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

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.

Norman Maclean                 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.

Charles Rosen                       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 c

Miranda Cuckson                       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.

Andrew reads more from James Thurber’s Fables for Our Time.