The Evening Concert

Tuesday night November 11 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on “Illinois Classical” it’s the “Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcast”. Vadim Gluzman is the soloist in Shostakovich’s “1st Violin Concerto” with David Afkham guest conducting. You’ll also hear Debussy’s “La Mer” and Ravel’s “La Valse”.  

Monday night November 10 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on “Illinois Classical” it’s “The New York Philharmonic This Week”. You’ll hear Milhaud’s “Suite française”, Stravinsky’s “Firebird Suite”, Hindemith’s “When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d” and Rodger’s “Carousel Waltz”.

Sunday night November 9 at 6:00 on the “Evening Concert” on “Illinois Classical” you’ll hear music by Tchaikovsky and Brahms on the “Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center”. At 7:00 you’ll hear concertos from Argentina and Brazil on “Fiesta”.

Friday night November 7 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on “Illinois Classical” it’s “Heifetz On Air”. You’ll hear chamber music masterworks by Schubert and others from the 2025 Heifetz summer season recorded at the Shakespeare Center. 

Wednesday night November 5 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on “Illinois Classical” it’s the Los Angeles Philharmonic. You’ll hear an all-Mahler program with the “Adagio” from the “10th Symphony”, “Blumine” and selections from “Lieder und Gesange” and “Das Knaben Wunderhorn”.

Tuesday night November 4 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on “Illinois Classical” it’s the “Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcast”. You’ll hear suites from two of Tchaikovsky’s three famous ballets: “The Sleeping Beauty” and “Swan Lake” plus music by Johann Strauss, Jr..  

Monday night November 3 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on “Illinois Classical” it’s “The New York Philharmonic This Week”. You’ll hear Liszt’s “A Faust Symphony”, Mussorgsky’s “Night on Bald Mountain”, Berlioz’s “Dream of a Witches’ Sabbath” and Gounod’s “Ballet Music from Faust”.

Sunday night November 2 at 6:00 on the “Evening Concert” on “Illinois Classical” you’ll hear music by Tchaikovsky and Brahms on the “Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center”. At 7:00 you’ll hear a program called “Visions of Mexico” on “Fiesta”.

Friday night October 31 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on “Illinois Classical” you’ll hear a program new to our schedule coming to us from the Heifetz International Music Institute in Staunton (STAN-tun), VA called “Heifetz On Air”. Tonight’s program is called “Opening Night”.

Wednesday night October 29 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on “Illinois Classical” you’ll hear the fourth program in a new season from the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Susanna Mälkki guest conducts Schubert’s “Unfinished Symphony” and Richard Strauss’ “Death and Transfiguration”. Also on the program Saariaho’s “HUSH”.