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Atomic Age Cocktail Party
Saturdays at 11 PM and Sundays at 10 PM

Easy To Remember (139)

This week on The Atomic Age Cocktail Party, It’s Easy to Remember; songs from the hi-fi era about memories and the act of remembering. We’ll hear from Eartha Kitt, The Four Freshmen, Frankie Laine, and many more.

Mel Miller, host of Prairie Performances
Kurt Bielema

Prairie Performances
Fridays at 7 pm

Meet Melissa Bialecki Miller

Please join us in welcoming Melissa (Mel) Bialecki Miller to the Classical 90.9 team. Mel joins us as the next John Frayne Classical Music Graduate Student Fellow. “I’m excited for this opportunity to bring classical music to the local community,” she said. “My background is in academia, and what I’ve always found most rewarding about that work is education and outreach. Whenever I see a student enjoy a genre of music they might never have engaged with before, or realize something new about a piece they already enjoy, that’s when I feel I’ve really done my job. Working with WILL feels like a natural extension of that work. I love talking about music, I love telling stories, and I’m looking forward to learning to do all of that through the medium of radio.”

Gustav Holst
theguardian.com

Evening Concert
7 to 9 pm Monday thru Thursday, and Sunday

The New York Philharmonic This Week

Monday night August 11 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on “W-I-L-L Classical” it’s “The New York Philharmonic This Week”. You’ll hear Holst’s “The Planets”, and Vaughan Williams’ “Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis” and the “Fantasia on Greensleeves”. Also on the program Elgar’s “Cockaigne Overture”.

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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.

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WFTM Radio Network

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.

Illinois Arts Council Agency

These programs are partially sponsored by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency.