WFMT: Andrew Patner on Arts and Culture

WFMT: Andrew Patner on Arts and Culture


Latest Episodes

Jace Clayton: The Julius Eastman Memory Depot (Rebroadcast)
June 22, 2015

  - In a program that first aired March 3, 2013, Andrew Patner presents a New Amsterdam Records CD release of Jace Clayton's (a.k.a. DJ Rupture) explorations of works by the late, gay African-American composer Julius Eastman. -  

Piano Music of Boris Papandopulo (Rebroadcast)
June 15, 2015

In a program that first aired November 21, 2011, Andrew Patner features music  recorded by Wisconsin-based pianist Nicholas Phillips of Croatian composer Boris Papandopulo (1906-1991).

Susanna Malkki (rebroadcast)
June 08, 2015

In a program that first aired October 21, 2003, Andrew Patner's guest is Finnish conductor Susanna Mälkki, who was in town for her highly-praised concert week with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra with a program of Sibelius, Thomas Adès, Stravinsky,

Giacinto Scelsi (rebroadcast)
June 01, 2015

In a program that first aired July 23, 2007, Andrew Patner presents a program of music by the pioneering and independent 20th century Italian composer Giacinto Scelsi, 1905-1988.

Some World War II Instrumental Jazz (rebroadcast)
May 25, 2015

In a program that first aired January 26, 2015, Andrew shares some upbeat American jazz records from the dark days of the Second World War in early 1944.

Esa-Pekka Salonen (rebroadcast)
May 18, 2015

In a program that first aired February 25, 2013, Andrew Patner talks with conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen, who was in town to conduct the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.  The Salonen-curated French Reveries & Passions Festival features the CSO and runs throug

Andrew Patner: A Celebration
May 10, 2015

This past March 18th family, friends, and colleagues gathered in Orchestra Hall at Symphony Center to celebrate the life of critic, author, and radio presenter, Andrew Patner. Listen to a podcast* of the Celebration which includes remarks,

Robert Falls - Part 2 of 2 (rebroadcast)
May 04, 2015

In a program that first aired April 30, 2007, Andrew Patner's guest is Robert Falls, marking his then-20th anniversary as artistic director of Chicago's Goodman Theatre, in the second of a lively two-part conversation.

Robert Falls - Part 1 of 2 (rebroadcast)
April 27, 2015

In a program that first aired April 30, 2007, Andrew Patner's guest is Robert Falls, marking his then-20th anniversary as artistic director of Chicago's Goodman Theatre, in the first of a lively two-part conversation.

A Conversation with Alex Ross (Rebroadcast from 2010)
April 20, 2015

In a program first aired November 15, 2010, Andrew's guest is New Yorker music critic, award-winning and best-selling author of The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century, MacArthur Fellow, and music weblog pioneer with therestisnoise.com, Mr