Pianist Jon Kimura Parker plays Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue” on tonight’s “Evening Concert”

Tonight at 7:00 on the Evening Concert on WILL-FM 90.9 it’s the Chicago Symphony Orchestra led by guest conductor Marin Alsop. Jon Kimura Parker is the piano soloist in Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue”. Also on the program Dvorak’s “Symphony No. 7 in D Minor” and Barber’s “Second Essay for Orchestra”.

Tuesday July 5: Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO 16-27)

Alsop conducts American Music and Dvořák

Clyne: Masquerade; conducted by Marin Alsop

Barber: Second Essay for Orchestra; conducted by Marin Alsop
Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue [Jon Kimura Parker, piano]; conducted by Marin Alsop
Dvorak: Symphony No. 7; conducted by Marin Alsop

Oscar Peterson: Blues Etude (encore); conducted by Marin Alsop

[CSO fill: Britten: Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra; (Charles Dutoit, conductor)]

[CSO fill: Williams: Excerpts from "Lincoln" from CD; (Charles Dutoit, conductor)]