WFMT: Critical Thinking

08-30-2010: Music from Salzburg 2010 (Part 2 of 2)

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 13:52:28 -0500

By listener request, we present the remainder of the newly-released, world première recording of the 1960/1961 work Spiegel (Mirror) by the Austrian composer Friedrich Cerha (the man who prepared the completed version of Alban Berg's Lulu and the winner of the 2011 Salzburg State Music Prize).

Critic's Choice: Phil Krone

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 10:29:34 -0500

08-23-2010: Music from Salzburg 2010 (Part 1 of 2)

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 10:31:37 -0500

We feature new releases of compositions by the winners of the 2011 biannual Salzburg State Music Prize: veteran and pioneering Austrian composer Friedrich Cerha (the man who prepared the completed version of Alban Berg's Lulu) and the young, Berlin-based Spaniard Elena Mendoza.

Critic's Choice: Last of Salzburg 2010

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 10:17:32 -0500

08-16-2010: Matti Bunzl (Rebroadcast from 2008)

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 10:22:36 -0500

University of Illinois anthropologist and historian Matti Bunzl, a longtime member of the Illinois Humanities Council, has just been named the new artistic director of the Chicago Humanities Festival which presents its events this year in October and November. Andrew spoke with Bunzl in early 2008 to discuss his then recent pamphlet, Anti-Semitism and Islamophobia: Hatreds Old and New in Europe.

Critic's Choice: Salzburg 2010 Report #2

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 10:29:41 -0500

08-09-2010: The Trial of John Burge--Part 2 (Guests: John Conroy, reporter, and Michael Miner, Senior Editor of the Chicago Reader)

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 10:26:08 -0500

The second of our two-part discussion with Michael Miner (Senior Editor of the Chicago Reader) and John Conroy (reporter) on the topic of the police abuse trial of former Chicago policeman John Burge.

Critic's Choice: Salzburg 2010 Report #1

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 10:08:50 -0500

08-02-2010: The Trial of John Burge Part 1 (Guests: John Conroy, reporter, and Michael Miner, Senior Editor of the Chicago Reader)

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 21:39:32 -0500

The first of our two-part discussion with Michael Miner (Senior Editor of the Chicago Reader) and John Conroy (reporter) on the topic of the police abuse trial of former Chicago policeman John Burge.

07-26-2010: Glenn Watkins (Author, Part 2 of 2)

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:41:09 -0500

The second of our two-part program with Glenn Watkins on the topic of his new book THE GESUALDO HEX: Music, Myth, and Memory (W.W. Norton).

Critic's Choice: Arizona Lady

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:41:58 -0500

07-21-2010: Glenn Watkins (Author, Part 1 of 2)

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:41:24 -0500

The first of our two-part program with Glenn Watkins on the topic of his new book THE GESUALDO HEX: Music, Myth, and Memory (W.W. Norton).

Critic's Choice: Journalism On Trial

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 10:55:14 -0500

07-14-2010: Finian's Rainbow (Rebroadcast)

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 10:50:41 -0500

Andrew revives the 1947 Broadway musical by E.Y. "Yip" Harburg and Burl Lane, "Finian's Rainbow" via its original cast recording.

Critic's Choice: Norway 2010

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 10:53:10 -0500

07-07-2010: Kay Ryan (Rebroadcast)

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 10:37:23 -0500

A conversation with Kay Ryan to celebrate Independance Day. (Rebroadcast from 2004)

Critic's Choice: Joe Vito

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 16:28:44 -0500

06-28-2010: Kirill Gerstein (Pianist--Rebroadcast)

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 10:32:30 -0500

Andrew's guest is pianist and recipient of the 2010 Gilmore Artist Award, Kirill Gerstein.

Critic's Choice: The Great Scorer

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 16:20:23 -0500

06-21-2010: Lincoln and Music

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 12:43:33 -0500

We present "Lincoln and Music," a favorite from our series of "Abraham Lincoln Reconsidered" programs--a co-production with the Chicago History Museum with generous funding from the Motorola Foundation.

Critic's Choice: Two Backstage Giants

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 15:43:14 -0500

06-14-2010: New-ish Music

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 15:41:00 -0500

Andrew features music of modern and contemporary composers Bernd Alois Zimmermann, Richard Wernick, and David Rakowski from recent recordings by Augustin Hadelich, the Juilliard String Quartet, and Chicago pianist Amy Briggs.

Critic's Choice: Ravinia 2010

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 16:03:01 -0500

06-07-2010: Phil Grabsky -- In Search of Beethoven -- Part 2 of 2 (Rebroadcast)

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 20:46:38 -0500

Andrew presents a re-broadcast of his two-part conversation with music with British filmmaker Phil Grabsky--[which was] first broadcast last summer when WFMT co-presented the documentary's U.S. premiere.

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra's Beethoven Festival with principal conductor Bernard Haitink runs through June 20 at Orchestra Hall.

