Critical Thinking

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 more…

With an assist from Chicago Symphony Orchestra Mead Composer-in-Residence Anna Clyne, Andrew previews two Chicago upcoming new-music events from CSO MusicNOW and ensemble dal niente with Italian pianist/conductor/curator Marino Formenti.

In the second of two programs of music from an important new reissue on CD, Andrew asks “Who’s Afraid of Carl Ruggles?”

In the first of two programs of music from an important new reissue on CD, Andrew asks “Who’s Afraid of Carl Ruggles?”

Conversation and music with eminent pianist, scholar, and critic Charles Rosen who turns 85 next month.  To celebrate this milestone, Andrew rebroadcasts the first of a pair of conversations with Rosen, which took place five years ago on the eve of his 80th birthday.

The second of our two-part program with Glenn Watkins on the topic of his book The Gesualdo Hex: Music, Myth, and Memory (W.W. Norton).

The first of our two-part program with Glenn Watkins on the topic of his book The Gesualsdo Hex: Music, Myth, and Memory (W.W. Norton).

Andrew’s guest is Spanish opera and theatre stage director Calixto Bieito, discussing his controversial European opera stagings and his new production and adaptation of Tennessee Williams’ Camino Real at the Goodman Theatre, running now through April 8.