WFMT: Critical Thinking and Critic's Choice

From the September 2009 issue of Poetry, Andrew shares a poem by former Tampa Bay Ray outfielder Fernando Perez [...]

Andrew shares a sampling from new American works on new releases from the Spektral, JACK, Lark, and Sō Percussion quartets [...]

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 [...]

Andrew shares some of the commissioned pieces from U.S. composers on "American Vernacular: new music for solo piano," the latest recording from Midwest pianist Nicholas Phillips. (And an additional teaser, too, from Chicago composer Bernard Rands, who celebrated his 80th birthday in March) [...]

Andrew talks with young Romanian-born American conductor Cristian Macelaru, associate conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra.  Macelaru was in town to lead Chicago Symphony Orchestra concerts: works of Stravinsky, Ravel, and Debussy curated by Pierre Boulez [...]

In a part two of a two-part program that first aired on WFMT January 27, 2014, Andrew Patner presents Black Sabbath: The Secret Musical History of Black-Jewish Relations,  a remarkable collection of Black American recording artists performing Yiddish and other Jewish songs.  In this program we'll hear Aretha Franklin, Nina Simone, The Temptations, and Johnny Mathis [...]

Andrew presents a 2014 conversation with Bernard Haitink discussing his 60th anniversary year as a conductor of leading international orchestras [...]

In a part one of a two-part program that first aired on WFMT December 30, 2013, Andrew Patner presents Black Sabbath: The Secret Musical History of Black-Jewish Relations,  a remarkable collection of Black American recording artists performing Yiddish and other Jewish songs [...]

Mary had a baby.  The Chicago Children's Choir merrily sings about this event (and more) on a 1973 Brewster LP recording Andrew shares [...]

Andrew talks with Joanne Lipman and Melanie Kupchynsky, co-authors of Strings Attached: One Tough Teacher and the Gift of Great Expectations [...]

In a program that first aired November 25, 2013, Andrew Patner's guest is singer-songwriter and guitarist Raul Midón [...]

In a program that first aired October 21, 2003, Andrew Patner's guest is Finnish conductor Susanna Mälkki, who was in town for her highly-praised concert week with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra with a program of Sibelius, Thomas Adès, Stravinsky, and Debussy.  Ms. Malkki made her New York Philharmonic conducting debut last month [...]

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." [...]