7-9 PM Monday-Thursday & Sunday
Great performances from the great concert venues, 7 to 9 pm Monday thru Thursday, and Sunday, on WILL-FM.
Wednesday night November 16 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s the “Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra”. You’ll hear “Siegfried’s Rhine Journey” from the Wagner opera “The Twilight of the Gods” and Humperdinck’s Orchestral Suite from “Hansel and Gretel”. Also on the program Grieg’s “Piano Concerto” with soloist Olga Kern.
Tuesday night November 15 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s the “Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcast”. You’ll hear works the CSO and second Music Director Frederick Stock introduced to the United States including Elgar’s “Violin Concerto” and Scriabin’s “Prometheus”.
Monday night November 14 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s “The New York Philharmonic This Week”. Igor Stravinsky conducts his “Firebird Suite”, Darius Milhaud conducts his “Suite francaise” and Paul Hindemith conducts his “When Lilacs Last in the Doorway Bloom’d”.
Sunday night November 13 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 you’ll hear Bartok’s last “String Quartet” played by the Orion String Quartet on the “Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center”. At 8:00 you’ll hear Latin American classical music from Portugal on “Fiesta”.
Thursday night November 9 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s the “Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra”. Music Director Manfred Honeck leads the group in Mahler’s “1st Symphony” and Gloria Isabel Ramos Trianos’ “amazon’. Also on the program Rachmaninoff’s “3rd Piano Concerto” with soloist Yefim Bronfman.
Wednesday night November 9 at 7:00 on FM 90.9 you’ll hear an “Evening Concert Special” from the “Wind and Rhythm” series: “British Composers” followed at 8:00 by Episode 4 of the four-part series “The Middle” hosted by Jeremy Hobson. It’s a live call-in program focused on issues of interest ahead of the midterm elections.
Tuesday night November 8 starting at 7:00 on FM 90.9 the “Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcast” is pre-empted so that we can bring you live coverage of the Midterm Elections from NPR and Illinois Public Media. Our coverage on FM90.9 goes until 11 PM.
Monday night November 7 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s “The New York Philharmonic This Week”. Leonard Bernstein conducts Virgil Thomson’s “The Seine at Night” and Milhaud’s “Les Choephores”. Also on the program, George Szell conducts Mahler’s “4th Symphony”.
Sunday night November 6 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 you’ll hear Brahms' “2nd String Quartet” played by the Calidore String Quartet on the “Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center”. At 8:00 you’ll hear music inspired by the “Day of the Dead” on “Fiesta”.
Thursday night November 3 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s the “Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra”. Music Director Manfred Honeck leads the group in Smetana’s “Overture to the Bartered Bride” and Michael Daughtry’s “Symphony Fantasy on the Art of Andy Warhol”. Also on the program Schumann’s “Cello Concerto” with soloist Kian Soltani.
These programs are partially sponsored by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency.
