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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The second of Andrew Patner’s two-part, October, 2010 conversation with then-Chicago Symphony Orchestra Helen Regenstein conductor emeritus Pierre Boulez, who stepped-in to lead the CSO for an ailing Riccardo Muti. Maestro Boulez died Wednesday at age 90.
The first of Andrew Patner’s two-part, October, 2010 conversation with then-Chicago Symphony Orchestra Helen Regenstein conductor emeritus Pierre Boulez, who stepped-in to lead the CSO for an ailing Riccardo Muti. Maestro Boulez died Wednesday at age 90.
In a conversation recorded November 2, 2014 at the Museum of Contemporary Art’s Edlis Neeson Theatre, Andrew Patner talks with eighth blackbird ensemble members Lisa Kaplan and Matthew Duvall about the group’s beginnings. This program was part of the 2014 Chicago Humanities Festival, and was recorded for WFMT by Eric Arunas. Watch full video of this conversation.
In a program that first aired on January 2, 2012, Andrew Patner presents a program of music for the new year.
Mary had a baby. In a program that first aired on December 23, 2013, Andrew Patner shares the 1973 Brewster LP recording wherein The Chicago Children’s Choir merrily sings about this event (and more).
In the second of a two-part program that first aired on August 7, 2013, Andrew Patner talks with music critic and Chicago-area native Matthew Guerrieri about his acclaimed book, The First Four Notes: Beethoven’s Fifth and the Human Imagination.
In part one of a two-part program which first aired on July 29, 2013, Andrew Patner talks with music critic and Chicago-area native Matthew Guerrieri about his acclaimed book, The First Four Notes: Beethoven’s Fifth and the Human Imagination.
In a program that first aired November 25, 2013, Andrew Patner’s guest is singer-songwriter and guitarist Raul Midón.
In the second of a two-part program that first aired in January of 2013, Andrew Patner talks with French conductor Emmanuel Villaume, discussing a conductor’s life today. At the time of the interview, Mr. Villaume was in town to lead the first of two runs of Puccini’s “La Bohème” at Lyric Opera of Chicago.
In part one of a two-part program that first aired in January of 2013, Andrew Patner talks with then-Lyric Opera of Chicago guest conductor Emmanuel Villaume discussing Puccini, and preparing/presenting “La Boheme.” Villaume was in town to lead two month-long runs of the opera at Lyric.
In a program that first aired on December 8, 2014, Andrew Patner talks with Thomas Dyja, author of the acclaimed book on mid-20th-century Chicago, The Third Coast.
In a program that first aired on February 2, 2014, Andrew Patner talks with young Romanian-born American conductor Cristian Macelaru.
In a program that first aired October 14, 2013, Andrew Patner talks with University of Chicago professor David Nirenberg, on his book, “Anti-Judaism: The Western Tradition.”
In a program that first aired October 7th, 2013, Andrew Patner talks with longtime Chicago Sun-Times columnist Neil Steinberg about his book, “You Were Never in Chicago.”
In a program that first aired April 11, 2011, Andrew Patner’s guest is Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes, in a conversation that followed a set of Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Orchestra Hall recital appearances.
