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.

Mahler
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Mahler’s “1st Symphony” from Stuttgart

Tonight at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s a Deutsche Welle Festival Concert from Stuttgart. Teodor Currentzis leads the SW German Radio Symphony Orchestra in Richard Strauss’ “Death and Transfiguration” and Mahler’s “1st Symphony in D Major”.  Also on the program music by Scelsi, Biber and Dowland.

Beethoven
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Beethoven’s “7th Symphony” and more from Chicago

Tonight at 7:00 on the Evening Concert on FM 90.9 it’s the “Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcast”. You’ll hear Weber’s “Overture to ‘Der Freischütz’”, Beethoven’s “7th Symphony in A Major” and Brahms’ “2nd Symphony in D Major”.  Bernard Haitink guest conducts.

Sibelius
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Lisa Batiashvili Plays Sibelius’ “Violin Concerto”

Tonight at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s “The New York Philharmonic This Week”. Lisa Batiashvili is the soloist in Sibelius’ “Violin Concerto”. Also on the program Brahms’ “2nd Symphony” and Magnus Lindberg’s “Arena”.

Mozart
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Leif Ove Andsnes plays Mozart’s “22nd Piano Concerto”

Tonight at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s the San Francisco Symphony. Leif Ove Andsnes is the soloist in Mozart’s “22nd Piano Concerto”. Manfred Honeck guest conducts.  Also on the program the Nowak edition of Bruckner’s “4th Symphony, the Romantic”.

Beethoven
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Jeremy Denk plays Beethoven’s “3rd Piano Concerto”

Tonight at 7:00 on the Evening Concert on FM 90.9 it’s the “Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcast”. Jeremy Denk is the soloist in Beethoven’s “3rd Piano Concerto”. Michael Tilson Thomas guest conducts. Also on the program Arnold Schoenberg’s orchestration of Brahms’ “G Minor Piano Quartet”.

Mendelssohn
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Itzhak Perlman plays Mendelssohn’s “E Minor Violin Concerto”

Tonight at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s “The New York Philharmonic This Week”. Itzhak Perlman is the soloist in Mendelssohn’s “E Minor Violin Concerto” Also on the program Strauss’ “Don Juan” and Hindemith’s “Symphonic Metamorphoses on Themes of Carl Maria von Weber”. 

Illinois Arts Council Agency

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