WFMT: Critical Thinking and Critic's Choice
Summary: WFMT's "Critic-at-Large" Andrew Patner presents Critical Thinking, an hour-long weekly program of conversation about the arts, and Critic's Choice, a weekly feature in which Patner shares his observations on arts and culture.
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Podcasts:
In a program from November of 2008, Andrew Patner speaks with Tashkent-born pianist Yefim Bronfman about his career.
In a program from January of 2014, Andrew Patner talks with Bernard Haitink about his 60th anniversary year as a conductor of leading international orchestras.
In a program from September of 2014, Andrew Patner talks with CSO Music Director Riccardo Muti about Prokoviev’s Romeo and Juliet suite, and a European tour with the Orchestra.
In a program from 2012, Andrew shares a solo recording by young Israeli pianist David Greilsammer that combines Baroque works with contemporary pieces by Feldman, Lachenmann, and commissions from young Israelis Matan Porat and Nimrod Sahar.
In a program from 2009, Andrew talks with poet and essayist Fanny Howe, recipient of the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize from The Poetry Foundation, publishers of Poetry magazine.
Andrew Patner talks with Bob Riesman, author of the book “I Feel So Good: The Life and Times of Big Bill Broonzy,” in the last of a 2013 series on the legendary Chicago blues and folk musician.
Andrew Patner talks with Bob Riesman, author of the book “I Feel So Good: The Life and Times of Big Bill Broonzy,” in the second of a 2013 series on the legendary Chicago blues and folk musician.
Andrew Patner talks with Bob Riesman, author of the book “I Feel So Good: The Life and Times of Big Bill Broonzy,” in the first of a 2013 series on the legendary Chicago blues and folk musician.
From February 2013, Andrew Patner talks with Andreas Mitisek, the general director of Chicago Opera Theater.
In a program from February 2013, Andrew Patner features eighth blackbird’s Cedille Records recording “meanwhile” which won both Grammy Awards for which it was nominated — Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance and Best Contemporary Composition for Stephen Hartke’s title work.
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.
The second of a two-part interview from November of 2011 with Andrew Patner and dance critic and historian Jennifer Homans discussing her highly-acclaimed book Apollo’s Angels: A History of Ballet (Random House).
The first of a two-part interview from November of 2011 with Andrew Patner and dance critic and historian Jennifer Homans discussing her highly-acclaimed book Apollo’s Angels: A History of Ballet (Random House).
In a program from October of 2010, Andrew Patner talks about Goodman Theatre’s production of Leonard Bernstein’s Candide with its director and adapter Mary Zimmerman, music director Doug Peck, and cast members from the show.
In an exclusive interview from 2009, Andrew Patner talks with the legendary Pierre Boulez, then Helen Regenstein conductor emeritus of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, discussing a wide range of modern and contemporary music. Boulez died Wednesday at age 90.
