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.
Monday night October 31 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s “The New York Philharmonic This Week” with a “Playlist” program featuring Mahler’s “Night Music” from the “7th Symphony”, Schoenberg’s “Transfigured Night”, Stravinsky’s “Song of the Nightingale” and Ives’ “Central Park in the Dark”.
Sunday night October 30 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 you’ll hear Joaquin Turina’s Opus 67 “Piano Quartet” on the “Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center”. At 8:00 you’ll hear classical tango music by Piazzolla and others on “Fiesta”.
Thursday night October 27 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 Rimsky-Korsakov’s “Scheherazade” and Wynton Marsalis’ “Herald, Holler and Hallelujah”. Also on the program Britten’s “Piano Concerto” with soloist Leif Ove Andsnes.
Wednesday night October 26 at 7:00 on FM 90.9 you’ll hear an “Evening Concert Special” from the “Wind and Rhythm” series: “Painting Music” followed at 8:00 by Episode 2 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 October 25 at 7:00 on the Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s the “Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcast”. You’ll hear Mozart’s “29th Symphony” and Haydn’s “71st Symphony” with guest conductor Dame Jane Glover. Also on the program concertos by Mozart and Handel.
Monday night October 24 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s “The New York Philharmonic This Week”. From the Philharmonic’s archives you’ll hear Dvorak’s “7th Symphony” and Borodin’s “2nd Symphony”. Also on the program Saint-Saens’ “1st Cello Concerto” with soloist Leonard Rose.
Sunday night October 23 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 you’ll hear Beethoven’s “3rd Sonata for Violina and Piano” on the “Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center”. At 8:00 you’ll hear the music of Teresa Carreño on “Fiesta”.
Thursday night October 20 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 Glinka’s “Overture to ‘Ruslan and Ludmilla’” and Tchaikovsky’s “4th Symphony”. Also on the program Brahms’ “1st Piano Concerto” with soloist Helene Grimaud.
Wednesday night October 19 starting at 7:00 on FM 90.9 you’ll hear an “Evening Concert Special” from the “Wind and Rhythm” series: “Music of Fantasia” followed at 8:00 by Episode 1 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 October 18 at 7:00 on the Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s the “Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcast”. Paul Lewis is the soloist in two of Beethoven’s piano concertos, the “1st” and the “4th”. Sir Andrew Davis guest conducts. Also on the program music by Sir Michael Tippett.
These programs are partially sponsored by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency.
