The Evening Concert

Wednesday night February 15 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL-FM 90.9 you’ll hear Dvořák’s “7th Symphony” performed by the Danish National Symphony Orchestra led by Marta Gardolińska.  Also on the program, Rachmaninoff’s “2nd Piano Concerto” with soloist Vadym Kholodenko.

Tuesday night February 14 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL-FM 90.9 it’s the “Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcast”. You’ll hear Gershwin’s “Porgy and Bess Symphonic Picture”. Also on the program Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue” and Ravel’s “Piano Concerto in G Major” with soloist Inon Barnatan.

Monday night February 13 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL-FM 90.9 it’s “The New York Philharmonic This Week”. You’ll hear a concert version of Bartok’s one-act opera “Bluebeard’s Castle”. Music Director Jaap van Zweden conducts.  Also on the program, Schoenberg’s one-act monodrama “Erwartung”, or “Expectation”.

Sunday night February 12 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL-FM 90.9 you’ll hear Mozart’s “Sonata for Piano Four Hands in C Major, K. 521” on the “Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center”. At 8:00 you’ll hear music of the Sephardic people on “Fiesta”.

Thursday night February 9 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL-FM 90.9 it’s the “Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra”. You’ll hear Sibelius’ “2nd Symphony” and Rolf Martinsson’s “Open Mind”. Also on the program Mozart’s “22nd Piano Concerto” with soloist Yefim Bronfman.

Wednesday night February 8 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL-FM 90.9 you’ll hear Ravel’s “Bolero” as performed by the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra led by Alain Altinoglu.  Also on the program, Massenet’s “Meditation from ‘Thais’” and Ravel’s “Tzigane” with violinist Renaud Capucon.

Tuesday night February 7 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL-FM 90.9 it’s the “Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcast”. You’ll hear Florence Price’s “3rd Symphony” and William Grant Still’s “Mother and Child”. Also on the program Beethoven’s “4th Symphony”.

Monday night February 6 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL-FM 90.9 it’s “The New York Philharmonic This Week”. You’ll hear Sibelius’ “Violin Concerto” with soloist Augustin Hadelich. Also on the program, Berlioz’s “Symphonie fantastique” and Mozart’s “1st Symphony”.

Sunday night February 5 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL-FM 90.9 you’ll hear selections from George Crumb’s American Songbook. He earned his Master of Music from the University of Illinois in 1952.  At 8:00 you’ll hear “Great Brazilian Pianist” on “Fiesta”.

Thursday night February 2 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL-FM 90.9 it’s the “Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra”. You’ll hear Debussy’s “La Mer, The Sea” and Ravel’s “Mother Goose” Matthias Pintscher guest conducts. Also on the program Bartok’s “2nd Violin Concerto” with soloist Alexi Kenney.