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In a program from 2011, Andrew Patner celebrates WFMT’s 60th Anniversary with music and reflections of years-past.
Critical Thinking: Music and Reflections on WFMT’s 60th Anniversary (rebroadcast)
Monday, December 12, 2016 by Matt DeStefano
Upcoming Shows
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Monday, July 10, 2017 at 10:00 pm - Erik Nielsen, conductor (Rebroadcast)
In a program from 2009, Andrew Patner talks with young American conductor Erik Nielsen, 2009 Winner of a major grant of support from the Chicago-based Solti Foundation U.S. The Iowa-born Nielsen, kapellmeister of the Frankfurt Opera, has worked closely with such leading conductors as James Levine and Bernard Haitink, and discusses the challenges and expectations more…
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Monday, July 17, 2017 at 10:00 pm - Gianandrea Noseda, conductor
Andrew Patner’s guest is Italian conductor and Rachmaninoff champion Gianandrea Noseda, who made his Chicago Symphony Orchestra debut leading the first-ever CSO performances of Rachmaninoff’s 1895 First Symphony.
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Monday, July 24, 2017 at 10:00 pm - Krzysztof Penderecki, composer/conductor
In a program from 2011, Andrew Patner’s guest is Krzysztof Penderecki, in a conversation recorded when the distinguished Polish composer and conductor was in Chicago leading concerts at the Grand Park Music Festival.
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 Best of Studs Terkel 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).
