A program of violin music of the great Ralph Shapey.
Archive for January, 2012
Swedish National Youth Orchestra
Wednesday, January 25, 2012 by Matt DeStefano
Andrew describes how he was “knocked out” by the Swedish National Youth Orchestra.
Maestro Muti’s Winter Residency
Monday, January 23, 2012 by Matt DeStefano
Andrew talks with Chicago Symphony Orchestra music director Riccardo Muti in a conversation recorded 1/22/2012 at Orchestra Hall. Riccardo Muti begins his three week winter residency with the CSO this week.
Time Out Chicago’s Jonathan Messinger on Chicago Public Libraries
Wednesday, January 18, 2012 by Matt DeStefano
Andrew reads Jonathan Messinger‘s Time Out Chicago piece regarding Chicago Public Libraries.
James Alan McPherson: A Matter of Vocabulary (Rebroadcast)
Monday, January 16, 2012 by Matt DeStefano
Tonight I’ll be doing something a bit different, reading a favorite short story by James Alan McPherson, “A Matter of Vocabulary” from his 1969 collection Hue and Cry. A longtime faculty member at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop at The University of Iowa, McPherson, born in Savannah, Georgia, in 1943, was in the first class of more…
Case of the Mondays
Wednesday, January 11, 2012 by Matt DeStefano
Andrew comments on the new decision that will keep Chicago Public Libraries closed on Mondays.
Riccardo Muti: WFMT’s 2011 Artist of the Year
Monday, January 9, 2012 by Matt DeStefano
Andrew broadcasts his recent overseas telephone conversation with Chicago Symphony Orchestra music director Riccardo Muti, which took place on December 28, 2011.
James Thurber Fables #5
Wednesday, January 4, 2012 by Matt DeStefano
Andrew reads more selections from James Thurber’s Fables for Our Times.
Music for the New Year
Monday, January 2, 2012 by Matt DeStefano
Andrew presents a program of music for the new year.
Andrew’s 2005 interview with Studs Terkel
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
To download an MP3 file of this interview, right-click on link below (Mac users control-click).