Critic's Choice: Grant Park Music Festival -- June 2010

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 10:00:33 -0500

05-31-2010: Phil Grabsky -- In Search of Beethoven --Part 1 of 2 (Rebroadcast)

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 20:38:24 -0500

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra's Beethoven Festival with principal conductor Bernard Haitink begins Wednesday, June 2 and runs through June 20 at Orchestra Hall. Among the supporting activities of the festival, the CSO will present a free screening of Phil Grabsky's hit film In Search Of Beethoven on Friday June 4 at 6:30 p.m.

To whet your interest in the film and the Festival, tonight and next Monday, Andrew presents a re-broadcast of his two-part conversation with music with British filmmaker Phil Grabsky--[which was] first broadcast last summer when WFMT co-presented the documentary's U.S. premiere.

Critic's Choice: Muti In Salzburg

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Thu, 27 May 2010 15:45:39 -0500

05-24-2010: New Music by Timothy Andres

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Mon, 24 May 2010 22:00:00 -0500

Andrew presents the radio premiere of a new work by the young American composer Timothy Andres. His "Shy and Mighty," a suite for two pianos, was just released last week as a CD on the Nonesuch label. At the age of 25, Andres is also one of the performers of this intriguing ten-part composition.

Critic's Choice: Dudamel Update

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Wed, 19 May 2010 09:48:44 -0500

05-17-2010: Tribute to Lena Horne and Guy Adkins

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Mon, 24 May 2010 14:56:50 -0500

Andrew presents a musical tribute to the late Lena Horne and to the late Guy Adkins.

Critic's Choice: Lena Horne

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Tue, 11 May 2010 19:05:50 -0500

05-10-2010: Christian Tetzlaff (Violinist) Part 2 of 2

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Mon, 24 May 2010 14:56:26 -0500

Andrew's guest is violinist Christian Tetzlaff in the second of a two-part conversation which took place in a dressing room at Orchestra Hall in Chicago.

Critic's Choice: Joffrey's Rebound

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Wed, 05 May 2010 15:03:39 -0500

05-03-2010: Christian Tetzlaff (Violinist) Part 1 of 2

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Tue, 11 May 2010 09:27:57 -0500

Andrew's guest is violinist Christian Tetzlaff in the first of a two-part conversation which took place in a dressing room at Orchestra Hall in Chicago.

Critic's Choice: Another Miracle

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 11:46:15 -0500

4-26-10: Great British Writers II (Rebroadcast)

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 08:14:27 -0500

Andrew continues his survey of the new audio collections The Spoken Word -- British and American Writers from the British Library and the BBC. Tonight's show includes rare audio excerpts of G.K. Chesterton, J.R.R. Tolkien, Rebecca West, Aldous Huxley, Evelyn Waugh, and a surprise "guest" who has been a longtime favorite of WFMT listeners.

Critic's Choice: Miracle Company

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 14:58:26 -0500

4-19-10: Great British Writers (Rebroadcast)

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 09:29:20 -0500

By popular demand, Andrew revisits his occasional series of broadcasts from the British Library CD sets entitled "The Spoken Word," with a sampling of the voices of great British writers from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle to Virginia Woolf.

Critic's Choice: Pevsner's "Twilight and Dawn" #2

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 09:17:46 -0500

04-12-2010: Kirill Gerstein (Pianist)

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 10:02:06 -0500

Andrew's guest is pianist and recipient of the 2010 Gilmore Artist Award, Kirill Gerstein.

Critic's Choice: Love Poems III

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 10:27:27 -0500

04-05-2010: Alondra de la Parra (Conductor)

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 10:20:36 -0500

Our guest is the young Mexican conductor Alondra de la Parra, founder and artistic director of the Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas and music director of the Music Festival of the Americas at Stowe, Vermont.

Critic's Choice: Matisse' Radical Invention

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 10:24:47 -0500

03-29-2010: John Luther Adams (composer)

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 10:22:05 -0500

Andrew's guest is Alaska-based composer John Luther Adams. Adams's music was recently heard on the Chicago Symphony Orchestra's MusicNOW series and his work "Dark Waves" will have its major orchestral debut by the CSO this fall.

Critic's Choice: Not-So-True Story

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 09:46:12 -0500

03-22-2010: Corey Dargel (Composer/Singer/Songwriter)

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 10:20:28 -0500

Andrew is joined by Brooklyn composer/singer/songwriter Corey Dargel for conversation with music from his two-disc release Someone Will Take Care of Me.

Critic's Choice: Muti Watch: 2010

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 11:57:52 -0500

03-15-2010: Lesser-Knowns

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:26:52 -0500

New recordings by lesser-known composers (Hans Gál and Roger Boutry), a lesser-heard instrument (the bassoon) and a little Chopin to round it out.

Critic's Choice: How Could You Say That...

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:07:29 -0600

03-08-2010: Gianandrea Noseda (Conductor)

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:39:59 -0600

Andrew's guest is Italian conductor and Rachmaninoff champion Gianandrea Noseda, who recently made his Chicago Symphony Orchestra debut leading the first-ever CSO performances of Rachmaninoff's 1895 First Symphony.

Critic's Choice: Ring Without Music

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 10:15:10 -0600

03-01-2010: Stephen Langridge (Opera Director)

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 22:00:06 -0600

Andrew's guest is British opera director Stephen Langridge, who's first North American production, a staging of Hector Berlioz's "The Damnation of Faust" with Susan Graham, Paul Groves, and John Relyea, is now running at Lyric Opera of Chicago through March 17.

