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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In the second of a two-part program that first aired March 10, 2014, Andrew Patner shared more of the commissioned pieces from U.S. composers on “American Vernacular: new music for solo piano,” a recording from Midwest pianist Nicholas Phillips.
In the first of a two-part program that first aired March 3, 2014, Andrew Patner shared some of the commissioned pieces from U.S. composers on “American Vernacular: new music for solo piano,” a recording from Midwest pianist Nicholas Phillips.
In the second of a two-part program that first aired on August 19, 2013, Andrew Patner talks with composer, performer, and teacher David Lang, co-founder of Bang on a Can, and shares his music.
In a program that first aired on August 12, 2013, Andrew Patner interviews composer, performer, and teacher David Lang in the first of two programs with the co-founder of Bang on a Can. Shortly after this program first aired, David Lang’s Pulitzer Prize-winning “the little match girl passion” made its Ravinia premiere at the Martin Theatre. The New Classic Singers more...
Chicago author Lee Sandlin died unexpectedly in December of 2014. On August 15 of this year, the Chicago City Council ordained the 4500 block of N. Artesian Avenue at the Southeast corner of Wilson and Artesian to be hereby known as LEE SANDLIN WAY. In his memory, we rebroadcast Andrew Patner’s 2013 conversation with Lee Sandlin about his books Storm more...
In a conversation recorded June 20, 2014, and airing for the first time tonight, Andrew Patner talks with composer/conductor/pianist Matthew Aucoin, whose opera for young people, Second Nature (for which he composed the music and libretto), makes its world premiere this week at the Lincoln Park Zoo with performances 8/19 at 10:00am and 12:00pm, and 8/20 at more...
In a program that first aired on April 14, 2014, Andrew Patner shares a sampling from American works on releases from the Spektral, JACK, Lark, and Sō Percussion quartets.
In a program that first aired January 13, 2014, Andrew Patner talks with Bernard Haitink discussing his 60th anniversary year as a conductor of leading international orchestras.
In a program that first aired on June 4, 2012, Andrew’s guest is pianist and writer Jeremy Denk, who was then in town for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s Keys to the City Piano Festival.
In a program that first aired April 21, 2014, Andrew Patner’s guest is conductor Leonard Slatkin discussing his work with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and in Lyon, and the music of William Schuman.
In the second of a two-part conversation that first aired July 9, 2012, Andrew Patner speaks with poet and winner of the 2012 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize, W.S. Di Piero.
In part one of a two-part conversation that first aired on July 2, 2012, Andrew Patner speaks with poet and winner of the 2012 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize, W.S. Di Piero.
In a program that first aired January 17, 2011, Andrew Patner presents violin music of the great American composer Ralph Shapey.
In a program that first aired March 3, 2013, Andrew Patner presents a New Amsterdam Records CD release of Jace Clayton’s (a.k.a. DJ Rupture) explorations of works by the late, gay African-American composer Julius Eastman.
In a program that first aired November 21, 2011, Andrew Patner features music recorded by Wisconsin-based pianist Nicholas Phillips of Croatian composer Boris Papandopulo (1906-1991).
