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.
Sunday night July 14 at 6:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL- FM 90.9 you’ll hear Stravinsky’s “Suite italienne” from Lincoln Center followed at 7:00 by music of Rodolfo Halffter on Fiesta and at 8:00 by Gateways Radio.
Thursday night July 11 at 7:00 on WILL-FM 90.9 you’ll hear another episode of “The Sound of 13”, a program that investigates the intersection between the 13th Amendment and classical music. At 8:00 it’s “The Middle”: a weekly, non-partisan call-in talk show on politics.
Wednesday night July 10 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL-FM 90.9 it’s the second program in a new series from the Los Angeles Philharmonic. The program features two of Beethoven’s nine symphonies conducted by Zubin Mehta: the “6th Symphony”, the “Pastoral” and the “3rd Symphony”, the “Eroica”.
Tuesday night July 9 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL-FM 90.9 it’s the “Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcast”. You’ll hear works found on a recently released CSO Resound label recording with Riccardo Muti leading the group in Philip Glass’ “11th Symphony” and Max Raimi’s “Three Lisel Mueller Settings”.
Monday night July 8 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL-FM 90.9 it’s “The New York Philharmonic This Week”. From the archives you’ll hear Leonard Bernstein conduct the Philharmonic in Copland’s “3rd Symphony” and Marc Blitzstein’s “Airborne Symphony”. Also on the program Richard Rodgers “Victory at Sea” Suite.
Sunday night July 7 at 6:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL- FM 90.9 you’ll hear French chamber music from Lincoln Center followed at 7:00 by music of Tomas Luis de Victoria on Fiesta and at 8:00 by Gateways Radio.
Thursday night July 4 at 7:00 on WILL-FM 90.9 you’ll hear another episode of “The Sound of 13”, a program that investigates the intersection between the 13th Amendment and classical music. At 8:00 it’s “The Middle”: a weekly, non-partisan call-in talk show on politics.
Wednesday night July 3 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL-FM 90.9 it’s the first program in a new series from the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Igor Levit is the soloist in Gershwin’s “Piano Concerto in F”. Elim Chan conducts. Also on the program Rachmaninoff’s “Symphonic Dances”.
Tuesday night July 2 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL-FM 90.9 it’s the “Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcast”. Jaap van Zweden guest conducts the CSO in Mahler’s tragic “6th Symphony”. Also on the program, music from Stravinsky’s “The Fairy’s Kiss”.
Monday night July 1 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL-FM 90.9 it’s “The New York Philharmonic This Week”. Emanuel Ax is the soloist in Brahms’ “2nd Piano Concerto”. Alan Gilbert conducts. Also on the program Beethoven’s “7th Symphony”.
These programs are partially sponsored by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency.
