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In a program from 2003, Andrew Patner's guest is Finnish conductor Susanna Mälkki [...]
In a program from 2013, Andrew Patner talks with conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen, who was in town to conduct the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. [...]
In a program from 2013, Andrew Patner talks with German conductor Christian Thielemann who last month returned to Chicago in his new position as chief conductor of the Dresden Staatskapelle [...]
In a rebroadcast from 2008, Andrew Patner talks with conductor Bernard Haitink about Mahler, Shostakovich, and life [...]
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 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 [...]
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 [...]
In a program from 2009, Andrew Patner's guest is Michael Morgan, Music Director for 20 seasons of the Oakland East Bay Symphony, and longtime Assistant Conductor of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under Sir Georg Solti and Daniel Barenboim [...]
In a program from 2009, Andrew Patner's guest is conductor Gustavo Dudamel [...]
From 2007, Andrew Patner shares the the second of a two-part conversation with music with American-born orchestra and opera conductor Kent Nagano [...]
From 2007, Andrew Patner shares the first of a two-part conversation with music with American-born orchestra and opera conductor Kent Nagano [...]
In the second of a two-part program from 2007, Andrew Patner's guest is multi-faceted conductor-arranger-composer and teacher Cliff Colnot [...]
In the first of a two-part program from 2007, Andrew Patner's guest is multi-faceted conductor-arranger-composer and teacher Cliff Colnot [...]
In a program from 2011, Andrew Patner presents violin music of the great American composer Ralph Shapey [...]
In a show from 2008, Andrew Patner presents a program of non-American music [...]
In a program from 2013, Andrew Patner presents a program of releases from Cedille and Bridge records [...]
In a program from 2012, Andrew Patner presents a program of new recordings of mostly-new music [...]
In a program from 2008, Andrew Patner presents a selection of music for spring [...]
In a program from 2010, Andrew Patner features music of modern and contemporary composers Bernd Alois Zimmermann, Richard Wernick, and David Rakowski from recent recordings by Augustin Hadelich, the Juilliard String Quartet, and Chicago pianist Amy Briggs [...]
In a program from 2010, Andrew Patner features recordings by lesser-known composers (Hans Gál and Roger Boutry), a lesser-heard instrument (the bassoon) and a little Chopin to round it out [...]
In a program from 2009, Andrew Patner features recordings of works by American composers Chinary Ung and George Crumb from Bridge Records [...]
In a program from 2009, Andrew Patner presents a program of mostly French recordings from Harmonia Mundi. He also shares some music he found at the local convenience store [...]
In a program from 2007, Andrew Patner presents music by the pioneering and independent 20th century Italian composer Giacinto Scelsi, 1905- [...]
In a program from 2009, Andrew Patner presents a program of recordings of Norwegian composers and by artists from the Risør Chamber Music Festival there [...]
In a program that first aired in January of 2012, Andrew Patner presents a program of music for the new year [...]
In a part one of a two-part program from 2013, Andrew Patner presents Black Sabbath: The Secret Musical History of Black-Jewish Relations, a remarkable collection of Black American recording artists performing Yiddish and other Jewish songs [...]
Mary had a baby. In a program from 2013, Andrew Patner shares the 1973 Brewster LP recording wherein The Chicago Children's Choir merrily sings about this event (and more) [...]
In a program from 2011, Andrew Patner celebrates WFMT's 60th Anniversary with music and reflections of years-past [...]
In a program from 2012, Andrew Patner presents recordings of Chicago-born singer/songwriter Terry Callier.   [...]
In a program from 2014, Andrew Patner talks with Chicago playwright and longtime disability rights activist Susan Nussbaum about her award-winning first novel Good Kings Bad Kings [...]
In a program from 2010, Andrew Patner revives the 1947 Broadway musical by E.Y. "Yip" Harburg and Burl Lane, "Finian's Rainbow" via its original cast recording [...]
In a program from November of 2011, Andrew Patner features music recorded by Wisconsin-based pianist Nicholas Phillips of Croatian composer Boris Papandopulo (1906-1991) [...]
In a program from June of 2014, Andrew Patner shares a conversation with Riccardo Muti. The Chicago Symphony Orchestra music director talks about Verdi he has not conducted, Richard Strauss works he plans to add to his repertoire, and the role of principal players in an ensemble [...]
In a program from September of 2014, Andrew Patner talks with Chicago author, art critic, and School of the Art Institute teacher Margaret Hawkins about her latest novel, Lydia's Party [...]
From September of 2014, the second of Andrew Patner's two-part discussion about the role of economics and economists in American society with Randy Kroszner, Norman R. Bobins Professor of Economics at the Booth School of Business of The University of Chicago and a former Governor of the Federal Reserve System [...]
From August of 2014, the first of Andrew Patner's two-part discussion about the role of economics and economists in American society with Randy Kroszner, Norman R. Bobins Professor of Economics at the Booth School of Business of The University of Chicago and a former Governor of the Federal Reserve System [...]
Gene Tunney and Bernard Shaw vacationing together on the island of Brioni in 1929 — Associated Press In a program from November of 2011, Andrew Patner's guest is author Jay R. Tunney, discussing his book The Prizefighter and the Playwright: Gene Tunney and Bernard Shaw (Firefly Books, Buffalo and Richmond Hill, Ontario) about the long and more [...]
In a program from February, 2014, Andrew Patner talks with young Romanian-born American conductor Cristian Macelaru. [...]
In a program from July of 2011, Andrew Patner presents a program of music by American composers and performers — local performers and a number of local composers — featuring recordings from the Chicago Clarinet Trio (including composers Max Raimi and Larry Combs [!]), soprano Christine Brewer in recital with pianist Roger Vignoles, and jazz vocalist Carole March more [...]
In a program from November of 2009, Andrew Patner's guest is French-born pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet [...]
In a program from May of 2011, Andrew Patner's guests are Grant Park Music Festival principal conductor and artistic director Carlos Kalmar, and Festival general manager Leigh Levine [...]
In a program from August of 2008, Andrew Patner is joined by composer/arranger/conductor/ musician Nico Muhly for conversation with music, in an interview recorded in an eerie, concrete room in Chicago's Orchestra Hall at Symphony Center [...]
In a program from October of 2009, Andrew Patner talks with then-Chicago Symphony Orchestra music director designate Riccardo Muti. Maestro Muti discussed his views on Bruckner, Verdi, and Brahms as he prepared for four performances of Brahms's German Requiem [...]
In a program from July of 2012, Andrew Patner speaks with St. Louis Symphony Orchestra music director and Sydney Symphony Orchestra chief conductor, David Robertson [...]
In a program from May of 2012, Andrew Patner talks with renowned pianist Emanuel Ax about his curation of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra's Keys to the City Piano Festival [...]
In a program from January of 2014, Andrew Patner talks with Bernard Haitink about his 60th anniversary year as a conductor of leading international orchestras [...]
In a program from September of 2014, Andrew Patner talks with CSO Music Director Riccardo Muti about Prokoviev's Romeo and Juliet suite, and a European tour with the Orchestra [...]
Andrew Patner talks with Bob Riesman, author of the book "I Feel So Good: The Life and Times of Big Bill Broonzy," in the last of a 2013 series on the legendary Chicago blues and folk musician [...]
Andrew Patner talks with Bob Riesman, author of the book "I Feel So Good: The Life and Times of Big Bill Broonzy," in the second of a 2013 series on the legendary Chicago blues and folk musician [...]
Andrew Patner talks with Bob Riesman, author of the book "I Feel So Good: The Life and Times of Big Bill Broonzy," in the first of a 2013 series on the legendary Chicago blues and folk musician [...]