Critic's Choice: Architecture

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 09:49:54 -0600

02-22-2010: Brian Dennehy (Actor)

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 17:18:00 -0600

Andrew's guest tonight is veteran actor Brian Dennehy, winner of two Tony Awards for Best Lead Actor in a Play for projects that originated at Chicago's Goodman Theatre.

Dennehy is currently appearing at The Goodman in an acclaimed double-bill of Eugene O'Neill's "Hughie" and Samuel Beckett's "Krapp's Last Tape." The performances run through this Sunday February 28.

Critic's Choice: A Single Man

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 10:00:00 -0600

Critic's Choice: Walt Whitman Poems

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 16:48:18 -0600

02-08-2010: Finian's Rainbow

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:31:40 -0600

Andrew revives the 1947 Broadway musical by E.Y. "Yip" Harburg and Burl Lane, "Finian's Rainbow" via its original cast recording.

Critic's Choice: The Big Guy

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 16:46:22 -0600

02-01-2010: David Robertson (Conductor)

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:29:18 -0600

Andrew's guest is David Robertson, music director of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra and principal guest conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra in London.

Mr. Robertson was in town in January leading concerts by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the Civic Orchestra of Chicago as a part of the celebrations of the upcoming 85th birthday of Pierre Boulez.

David Robertson was music director for nine years of the Boulez-founded Ensemble InterContemporain in Paris and in Lyon, France, for five seasons after that.

01-25-2010: Out @ CHM

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 10:27:17 -0600

Andrew talks with architect and UIC architecture professor Sharon Haar and artist and UIC photography professor Doug Ischar about the idea of "queer space."

Haar and Ischar are the speakers this Thursday evening at the first 2010 Out @ CHM program at the Chicago History Museum on the subject of "Queer Spaces: Past and Present."

01-18-2010: Maestro Pierre Boulez (Exclusive, Part 2 of 2)

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 09:42:06 -0600

Andrew presents the second of a new exclusive two-part conversation with Chicago Symphony Orchestra Conductor Emeritus and WFMT artist of the month Pierre Boulez.

Mr. Boulez is leading programs of and being saluted all month by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra at Orchestra Hall and on tour to Ann Arbor, Michigan, and Carnegie Hall in New York in anticipation of his 85th birthday this March.

01-11-2010: Maestro Pierre Boulez (Exclusive, Part 1 of 2)

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 09:39:45 -0600

Andrew presents the first of a new exclusive two-part conversation with Chicago Symphony Orchestra Conductor Emeritus and WFMT artist of the month Pierre Boulez.

Mr. Boulez is leading programs of and being saluted all month by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra at Orchestra Hall and on tour to Ann Arbor, Michigan, and Carnegie Hall in New York in anticipation of his 85th birthday this March.

01-04-2010: Music for the New Year

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 11:10:04 -0600

Andrew presents a program of music for the new year.

12-28-09: Emmanuel Villaume, Conductor (Part 2/2)

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 12:30:17 -0600

Andrew speaks with conductor Emmanuel Villaume, who is in-town to conduct Lyric Opera of Chicago's production of Lehar's The Merry Widow at the Civic Opera House through January 16th, 2010.

Critic's Choice: Hectic New York

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 09:56:38 -0600

12-14-09: Emmanuel Villaume, Conductor (Part 1/2)

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 10:14:54 -0600

Andrew speaks with conductor Emmanuel Villaume, who is in-town to conduct Lyric Opera of Chicago's production of Lehar's The Merry Widow at the Civic Opera House through January 16th, 2010.

12-07-09: Sheldon Harnick (Part 1/2)

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 11:32:15 -0600

The first of a two-part conversation with music with Pulitzer Prize-winning lyricist Sheldon Harnick. (Rebroadcast)

11-30-09: Mostly New, Mostly French Recordings (and some surprises from 7-11)

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 12:28:28 -0600

Andrew presents a program of mostly new, mostly French recordings from Harmonia Mundi. He also shares some music he found at the local convenience store...

Critic's Choice: Music Now? Or Then?

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 10:15:35 -0600

11-23-09: Jean-Yves Thibaudet (Pianist)

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:37:15 -0600

Andrew's guest is French-born pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet.

He was recently in town to perform the Ravel Concerto for the Left Hand with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and principal conductor Bernard Haitink and received critical and audience acclaim.

Critic's Choice: Abstract and Real Worlds

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:09:47 -0600

11-09-09: Erik Nielsen (Conductor)

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:35:24 -0600

Andrew talks with young American conductor Erik Nielsen, 2009 Winner of a major grant of support from the Chicago-based Solti Foundation U.S.

The Iowa-born Nielsen, kapellmeister of the Frankfurt Opera, has worked closely with such leading conductors as James Levine and Bernard Haitink, and discusses the challenges and expectations facing new conductors today.

