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Atomic Age Cocktail Party
Saturdays at 11 PM and Sundays
at 10 PM
Soft Tempo Lounge (143)
This week on The Atomic Age Cocktail Party, it’s Soft Tempo Lounge. That next step in lounge and easy listening that blended the rhythms of bossa nova with bits of cool jazz, wordless vocals, and a little pop all wrapped up in a simmering, sensual vibe. We’ll hear from Hugo Montenegro, Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66, Dorothy Ashby, and many others.

Prairie Performances
Fridays at 7 pm
Prairie Performances: Jazz
On this week’s Prairie Performances, we welcome Grammy award-winning saxophonist and University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Professor of Jazz Performance, Chip McNeill.

Evening Concert
7 to 9 pm Monday thru Thursday, and
Sunday
Gateways Radio
Friday night September 26 at 7:00 on “W-I-L-L Classical” it’s “Gateways Radio”. You'll hear Valerie Coleman’s “Sonata for Flute and Piano” with flutist Terry Andrews and pianist David Berry, William Grant Still’s “Africa” and Coleridge Taylor-Perkinson’s “Worship”. Loki Karuna hosts.

Classics of the Phonograph
Saturdays at 11 am
Julia Escobar shares her favorite flute recordings
On this very special edition, John Frayne will be joined in studio by Julia Escobar—the first ever John Frayne Classical Music Grad Fellow—who will share her favorite flute recordings from the 20th century.

Afternoon at the Opera
Saturdays at noon
Opera Gala 2021
For this year's Opera Gala on Sept. 18, we enjoy a truly phenomenal piece of operatic history brought to life by Opera Southwest’s Artistic Director Anthony Barrese and then brought straight to you, thanks to Afternoon at the Opera.