WFMT: Critical Thinking and Critic's Choice
Summary: WFMT's "Critic-at-Large" Andrew Patner presents Critical Thinking, an hour-long weekly program of conversation about the arts, and Critic's Choice, a weekly feature in which Patner shares his observations on arts and culture.
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Podcasts:
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.
Andrew recommends some goings-on south of Madison Street.
Andrew is joined by French conductor Emmanuel Villaume in a new program discussing a conductor's life today. Mr. Villaume is currently leading the first of two runs of Puccini's "La Bohème" at Lyric Opera of Chicago.
Andrew responds to listener response to a previous Critic's Choice segment, "The Met's Robots."
Andrew is joined by Lyric Opera of Chicago guest conductor Emmanuel Villaume discussing Puccini, and preparing/presenting "La Boheme." Villaume leads two month-long runs of the opera at Lyric beginning January 21.
Andrew recommends a new exhibit at University of Chicago's Smart Museum.
Andrew presents a new recording of Frederic Rzewski's landmark, hour-long 1975 "The People United Will Never Be Defeated: 36 Variations on a Chilean Folk Song" for solo piano. A new release from Bridge Records by the young Danish pianist Ole Kiilerich.
Tonight on Critical Thinking with Andrew Patner, Andrew marks the arrival of 2013 with an array of historic blues and jazz recordings from 75 years ago, 1927 and 1928.
Sure, The Metropolitan Opera's HD broadcasts bring the pure experience of the opera to theaters across the globe--but do they also take it away from those at the opera house? Andrew explores.
Andrew recommends The Book of Mormon at Bank of America Theatre.
Andrew shares a story from the late Chicago and Montana writer Norman Maclean.
Andrew recommends (Un)familiar Music Series: (Re)New Amsterdam which takes place this Sunday, December 16 at 1:00pm at Empty Bottle.
Conversation and music with eminent pianist, scholar, and critic Charles Rosen, who died yesterday at the age of 85. Andrew rebroadcasts this first of a pair of conversations with Rosen, which took place five years ago on the eve of his 80th birthday.
Andrew shares a new recording by enterprising American violinist Miranda Cuckson of the penultimate work of 20th-century modernist Luigi Nono.
Andrew recommends Wagner and Me, now showing at the Gene Siskel Film Center.
