The Evening Concert

Classic Mornings

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.

Stravinsky
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Composers Conduct Their Works

Tonight at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s “The New York Philharmonic This Week”. You’ll hear Stravinsky’s “Firebird Suite” conducted by the composer. Also on the program Milhaud’s “Suite Française” and Hindemith’s “When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d”.

Schubert
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Weekly Listings for the “Eveing Concerts” Mon Jan 10 - Sun Jan 16, 2022

This week on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 you’ll hear Stravinsky’s “The Firebird Suite” from New York, Brahms’ “2nd Symphony” from Chicago, Beethoven’s “2nd Piano Concerto” from Pittsburgh, Schubert’s “Unfinished” Symphony from Beijing, and Sunday chamber music from Lincoln Center and “Fiesta! With Elbio Barilari”.

George Gershwin
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Lang Lang plays Gershwin’s ‘”Rhapsody in Blue”

Tonight at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s the “Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra”. Lang Lang is the soloist in Gershwin’s ‘”Rhapsody in Blue”. Also in the program Chabrier’s “Espana”, Shostakovich’s “First Suite for Variety Orchestra” and John Adams’ “The Chairman Dances”.

Johann Strauss Jr.
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Famous waltzes by Johann Strauss, Jr.

Tonight at 7:00 on the Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s the “Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcast”. You’ll hear famous waltzes by Johann Strauss, Jr., Mussorgsky’s “Pictures at an Exhibition”, Janacek’s “Sinfonietta”, and Copland’s “Dance Symphony”.

Illinois Arts Council Agency

These programs are partially sponsored by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency.