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 May 25 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s the “Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra”. The Orchestra is joined by the Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh and vocal soloists Rachele Gilmore, Werner Gura, and Alexander Elliot in Haydn’s oratorio “The Creation”. Music Director Manfred Honeck conducts.
Tuesday night May 24 at 7:00 on the Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s the “Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcast”. Julian Rachlin makes his CSO debut as conductor and violin soloist in two “Four Seasons”, Vivaldi’s and Piazzolla’s. Also on the program an early Divertimento by Mozart.
Monday night May 23 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s “The New York Philharmonic This Week”. The Philharmonic is joined by the New York Choral Artists, the Dessof Symphonic Choir and the Brooklyn Youth Chorus plus eight vocal soloists in Mahler’s “8th Symphony”.
Sunday night May 22 on FM 90.9 the “Evening Concert” starts at 6:00 with Amy Beach’s “Piano Quintet” from Santa Fe, followed at 7:00 by Britten’s “3rd String Quartet” from Lincoln Center and at 8:00 by “Fiesta!”.
Thursday night May 19 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra. Former Artistic Advisor Stanislaw Skrowaczeski leads the group in Bruckner’s “8th Symphony”. Also on the program Skrowaczeski’s arrangement of Bach’s “Toccata and Fugue in D Minor”.
Wednesday night May 18 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s the “Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra”. Ray Chen is the soloist in Sibelius’ “Violin Concerto”. Also on the program Ravel’s “Daphnis and Chloe Suites 1 and 2”.
Tuesday night May 17 at 7:00 on the Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s the “Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcast”. Alexander Gavrylyuk is the soloist in Prokofiev’s “1st Piano Concerto”. James Conlon guest conducts. Also on the program Schubert’s “3rd Symphony” and Shostakovich’s “Chamber Symphony”.
Monday night May 16 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s “The New York Philharmonic This Week”. The Philharmonic is joined by the Concert Chorale of New York and vocal soloists Ying Fang and Mattias Goerne in Brahms’ “A German Requiem”. Music Director Jaap van Zweden conducts.
Sunday night May 15 on FM 90.9 the “Evening Concert” starts at 6:00 with Brahms’ “2nd String Sextet” from Santa Fe, followed at 7:00 by Glazunov’s “Idyll for Horn”” from Lincoln Center and at 8:00 by music for guitar on “Fiesta!”.
On Saturday, April 30, 2022, a group of Champaign-Urbana's finest musicians gave a concert of Praise and Worship music.
These programs are partially sponsored by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency.
