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.
Friday night February 21 at 7:00 on WILL 90.9 FMHD1 it’s “Early Music Now with Sara Schneider”. You'll hear a program titled “Music From the Courts of England” with music from the courts of Henry VIII, Elizabeth I and James I. The program differs from the one listed in Patterns Magazine.
Wednesday night February 19 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL 90.9 FMHD1 it’s the Cleveland Orchestra. Daniil Trifonov is the soloist in Brahms “1st Piano Concerto”. Music Director Franz Welser-Möst conducts. Also on the program Prokofiev’s “6th Symphony”.
Tuesday night February 18 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL 90.9 FMHD1 it’s the “Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcast”. Vadim Gluzman is the soloist in Shostakovich’s “1st Violin Concerto”. Also on the program Debussy’s “La Mer” and Ravel’s “La Valse”.
Monday night February 17 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL 90.9 FMHD1 it’s “The New York Philharmonic This Week” with an all-Bernstein program. You’ll hear the “Chichester Psalms”, the “3rd Symphony, Kaddish” and “Suites 1 and 2 from The Dybbuk”. The program differs from the one listed in Patterns Magazine.
Sunday night February 16 at 6:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL 90.9 FMHD1 you’ll hear Beethoven’s “2nd Cello Sonata” and Kodaly’s “Duo for Violin and Cello” on the “Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center”. At 7:00 you’ll hear recently composed music from Latin America on “Fiesta”.
Friday night February 14 at 7:00 on WILL 90.9 FMHD1 it’s “Early Music Now with Sara Schneider”. You'll hear a program titled “Love Struck”. Broadcasting this program on Friday nights at 7:00 gives us time to collect new local recordings for use on future “Prairie Performances”.
Wednesday night February 12 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL 90.9 FMHD1 it’s the Cleveland Orchestra. You’ll hear Shostakovich’s “5th Symphony”. Rafael Payare guest conducts. Also on the program Bernstein’s “Symphony No. 2”, “The Age of Anxiety” with pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet as soloist.
Tuesday night February 11 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL 90.9 FMHD1 it’s the “Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcast”. Pekka Kuusisto is the soloist in Bryce Desser’s “Violin Concerto”. Also on the program Stravinsky’s “Symphony in Three Movements” and Ravel’s “Mother Goose”.
Monday night February 10 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL 90.9 FMHD1 it’s “The New York Philharmonic This Week”. Anthony McGill is the soloist in Carl Nielsen’s “Clarinet Concerto”. You’ll also hear Ravel’s “Noble and Sentimental Waltzes”. The program differs from the one listed in Patterns Magazine.
Sunday night February 9 at 6:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL 90.9 FMHD1 you’ll hear Grieg’s “Holberg Suite” and Neilsen’s “Quintet for Winds” on the “Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center”. At 7:00 you’ll hear a program of music by Robert Xavier Rodriguez on “Fiesta”.
These programs are partially sponsored by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency.