Critic's Choice: Some Poems #3

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:35:13 -0600

11-02-09: Michael Morgan (Conductor)

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:36:03 -0600

Our guest is Michael Morgan, Music Director for 20 seasons of the Oakland East Bay Symphony, and longtime Assistant Conductor of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under Sir Georg Solti and Daniel Barenboim. Michael was in town to conduct the Chicago Sinfonietta at Orchestra Hall. He is a candidate to succeed the Sinfonietta's founding Music Director Paul Freeman, who will retire at the end of this season.

Critic's Choice: Samuel

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:37:04 -0600

10-26-09: Darwin (Guest: Robert J. Richards)

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 09:43:31 -0500

Tonight at 10 p.m. Andrew presents a new interview with Chicago Symphony Orchestra music director designate Riccardo Muti recorded just last week.

Maestro Muti discusses his views on Bruckner, Verdi, and Brahms as he prepares for four performances of Brahms's German Requiem this week and next at Orchestra Hall.

Critic's Choice: Baseball Poet

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:51:24 -0500

10-19-09: Riccardo Muti (Conductor)

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 09:34:23 -0500

Andrew presents a new interview with Chicago Symphony Orchestra music director designate Riccardo Muti recorded just last week.

Maestro Muti discusses his views on Bruckner, Verdi, and Brahms as he prepares for four performances of Brahms's German Requiem this week and next at Orchestra Hall.

Critic's Choice: Kicking Off The Dance

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 10:03:21 -0500

10-12-09: Riccardo Muti (Conductor, Rebroadcast from January, 2009)

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:24:51 -0500

Andrew's guest is internationally renowned Italian conductor Riccardo Muti, who will become the Chicago Symphony Orchestra's 10th music director in the 2010/2011 season.

Critic's Choice: Some Poems #2

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:17:46 -0500

Critic's Choice: Baseball Poet

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 12:04:31 -0500

09-28-09: Peter Cole (Poet and Translator)

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 12:22:37 -0500

Poet and translator Peter Cole on Hebrew Poetry from Muslim and Christian Spain. Cole translated, edited and introduced "THE DREAM OF THE POEM: Hebrew Poetry from Muslim and Christian Spain 950-1492." (Princeton University Press).

Critic's Choice: CSO Tour Report #5 (9/25/2009)

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 12:00:25 -0500

Critic's Choice: CSO Tour Report #4 (9/22/2009)

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 11:58:54 -0500

09-21-09: Music for Rosh Hashanah

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 11:46:44 -0500

Andrew presents a program of Music for Rosh Hashanah.

Critic's Choice: CSO Tour Report #3 (9/18/2009)

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 11:57:07 -0500

Critic's Choice: CSO Tour Report #2 (9/14/2009)

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 11:55:09 -0500

09-14-09: Critical Thinking from Shanghai, China (Rebroadcast)

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 09:46:35 -0500

Andrew and Matt report from the road, following the Chicago Symphony Orchestra on their 2009 Far East Asia Tour. This program, from Shanghai, takes place during the tail-end of the two-week celebration of the Chinese New Year.

Critic's Choice: CSO Tour Report #1 (9/12/2009)

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 11:57:12 -0500

Critic's Choice: Modern Music On Lake Lucerne

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 10:32:38 -0500

09-07-09: Joe Glazer Tribute (Rebroadcast from 2006)

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 10:10:27 -0500

In honor of Labor Day, Andrew offers a rebroadcast of his memorial celebration of Joe Glazer, "Labor's Troubador," who died three years ago this month at the age of 88.

08-31-09: Fanny Howe (Poet--Rebroadcast)

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 09:15:33 -0500

Andrew talks with poet and essayist Fanny Howe, recipient of the 2009 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize from The Poetry Foundation, publishers of Poetry magazine.

Critic's Choice: Representative Man Phil Blum

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 10:34:32 -0500

08-24-09: Music for the End (or Beginning) of Summer

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 10:06:48 -0500

For the end (or is it the beginning) of summer - Andrew presents a new program of music of everyone from Christopher O'Riley to Nikolai Medtner, Lotte Lenya to The Umbrellas of Cherbourg.

Critic's Choice: What Critics Do In August

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 10:08:26 -0500

08-17-09: Sounds of Chicago's Lakefront

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 10:02:55 -0500

Andrew is joined by Tony Macaluso, co-author of the new book Sounds of Chicago's Lakefront: A Celebration of the Grant Park Music Festival, which chronicles 75 years of the Festival's history.

Critic's Choice: Russian Memories

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 14:19:04 -0500

08-10-09: A Force For Change: African American Art and The Julius Rosenwald Fund (2 of 2)

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 09:59:30 -0500

Andrew joins curators Staci Boris and Daniel Schulman for the second of a two-part walk-through of the exhibition African American Art and The Julius Rosenwald Fund, now up at Spertus Museum through August 16.

Critic's Choice: A Force For Change

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 14:16:31 -0500

08-03-09: A Force For Change: African American Art and The Julius Rosenwald Fund (1 of 2)

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 09:43:30 -0500

Andrew joins curators Staci Boris and Daniel Schulman for the first of a two-part walk-through of the exhibition African American Art and The Julius Rosenwald Fund, now up at Spertus Museum through August 16.

