Andrew talks with conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen, who is in town to conduct the Chicago Symphony Orchestra with Yo-Yo Ma 2/28 – 3/2 at Orchestra Hall. Esa-Pekka Salonen © 2012 Sonja Werner
Archive for February, 2013
Scorecards
Wednesday, February 20, 2013 by Matt DeStefano
Andrew recommends that you leave your pencils and scorecards at home for Lyric Opera of Chicago’s Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Andreas Mitisek (Chicago Opera Theater General Director)
Monday, February 18, 2013 by Matt DeStefano
Andrew talks with Andreas Mitisek, the new general director of Chicago Opera Theater. COT opens its 2013 season, the first planned by Mitisek, this Saturday with “The Fall of the House of Usher” by Philip Glass, at the Harris Theater in Millennium Park.
eighth blackbird’s Grammy Wins
Monday, February 11, 2013 by Matt DeStefano
Andrew features eighth blackbird’s recent Cedille Records recording “meanwhile” which yesterday won both Grammy Awards for which it was nominated — Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance and Best Contemporary Composition for Stephen Hartke’s title work.
Austin Pendleton
Monday, February 4, 2013 by Matt DeStefano
Andrew talks with veteran actor, director, playwright, and teacher Austin Pendleton. His new staging of Harold Pinter’s “The Birthday Party” opened this weekend at the Steppenwolf Upstairs Theatre for a three-month run.
South of Madison St.
Friday, February 1, 2013 by Matt DeStefano
Andrew recommends some goings-on south of Madison Street.
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).
