Tonight at 7:00 on WILL 90.9FM/HD1 it’s “Early Music Now with Sara Schneider”. You'll hear music in celebration of St. Cecilia’s Day, which differs from the listing in Patterns Magazine.

Friday night November 1 at 7:00 on WILL 90.9FM/HD1 it’s “Early Music Now with Sara Schneider”. You'll hear a program that celebrates “All Saints’ Day”. Broadcasting this program on Friday’s at 7:00 PM gives us time to collect new local recordings for use on future “Prairie Performances”. 

There's also chamber music by Roussel and Jongen on the program, then an hour of music by Palestrina.

He was considered "the last of the German Romantics."

"The Armed Man" is a cautionary tale from the 15th Century, a famous tune of the day, which became the 'cantus firmus' (fixed song) these composers used as the basis for their musical settings of the Mass.