Critic's Choice: In The Dead of Night

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 09:33:29 -0500

07-27-09: Phil Grabsky (In Search of Beethoven--Part 2 of 2)

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 10:26:17 -0500

The second of a two-part conversation with Phil Grabsky on his new film In Search Of Beethoven, now it its U.S. premiere run at the Gene Siskel Film Center through August 6.

Critic's Choice: Baldwin And Bishop

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:57:25 -0500

07-20-09: Phil Grabsky (In Search of Beethoven--Part 1 of 2)

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 13:52:52 -0500

The first of a two-part conversation with Phil Grabsky on his new film In Search Of Beethoven, now it its U.S. premiere run at the Gene Siskel Film Center through August 6.

Critic's Choice: Thank You Mr. Dvorak

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 14:11:04 -0500

07-13-09: New Music From Norway

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 13:03:11 -0500

Andrew presents a program of new recordings of Norwegian composers and by artists from the Risør Chamber Music Festival there.

Critic's Choice: In Memory of Norm

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 10:21:05 -0500

07-06-09: Tribute to Norm Pelligrini

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 10:40:56 -0500

Andrew presents his tribute to broadcast legend and longtime WFMT program director, Norman Pelligrini.

Critic's Choice: Back From Norway

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:19:09 -0500

06-30-09: Leon Fleisher (Rebroadcast)

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 10:36:25 -0500

Andrew talks with Leon Fleisher, legendary pianist, pedagogue, and advocate for people with disabilities.

Critic's Choice: Postcard from Norway

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:05:44 -0500

06-24-09: Yefim Bronfman (Rebroadcast)

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:01:59 -0500

Andrew's guest is Tashkent-born pianist Yefim Bronfman. Bronfman has two appearances coming up at Ravinia Festival: On Sunday July 5th at 5:00pm he joins Pinchas Zukerman and the Zukerman Chamber Players in the Martin Theatre for the first Mozart Piano Quartet and the great Schumann Piano Quintet. On Tuesday night July 7 at 8:00pm, Mr. Bronfman is the soloist in the Brahms Second Piano Concerto for the first Chicago Symphony Orchestra concert of Ravinia 2009. James Conlon conducts. This repeat broadcast was recorded with Yefim Bronfman in Chicago last fall when he was appearing with the CSO at Orchestra Hall.

Critic's Choice: George Mitchell Williams (1935-2009)

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 10:27:11 -0500

06-15-09: Leon Fleisher (legendary pianist)

dpolk@wfmt.com — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 10:23:57 -0500

Piano legend Leon Fleisher spends a portion of each summer on the faculty of Ravinia Festival's Steans Institute for Young Artists and he often graces the public with some performances as well. On Tuesday June 30 at 2 p.m. he will conduct a Steans master class in Bennett•Gordon Hall that is free and open to the public. And on Thursday July 2 Mr. Fleisher "and friends" will perform chamber works by Haydn and Mendelssohn as well as the Brahms C Major Piano Trio, No.2, Op. 87, in Ravinia's Martin Theatre at 8 p.m.

In anticipation of Leon Fleisher's Ravinia appearances we present a rebroadcast of one of our most requested programs, an interview with Leon Fleisher recorded in the spring of 2007 when the pianist and teacher received the Dushkin Award from the Music Institute of Chicago.

Critic's Choice: Greek

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 10:25:58 -0500

06-08-09: Janine Jansen (Dutch violinist)

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 11:12:36 -0500

Andrew's guest is Dutch violinist Janine Jansen who finished her run with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra this weekend at Orchestra Hall as part of the Dvorak Festival.

Critic's Choice: Seeing Is Believing

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 10:26:09 -0500

06-01-09: Ange Mlinko (Poet and Poetry Critic)

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 12:50:39 -0500

Andrew talks with poet and critic Ange Mlinko who last month was named winner of the third Randall Jarrell Award in Poetry Criticism from the Chicago-based Poetry Foundation, publisher of Poetry magazine.

05-25-09: Fanny Howe (Poet)

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 12:30:55 -0500

Andrew talks with poet and essayist Fanny Howe, recipient of the 2009 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize from The Poetry Foundation, publishers of Poetry magazine.

05-18-09: Musical Musings For May

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Sat, 23 May 2009 14:49:48 -0500

Andrew presents a program of "Musical Musings for May."

Critic's Choice: Oh No Video!

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Thu, 14 May 2009 11:58:57 -0500

05-11-09: Neil Harris (Historian, Part 2 of 2)

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Tue, 12 May 2009 10:01:13 -0500

The second of a two-part conversation with University of Chicago historian Neil Harris about his new book, "The Chicagoan: A Lost Magazine of the Jazz Age," published by The University of Chicago Press.

Critic's Choice: Leon Despres

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Thu, 07 May 2009 12:56:39 -0500

05-04-09: Christianne Stotijn (Mezzo-soprano)

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Mon, 11 May 2009 10:23:56 -0500

Andrew's guest is Dutch mezzo-soprano Christianne Stotijn, who was in town recently to perform Mahler's Rückert-Lieder with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Bernard Haitink.

