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.
Monday night December 11 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL-FM 90.9 it’s “The New York Philharmonic This Week”. You’ll hear selections from Tchaikovsky’s ballet “Swan Lake”, Lyadov’s “The Enchanted Lake” and Shostakovich’s “10th Symphony”. Alan Gilbert conducts.
Sunday night December 10 at 6:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL-FM 90.9 you’ll hear an all-Handel program from Lincoln Center followed at 7:00 by music of Argentine composer Alberto Williams on “Fiesta” and at 8:00 by Valerie Coleman’s “Afro” on “Gateways Radio”.
Thursday night December 7 at 7:00 on WILL-FM 90.9 it’s “The Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival” You’ll hear Schumann’s “Opus 44 Piano Quintet” and Bach’s “5th Brandenburg Concerto”. At 8:00 it’s “The Middle”: a weekly, non-partisan call-in talk show on politics.
Wednesday night December 6 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL-FM 90.9 it’s the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra. Joyce Yang is the piano soloist in Mozart’s “24th Piano Concerto”. Yaniv Dinur guest conducts. Also on the program Dvorak’s “In Nature’s Realm” and Lutoslawski’s “Concerto for Orchestra”.
Tuesday night December 5 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL-FM 90.9 it’s the “Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcast”. You’ll hear Ravel’s “Mother Goose” and Stravinsky’s “Symphony in Three Movements”. Esa-Pekka Salonen guest conducts. Also on the program Bryce Dessner’s “Violin Concerto” with soloist Pekka Kuusisto.
Monday night December 4 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL-FM 90.9 it’s “The New York Philharmonic This Week”. You’ll hear Beethoven’s “Violin Concerto” with soloist Frank-Peter Zimmermann and Magnus Lindberg’s “2nd Piano Concerto” with soloist Yefim Bronfman. Also on the program Dvorak’s “7th Symphony” and his "Carnival Overture".
Sunday night December 3 at 6:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL-FM 90.9 you’ll hear Faure’s “Opus 120 Piano Trio” from Lincoln Center followed at 7:00 by “Music from Catalonia” on “Fiesta” and at 8:00 by Hailstork’s “An American Port of Call” on “Gateways Radio”.
Thursday night November 30 at 7:00 on WILL-FM 90.9 it’s “The Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival” You’ll hear Tchaikovsky’s “Souvenir de Florence” and Oliver Knussen’s “Songs for Sue”. At 8:00 it’s “The Middle”: a weekly, live, call-in talk show on politics.
Wednesday night November 29 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL-FM 90.9 it’s the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra. Inon Barnatan is the piano soloist in Beethoven’s “4th Piano Concerto”. Roderick Cox guest conducts. Also on the program Richard Strauss’ “Don Juan” and Sibelius’ “5th Symphony”.
Tuesday night November 28 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL-FM 90.9 it’s the “Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcast”. You’ll hear guest conductors Neeme Jarvi and others conduct works by Franck, Kodaly, and Khachaturian. Also on the program John Williams’ “Suite from ‘Memoirs of a Geisha’” featuring cellist Yo-Yo Ma.
These programs are partially sponsored by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency.
