Richard Strauss
Hear his work in recycling operas as “fantasies.”
Classics of the Phonograph
Saturdays at 11 AM
John Frayne shares his love for classical music and opera with you on WILL 90.9 and 101.1.
Great concert halls
Beginning around 1930, orchestras began to be recorded in concert halls, rather than studios.
The Los Angeles Philharmonic Over the Decades
Hear and experience its rise to one of America's greatest orchestras.
The Bad Boy of Music
George Antheil, whose cacophonic "Ballet Mechanique" caused a riot in Paris, earned him this title.
Solomon and Clifford Curzon
Hear works from these two famous English pianists.
Third Symphonies
Hear works from the era when people tried to declare works of various genres as the "Greatest American.”
Stanislaw Skrowaczewski
Honoring his career and suite of accomplishments.
Ballet Scores for Concert Audiences
Ballet music lives a different life on the ballet stage than on the concert platform.
The Outer Reach of Toscanini’s Repertory
Hear Arturo Toscanini's interpretations of music by Prokofiev, Shostakovich, Stravinsky, and Ravel.
St. Matthew Passion
Hear excerpts from historic performances of this work
These programs are partially sponsored by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency.