Critic's Choice: Buildings or Gum Wrappers

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Fri, 01 May 2009 11:51:35 -0500

04-27-09: Beryl Satter (Author) (Rebroadcast from April 13, 2009)

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 11:29:44 -0500

Andrew's guest is Beryl Satter, author of the new book Family Properties: Race, Real Estate, and The Exploitation of Black Urban America--on a neglected period of Chicago history.

Critic's Choice: Catching Up With National Poetry Month

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Fri, 01 May 2009 11:47:52 -0500

4-20-09: Chinary Ung and George Crumb - New Releases

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 10:54:53 -0500

Andrew features new recordings of works by American composers Chinary Ung and George Crumb from Bridge Records

04-13-09: Beryl Satter (Author)

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 22:06:50 -0500

Andrew's guest is Beryl Satter, author of the new book Family Properties: Race, Real Estate, and The Exploitation of Black Urban America--on a neglected period of Chicago history.

Critic's Choice: Christine Newman

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Fri, 01 May 2009 11:42:25 -0500

04-06-09: Gustavo Dudamel (Conductor)

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 10:23:52 -0500

Andrew is joined by conductor Gustavo Dudamel to speak about the Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela's new CD of works of Tchaikovsky which includes his Symphony No. 5 and Francesca da Rimini. This is in conjuction with Dudamel and the Bolívar's music education residency in Chicago this week. (This program's interview was recorded in January of 2009 at Orchestra Hall in Chicago.)

Critic's Choice: Spring Dance

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 10:06:00 -0500

03-30-09: Diane Walsh (pianist)

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 22:00:35 -0500

Andrew speaks with pianist Diane Walsh about her new recording of Beethoven's Diabelli Variations (JDR: Jonathan Digital Recordings) and her work as onstage pianist and musical director for the new Broadway play about their composition, 33 Variations.

03-23-09: Music For Spring (Rebroadcast from 2008)

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 11:08:23 -0500

Andrew presents a selection of "Music for Spring." (Rebroadcast from 2008)

03-16-09: Reese Erlich (Author) on Cuban Music (Part 2 of 2)

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 09:58:55 -0500

Andrew's guest is foreign correspondant and jazz writer Reese Erlich, discussing music in Cuba and the "real story of the Buena Vista Social Club." Check out his new book, Dateline Havana: The Real Story of U.S. Policy and the Future of Cuba from PoliPoint Press.

Critic's Choice: 33 Variations

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 11:03:23 -0500

03-09-09: Reese Erlich (Author) (Part 1 of 2)

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 09:55:52 -0500

Andrew's guest is veteran journalist and author Reese Erlich discussing his new book, "Dateline Havana: The Real Story of U.S. Policy and the Future of Cuba" from PoliPoint Press.

Critic's Choice: Picking and Choosing II

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Wed, 4 Mar 2009 10:09:14 -0600

03-02-09: Pierre Boulez (Maestro)

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Tue, 3 Mar 2009 11:57:31 -0600

A conversation with music with Chicago Symphony Orchestra "Conductor Emeritus" Pierre Boulez.

Critic's Choice: Picking and Choosing

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 11:13:39 -0600

02-23-09: Critical Thinking: Press In The Egg - CSO Coverage

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 10:28:18 -0600

A full-length program of even more happenings from our trip with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra on their 2009 Far East Asia Tour. This week we bring you content from Shanghai and Beijing, China, including a press conference in Beijing's "Egg" with Maestro Bernard Haitink and CSO President Deborah Rutter, part II of the Shanghai Cocktail Party, and a walk through the park at the Temple of Heaven.

Critic's Choice: Chinese Freedoms

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 11:11:25 -0600

02-16-09: Back Home from Far East Asia

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 15:03:52 -0600

Andrew and Matt are back from their Critical Thinking: On The Road tour with the CSO through Far East Asia, including stops in Yokohama and Tokyo Japan, Hong Kong, as well as Shanghai and Beijing, China.

02-09-09: Critical Thinking from Shanghai, China

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 13:47:24 -0600

Andrew and Matt report from the road, following the Chicago Symphony Orchestra on their 2009 Far East Asia Tour. This program, from Shangai, is takes place during the tail-end of the two-week celebration of the Chinese New Year.

02-02-09: Critical Thinking from Tokyo, Japan. Guest: Li-Kuo Chang

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Mon, 2 Feb 2009 14:27:22 -0600

Critical Thinking's first-ever On The Road Edition! Following the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for the entirety of their 2009 Far East Asia Tour, Andrew and Matt file their first full-length program from Tokyo, Japan.

01-26-09: Donald Nally

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 14:42:10 -0600

Andrew is joined by Lyric Opera of Chicago chorus master Donald Nally, discussing and playing recordings of Nally's Philadelphia-based contemporary choral group, The Crossing.

Critic's Choice: Did You See Studs Terkel at the Inauguration

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 14:36:34 -0600

01-19-09: Riccardo Muti (Conductor)

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 17:03:31 -0600

Andrew's guest is internationally renowned Italian conductor Riccardo Muti, who will become the Chicago Symphony Orchestra's 10th music director in the 2010/2011 season.

