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.

WSHU

Gateways Radio

Friday night September 26 at 7:00 on “W-I-L-L Classical” it’s “Gateways Radio”. You'll hear Valerie Coleman’s “Sonata for Flute and Piano” with flutist Terry Andrews and pianist David Berry, William Grant Still’s “Africa” and Coleridge Taylor-Perkinson’s “Worship”. Loki Karuna hosts.

Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcast

Tuesday night September 23 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on “W-I-L-L Classical” it’s the “Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcast”. Zell Music Director Designate Klaus Makela leads the CSO, CSO Chorus, and the Uniting Voices Chicago Chorus in Mahler’s “3rd Symphony.

Kurt Bielema

The New York Philharmonic This Week

Monday night September 22 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on “W-I-L-L Classical” it’s “The New York Philharmonic This Week”. Music and Artistic Director Designate Gustavo Dudamel leads the Philharmonic in the “Mother Goose Suite” and “Daphnis and Chloe, Suite #2” by Ravel.

Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and Fiesta!

Sunday night September 21 at 6:00 on the “Evening Concert” on “W-I-L-L Classical” you’ll hear Brahms' “Liebeslieder Waltzes” on the “Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center”. At 7:00 you’ll hear vocal, piano, and chamber music by Rodrigo on “Fiesta”.

Gateways Radio Host Loki Karuna
WFMT

Gateways Radio

Friday night September 19 at 7:00 on “W-I-L-L Classical” it’s “Gateways Radio”. You'll hear “Improvisations on Dvorak’s “American String Quartet”, Igor Stravinsky’s “A Soldier’s Tale”, and Wynton Marsalis’s “A Soldier’s Tale” with Phylicia Rashad as Narrator. Loki Karuna hosts.

John Storgards
cso.org

WFMT Orchestra Series: Orchestras from the European Broadcasting Union

Wednesday night September 17 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on “W-I-L-L Classical” you’ll hear John Storgårds conduct the BBC Philharmonic in Holst’s “The Planets” and Grace-Evangeline Mason’s “Ablaze the Moon”.  Also on the program Beethoven’s “3rd Piano Concerto” with soloist Paul Lewis.

Daniel Harding
cso.org

Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcast

Tuesday night September 16 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on “W-I-L-L Classical” it’s the “Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcast”. Guest conductor Daniel Harding leads the CSO and CSO Chorus in Holst’s “The Planets” and Brahms’ “Song of Destiny”.  Also on the program Schumann’s “Manfred Overture”.

Yuja Wang
mercurynews.com

The New York Philharmonic This Week

Monday night September 15 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on “W-I-L-L Classical” it’s “The New York Philharmonic This Week”. Guest conductor and pianist-extraordinaire Yuja Wang leads the Philharmonic from the piano bench in Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue”, Janacek’s “Capriccio for Piano Left Hand” and Stravinsky’s “Piano Concerto”. 

Illinois Arts Council Agency

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