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.

Maurice Ravel
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WFMT Orchestra Series: San Francisco Symphony

Wednesday night June 18 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on “W-I-L-L Classical” it’s the San Francisco Symphony. You’ll hear Ravel’s “Mother Goose – Music for the Ballet” and Schoenberg’s monodrama “Erwartung” with soprano Mary Elizabeth Williams.

Riccardo
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Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcast

Tuesday night June 17 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on “W-I-L-L Classical” it’s the “Chicago Symphony Orchestra”. The program opens with Reznicek’s “Overture to Donna Diana”.  Riccardo Muti conducts. Also on the program Tchaikovsky’s ballet suites from “Sleeping Beauty” and "Swan Lake”.

Rachmaninoff
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The New York Philharmonic This Week

Monday night June 16 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on “W-I-L-L Classical” it’s “The New York Philharmonic This Week”. You’ll hear Rachmaninoff’s “The Isle of the Dead” and the “3rd Piano Concerto” featuring soloist Vladimir Horowitz. The program differs from the one listed in Patterns Magazine.

Jupiter String Quartet
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Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and Fiesta!

Sunday night at 6:00 on the “Evening Concert” on “W-I-L-L Classical” you’ll hear the University of Illinois’ Jupiter String Quartet play Wolf’s “Italian Serenade” on the “Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center”. At 7:00 you’ll hear “19th Century Orchestral Music from Brazil” on “Fiesta”.

Bach
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The Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival

Friday night June 13 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on “W-I-L-L Classical” it’s the “Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival”. You'll hear Bach’s E Major “Keyboard Concerto” and Golijov’s “The Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind”.

Prokofiev
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WFMT Orchestra Series: San Francisco Symphony

Wednesday night June 11 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on “W-I-L-L Classical” it’s the San Francisco Symphony. You’ll hear Prokofiev’s “3rd Symphony in C Minor” and the rarely heard “Viola Concerto” by William Walton with soloist Jonathan Vinocour. Gustavo Gimeno guest conducts.

Smetana
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Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcast

Tuesday night June 10 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on “W-I-L-L Classical” it’s the “Chicago Symphony Orchestra”. From his CSO debut concert program of 2017 you’ll hear Jakub Hrůša lead the group in Smetana’s complete cycle of symphonic poems, “Ma Vlast” My Fatherland”.

Charles Ives
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The New York Philharmonic This Week

Momday night June 9 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on “W-I-L-L Classical” it’s “The New York Philharmonic This Week”. You’ll hear Charles Ives’ “Holidays Symphony” and Marc Blitzstein’s “Airborne Symphony”.

Illinois Arts Council Agency

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