Boston University Choral Ensembles, October 8, 2011

This is the concert program of the Boston University Choral Ensembles performance on Saturday, October 8, 2011 at 8:00 p.m., at Marsh Chapel, 735 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts. Works performed were "Heilig" from Die deutsche Liturgie, WwO27 by Felix Mendelssohn, Missa Brevis St. Johannes de Deo ("Kleine Orgelmesse"), Hob. XXII: No. 7 in B-flat by Franz Joseph Haydn, Ave Verum Corpus, K. 618 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, "Welten singen" chorus from Christus am Olberge, op. 85 by Ludwig van Beethoven, Seven Poems of Robert Bridges by Gerald Finzi, Three Shakespeare Songs by Ralph Vaughan Williams, and Three Scottish Folksongs by Mack Wilberg. Digitization for Boston University Concert Programs was supported by the Boston University Humanities Library Endowed Fund

Performing The Tempest: resource 1 (Active Shakespeare: Capturing evidence of learning)

Part of the 'Active Shakespeare: Capturing evidence of learning' suite of resources. "What is it about Providing active and engaging ways to integrate Shakespeare in the ongoing periodic assessment of pupils’ reading. What is it for? To support the teaching and assessment of Shakespeare at Key Stage 3." - Back cover

Prospero's death: modernism, anti-humanism and Un re in ascolto

In his own comments, Luciano Berio has consistently rejected the term ‘opera’ for his Un re in ascolto (‘A King, listening’, 1979-84), instead insisting on calling it a ‘musical action’ (azione musicale). This dismissal of opera as a genre contrasts with most other commentators’ views, according to which the work represents the closest engagement with the conventions and traditions of opera in Berio’s oeuvre. In this chapter, I discuss the reasons behind and sources for Berio’s negative appraisal of opera and proceed to analyse the work’s musical dramaturgy on that basis, focussing particularly on the palimpsest of texts, by Shakespeare, W. H. Auden and Italo Calvino among others, that the composer employed. My conclusion is that, despite Berio’s criticism of the genre, Un re derives its fascination and attraction from the pleasures of formalised spectacle that opera uniquely provides. While the work and Berio’s stance are thus somewhat contradictory, this may in itself be characteristic of the aporias of a genre that has become inherently problematic. If the work represents one of the most substantial and successful attempts at reinvigorating opera, this is therefore arguably because of, not despite of, its critical interrogation of the genre

Disgrace as J.M.Coetzee's Tempest

Amid the deluge of criticism and commentary evoked by Disgrace, quite remarkably nobody has noticed that the book re-engages exactly the energies Shakespeare deployed in The Tempest, a play which has become an icon, if not the icon, of colonial and post-colonial studies

An analysis of the environment and competitive dynamics of management research

Purpose – The purpose of this paper examines some of the controversies facing business schools in their future evolution and pays particular attention to their competitive positioning as centres of management research. Design/methodology/approach – The paper combines and builds on current literature to provide an analytic overview of the environment and competitive challenges to management research in business schools. Findings – The paper assesses the impacts of a globalized environment and ever-changing competitive dynamics, for example in terms of the supply of high-quality faculty, on the activity of management research in business schools. It points out that research impacts must be judged not only in terms of theoretical development but also managerial and policy impact. However, managerial impact is difficult to measure and the “voice of practice” must be carefully identified. Originality/value – The paper identifies the current challenges for undertaking innovative research in business schools in light of their competitive environment. Three interrelated conjectures focusing particularly on managerial impact are raised which identify problems and limitations of current debates on management research in business schools

Giorgione [exhibition review]

Exhibition review of In the Age of Giorgione (London, Royal Academy of Art

'Thou shalt have the air at freedom' : The Theme of Liberty in Shakespeare's The Tempest

Article信州大学人文社会科学研究 9: 13-28(2015)departmental bulletin pape

Beyond the grand tour: unearthly Italy

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