Wednesday, May 15, 2013 by Matt DeStefano
Would you review a concert before the first note is played? Why, then, are buildings reviewed before they open? Andrew ponders this and other questions in this week’s Critic’s Choice.
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Monday, May 13, 2013 by Matt DeStefano
A program of violin music of the great Ralph Shapey.
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Wednesday, May 8, 2013 by Matt DeStefano
Andrew reviews Lyric Opera of Chicago’s production of Oklahoma!, which runs through May 19 at the Civic Opera House.
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Tuesday, May 7, 2013 by Matt DeStefano
Andrew discusses Lyric Opera of Chicago’s production of Oklahoma!
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Monday, May 6, 2013 by Matt DeStefano
Andrew talks with German conductor Christian Thielemann who last month returned to Chicago for the first time in 14 years in his new position as chief conductor of the Dresden Staatskapelle.
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Monday, April 29, 2013 by Matt DeStefano
Andrew talks with Chicago-native jazz vocalist Rondi Charleston about her new record Signs of Life (out now on Motéma), childhood and more.
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Wednesday, April 24, 2013 by Matt DeStefano
While other cities stake their claim on which is “best,” Andrew comments on the decline of journalistic standards.
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Monday, April 22, 2013 by Matt DeStefano
By listener request, a post-successful-membership-drive rebroadcast from Andrew’s 2009 series, “Abraham Lincoln Reconsidered.” Tonight, a conversation on “Lincoln and Religion” with Franklin I. Gamwell, professor emeritus at The University of Chicago Divinity School.
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Wednesday, April 17, 2013 by Matt DeStefano
Andrew remembers legendary CSO trumpeter Adolph “Bud” Herseth in this Critic’s Choice commentary.
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Monday, April 15, 2013 by Matt DeStefano
With Studs Terkel‘s centennial anniversary approaching, Andrew presents his 2005 WFMT interview with Studs discussing his then new book, And They All Sang: Adventures of an Eclectic Disc Jockey. Studs talks about his disc jockey days in general, his love of opera, and the music editions of The Studs Terkel Program which aired daily for 45 years, from 1952 to 1997, here on WFMT.
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Studs discusses his book AND THEY ALL SANG: Adventures of an Eclectic Disc Jockey.
"It is the only interview that I know of done with Studs where he discusses in detail his passion for opera and opera singers including Rosa Raisa, Lotte Lehmann, and "his" diva, Claudia Muzio. Studs also talks about his disc jockey days in general and the music editions of The Studs Terkel Program on WFMT. We play opera scenes with Raisa, Lehmann, Muzio, and a song by Woody Guthrie as well." -Andrew
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