The Evening Concert

Thursday Night July 24 at 7:00 pm on WILL Classical 90.9 FM for a fresh one-hour "Prairie Performances" special curated by our new John Frayne Classical Music Graduate Student Fellow Melissa "Mel" Bialecki Miller.

Wednesday night July 23 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on “W-I-L-L Classical” it’s a program from the National Centre for the Performing Arts, Beijing. You’ll hear Chen PeSHOON’s (Chen Peixun’s) Symphonic Poem “Wave of Emotion” and Bruckner’s “8th Symphony”.

Tuesday night July 22 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on “W-I-L-L Classical” it’s the “Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcast”. From their archives you’ll hear Beethoven’s “2nd Piano Concerto” featuring soloist Vladimir Ashkenazy”. Also on the program Liszt’s “A Faust Symphony”. Sir Georg Solti conducts.

Monday night July 21 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on “W-I-L-L Classical” it’s “The New York Philharmonic This Week”. Alan Gilbert leads the Philharmonic, New York Choral Artists and vocal soloists in Beethoven’s “Missa Solemnis”.  Also on the program Magnus Lindberg’s “Al Largo”.

Sunday night July 20 at 6:00 on the “Evening Concert” on “W-I-L-L Classical” you’ll hear Ruth Crawford Seeger’s “String Quartet” on the “Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center”. At 7:00 you’ll hear a 19th Century Brazilian Opera by Carlos Gomes on “Fiesta”.

Friday night July 18 at 7:00 on “W-I-L-L Classical” it’s the third program in the new season of “Gateways Radio”. You'll hear Joseph Bologne’s “1st Symphony” as played by the Gateways Festival Chamber Orchestra. Also on the program music by Bach, Dvorak, and Clara Schumann. Loki Karuna hosts.

Enjoy an hour of classical music from our partners at Classical 24.

Wednesday night July 16 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on “W-I-L-L Classical” it’s a program from the National Centre for the Performing Arts, Beijing. You’ll hear Chen PeSHOON’s (Chen Peixun’s) “1st Symphony”. Also on the program Shou JiPING’s (ZHAO Jiping’s) “Pipa Concerto No. 2”.

Tuesday night July 15 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on “W-I-L-L Classical” it’s the “Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcast”. You’ll hear Richard Strauss’ “1st Horn Concerto” and Rachmaninoff’s “1st Piano Concerto”. These are works that were written when they were only 18 years old (!)

Monday night July 14 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on “W-I-L-L Classical” it’s “The New York Philharmonic This Week”. You’ll hear Lorin Maazel lead the Philharmonic in Brahms’ “4th Symphony” and Berio’s “Sinfonia for Eight Voices and Orchestra” from a 2008 concert recording.