Andrew”s guest is pianist and writer Jeremy Denk, who was in town this past week for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s Keys to the City Piano Festival.  Jeremy’s new album Ligeti/Beethoven is out now on the Nonesuch label.

Andrew discusses the age-old classical music quandary: to clap, or not to clap?

Andrew shares Daniel Barenboim’s statement regarding the late baritone and conductor, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau.

Andrew talks with renowned pianist Emanuel Ax, curator of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s Keys to the City Piano Festival running from May 23 through June 12.  

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,

Andrew comments on the celebration of Studs Terkel’s 100th birthday year, as well as Goodman Theatre’s staging of Iceman Cometh.

With an assist from Chicago Symphony Orchestra Mead Composer-in-Residence Anna Clyne, Andrew previews two Chicago upcoming new-music events from CSO MusicNOW and ensemble dal niente with Italian pianist/conductor/curator Marino Formenti.

In the second of two programs of music from an important new reissue on CD, Andrew asks “Who’s Afraid of Carl Ruggles?”

In the first of two programs of music from an important new reissue on CD, Andrew asks “Who’s Afraid of Carl Ruggles?”

Andrew comments on Brian Dickie’s exit at Chicago Opera Theater.