Critic's Choice: Music Now and New

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 16:52:01 -0600

01-12-09: Gustavo Dudamel (Conductor)

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 22:00:00 -0600

Andrew's guest is Gustavo Dudamel, the phenomenal young Venezuelan conductor. Andrew had the exclusive North American interview with the next music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic when he burst onto the U.S. scene two years ago. This second exclusive interview was recorded during Dudamel's concert week with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra this month.

Critic's Choice: O'Neill

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Wed, 7 Jan 2009 13:53:28 -0600

Critic's Choice: What Are Years?

Wed, 31 Dec 2008 12:03:45 -0600

12-29-08: Neil Harris (Historian, Part 2 of 2)

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 09:27:18 -0600

The second of a two-part conversation with University of Chicago historian Neil Harris about his new book, "The Chicagoan: A Lost Magazine of the Jazz Age," just published by The University of Chicago Press.

Critic's Choice: Barenboim's Recital

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 16:01:31 -0600

12-15-08: Neil Harris (Historian)

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 10:07:36 -0600

The first of a two-part conversation with University of Chicago historian Neil Harris about his new book, "The Chicagoan: A Lost Magazine of the Jazz Age," just published by The University of Chicago Press.

Critic's Choice: Astonishing

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 12:00:19 -0600

Critic's Choice: The American Dream

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Wed, 3 Dec 2008 11:09:51 -0600

12-1-08: British Writers II

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Tue, 2 Dec 2008 09:58:06 -0600

Critic's Choice: On Studs

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Wed, 3 Dec 2008 12:23:15 -0600

11-24-08: Alex Ross (Music Critic - The New Yorker; Genius)

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 11:01:07 -0600

Andrew speaks with author and music critic for the New Yorker, Alex Ross. Since we last talked, his book The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century has been launched in paperback by Picador and he's won a MacArthur genius award.

11-17-08: Francesca Zambello (Stage Director)

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 12:36:54 -0600

Andrew's guest is Francesca Zambello, stage director of Lyric Opera of Chicago's first-ever presentations of George Gershwin's PORGY AND BESS, beginning Tuesday night, November 18th, with a live opening night broadcast starting at 7:15p.m. on 98.7WFMT and wfmt.com.

08-08-05: Studs Terkel

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Tue, 4 Nov 2008 10:29:31 -0500

Andrew speaks with Tashkent-born pianist Yefim Bronfman about his career. Bronfman returns to Orchestra Hall in Chicago on Sunday, November 9th at 3:00pm for a program with Emanuel Ax of two-piano works.

11-03-08: Yefim Bronfman (Pianist)

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Tue, 4 Nov 2008 10:19:48 -0600

Critic's Choice: Generosity

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 13:53:21 -0500

Critic's Choice: Settling-in with the dance

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 11:47:04 -0500

10-27-08: Great British Writers

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 09:33:33 -0500

Andrew begins an occasional series of broadcasts from the new British Library CD sets entitled "The Spoken Word," with a sampling of the voices of great British writers from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle to Virginia Woolf.

10-20-08: Emmanuel Villaume

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 11:23:05 -0500

A conversation with music with Emmanuel Villaume, who conducts the Lyric Opera of Chicago in Massenet's Manon at the Civic Opera House through October 31.

Critic's Choice: If Elected, I'll Listen to WFMT

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 10:34:31 -0500

10-13-08: E. Faye Butler (Actor)

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 10:14:55 -0500

A conversation with music with E. Faye Butler, who stars as Caroline Thibodeax in Caroline, or Change at Chicago's Court Theatre thru October 26.

Critic's Choice: French October

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 11:37:20 -0500

10-06-08: Paul Festa (Filmmaker)

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Tue, 7 Oct 2008 16:01:12 -0500

Andrew welcomes Apparition of the Eternal Church filmmaker Paul Festa in a salute to the centenary year of French composer Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992) and The University of Chicago's current 10-day Messiaen Festival.

Critic's Choice: Musical Turns

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Wed, 1 Oct 2008 10:54:15 -0500

Critic's Choice: Alex and Don

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:25:15 -0500

Alex Ross: Music Critic for the New Yorker and 2008 MacArthur Fellow (Part 2 of 2)

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 14:35:50 -0500

New Yorker music critic and just-announced 2008 MacArthur Fellow Alex Ross joins Andrew for conversation with music. (Recorded in December of 2007 - Part 2 of 2)

Alex Ross: Music Critic for the New Yorker and 2008 MacArthur Fellow (Part 1 of 2)

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 14:29:59 -0500

New Yorker music critic and just-announced 2008 MacArthur Fellow Alex Ross joins Andrew for conversation with music. (Recorded in December of 2007 - Part 1 of 2)

09-23-08: Sheldon Harnick (Part 1/2)

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 09:47:24 -0500

Part one of a two-part conversation with music with Pulitzer Prize-winning lyricist Sheldon Harnick who was in town for an encore production of his Fiorello! at the TimeLine Theatre Company on Chicago's north side. (Rebroadcast)

Critic's Choice: Musikverein!

