08 music, birds, Messiaen, composer, Chicago Humanities Festival, Chicago, Humanities chf-online@chfestival.org (Chicago Humanities Festival)http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ChicagoHumanitiesFestival/~3/mcl0sHKEmGo/Peter_Hill_Messiaens_Birdsong.mp3http://www.chfestival.org/podcast/Peter_Hill_Messiaens_Birdsong.mp3http://www.chfestival.org/podcast/Peter_Hill_Messiaens_Birdsong.mp3 Jeffrey Sachs On October 30, economist Jeffrey Sachs delivered the 2008 Franke Lecture in Economics as part of the 19th annual Chicago Humanities Festival. Professor Sachs, director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University as well as a full professor in both its School of International and Public Affairs and its School of Public Health, spoke of the enormous challenges of global poverty and climate change. Yet he also discussed actions he considers within reach for this country as well as for our partners overseas. This annual lecture recognizes the significant contributions to the Chicago Humanities Festival made by its founder and chairman emeritus Richard J. Franke.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ChicagoHumanitiesFestival/~4/BNxc9_hrcPc" height="1" width="1"/> Jeffrey Sachs discusses how the bursting of three bubbles contributed to the current economic turmoil and addresses the enormous challenges of global poverty and climate change. On October 30, economist Jeffrey Sachs delivered the 2008 Franke Lecture in Economics as part of the 19th annual Chicago Humanities Festival. Professor Sachs, director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University as well as a full professor in both its School of International and Public Affairs and its School of Public Health, spoke of the enormous challenges of global poverty and climate change. Yet he also discussed actions he considers within reach for this country as well as for our partners overseas. This annual lecture recognizes the significant contributions to the Chicago Humanities Festival made by its founder and chairman emeritus Richard J. Franke. http://www.chfestival.org/podcast/Franke%20Lecture%20in%20Economics_%20Jeffrey.mp3 Tue, 22 Jan 2008 14:00:00 -0600 Society & Culture no 00:47:02 economics, recession, poverty, politics, climate change chf-online@chfestival.org (Chicago Humanities Festival)http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ChicagoHumanitiesFestival/~3/BNxc9_hrcPc/Franke%20Lecture%20in%20Economics_%20Jeffrey.mp3http://www.chfestival.org/podcast/Franke%20Lecture%20in%20Economics_%20Jeffrey.mp3http://www.chfestival.org/podcast/Franke%20Lecture%20in%20Economics_%20Jeffrey.mp3 Chicago Humanities FestivalnonadultThe Chicago Humanities Festival presents the 2008 Festival: Thinking Big!