Would you review a concert before the first note is played?  Why, then, are buildings reviewed before they open?  Andrew ponders this and other questions in this week’s Critic’s Choice.  

A program of violin music of the great Ralph Shapey.  

Andrew reviews Lyric Opera of Chicago’s production of Oklahoma!, which runs through May 19 at the Civic Opera House.  

Andrew discusses Lyric Opera of Chicago’s production of Oklahoma!  

Andrew talks with German conductor Christian Thielemann who last month returned to Chicago for the first time in 14 years in his new position as chief conductor of the Dresden Staatskapelle.  

Andrew talks with Chicago-native jazz vocalist Rondi Charleston about her new record Signs of Life (out now on Motéma), childhood and more.  

While other cities stake their claim on which is “best,” Andrew comments on the decline of journalistic standards.

By listener request, a post-successful-membership-drive rebroadcast from Andrew’s 2009 series, “Abraham Lincoln Reconsidered.”  Tonight, a conversation on “Lincoln and Religion” with Franklin I. Gamwell, professor emeritus a

Andrew remembers legendary CSO trumpeter Adolph “Bud” Herseth in this Critic’s Choice commentary.

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,