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 10:22:30 -0500

09-15-08: Clarinetist Evan Christopher and Filmmaker Valerie Shields

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 09:55:18 -0500

The second of a two-part conversation with New Orleans clarinetist Evan Christopher and filmmaker Valerie Shields, whose current project Follow The Second Line" follows Evan's life, both musical and otherwise, in his own post-hurricane world.
(Rebroadcast)

Critic's Choice: CSO European Tour Report #3

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 10:00:00 -0500

Critic's Choice: CSO European Tour Report #2

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Mon, 8 Sep 2008 10:00:00 -0500

Critic's Choice: CSO European Tour Report #1

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Sat, 6 Sep 2008 10:00:00 -0500

09-08-08: Jack Zimmerman, Chicago Author

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Tue, 9 Sep 2008 09:53:22 -0500

Andrew is joined by Chicago author Jack Zimmerman to talk about his book "Gods of the Andes," out on New Leaf Books.
(2006 rebroadcast)

Critic's Choice: At Home While Away

mdestefano@aol.com — Wed, 3 Sep 2008 11:21:05 -0500

09-01-08: Anthony Barrese

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Tue, 2 Sep 2008 12:03:16 -0500

Andrew is joined by Melrose Park-native composer/conductor Anthony Barrese for conversation with music.

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Critic's Choice: In-between Time

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 10:18:43 -0500

08-25-08: Nico Muhly - Composer, conductor, arranger, musician

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 10:29:16 -0500

Andrew is joined by composer/arranger/conductor/ musician Nico Muhly for conversation with music, in an interview recorded in an eerie, concrete room in Chicago's Orchestra Hall at Symphony Center. Nico works with everyone from Bjork to Phillip Glass to Rufus Wainwright.

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From the Archive: Architect Stanley Tigerman (Part 1 of 2)

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 11:59:23 -0500

Part 1 of a two-part conversation with renowned architect Stanley Tigerman.

Critic's Choice: Research

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:45:43 -0500

Critic's Choice is a weekly feature in which WFMT's Critic-at-Large Andrew Patner shares his observations on arts and culture, from performances at Orchestra Hall to happenings in overlooked Chicago neighborhoods to festivals around the world. It airs three times each week on 98.7WFMT and at wfmt.com Wednesdays at 10:00 am, Saturdays after the opera broadcast and before From the Recording Horn with Andy Karzas, and Sundays at 8:30 am.

05-14-07: Robert Falls (Part 2/2)

dpolk@wfmt.com — Mon, 14 May 2007 12:36:47 -0500

Andrew's guest is Robert Falls, marking his 20th anniversary as artistic director of Chicago's Goodman Theatre, in the second of a lively two-part conversation with music.

Critic's Choice: Report from Salzburg #2

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 09:33:46 -0500

08-11-08: Esther Schor

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 22:00:00 -0500

Andrew speaks with poet and Princeton English professor Esther Schor on her book Emma Lazarus, a part of the "Jewish Encounters" series of Nextbook and Schocken. Lazarus was one of the great women of nineteenth-century American letters and her most famous poem is mounted at the base of the Statue of Liberty. (Rebroadcast)

Next Week: Music and Conversation with Nico Muhly

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Critic's Choice: Report from Salzburg #1

Fri, 8 Aug 2008 12:13:02 -0500

08-04-08: Giacinto Scelsi

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Tue, 5 Aug 2008 17:19:07 -0500

A program of music by the pioneering and independent 20th century Italian composer Giacinto Scelsi [pronounced gia--CHEEN-toh SHAYL-si], 1905-1988. (Rebroadcast / music in excerpts due to copyright laws)

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Critic's Choice: Broadway Babies

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 11:37:43 -0500

Critic's Choice is a weekly feature in which WFMT's Critic-at-Large Andrew Patner shares his observations on arts and culture, from performances at Orchestra Hall to happenings in overlooked Chicago neighborhoods to festivals around the world. It airs three times each week on 98.7WFMT Wednesdays at 10:00 am, Saturdays after the opera broadcast and before From the Recording Horn with Andy Karzas, and Sundays at 8:30 am.

07-21-08: Kay Ryan - Poet

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:22:55 -0500

2004 interview with music with Kay Ryan who has just been appointed the 16th United States Poet Laureate. Andrew talked with Ryan when she was in Chicago to receive the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize from Poetry magazine. (Rebroadcast)

Critic's Choice: Remedial English

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:19:29 -0500

Critic's Choice is a weekly feature in which WFMT's Critic-at-Large Andrew Patner shares his observations on arts and culture, from performances at Orchestra Hall to happenings in overlooked Chicago neighborhoods to festivals around the world. It airs three times each week on 98.7WFMT Wednesdays at 10:00 am, Saturdays after the opera broadcast and before From the Recording Horn with Andy Karzas, and Sundays at 8:30 am.

07-18-08: Peter Cole (Rebroadcast)

mdestefano@wfmt.com — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 09:45:17 -0500

Poet and translator Peter Cole on Hebrew Poetry from Muslim and Christian Spain. Cole recently translated, edited and introduced THE DREAM OF THE POEM: Hebrew Poetry from Muslim and Christian Spain 950-1492 (Princeton University Press). (Rebroadcast)

Peter Cole's Ibis Editions

Peter's visit was sponsored by Nextbook.