Atomic Age Cocktail Party
Saturdays at 11 PM and Sundays at 10 PM
This week, on The Atomic Age Cocktail Party, it’s Magical Mambos! Another deep dive into the wild and wonderful mambo music that came out during the height of the mambo craze of the 1950s. We’ll hear from Cal Tjader, Joe Loco, Tito Rodríguez, and many more.
Evening Concert
7 to 9 pm Monday thru Thursday, and Sunday
Friday night April 4 at 7:00 on W-I-L-L 90.9 FMHD1 it’s the first program in a new season of the “Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival”. You'll hear Dvorak’s Op. 81 “Piano Quintet” and Ligeti’s “Six Bagatelles”. Broadcasting this program here permits us to collect new recordings for use on future Prairie Performances.
Prairie Performances
Fridays at 7 pm
Our first John Frayne Classical Music Graduate Student Work Experience fellow, Julia Escobar, guest hosts this very special Prairie Performances, curated by her and featuring the fantastic flute.
Classics of the Phonograph
Saturdays at 11 am
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
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.
These programs are partially sponsored by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency.
