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.

Mozart
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Mozart’s “Prague” Symphony and Bruckner’s “8th”

Tonight at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s “The New York Philharmonic This Week”. From the vast Philharmonic archives you’ll hear Mozart’s “38th Symphony”, the “Prague” with Neeme Jarvi conducting and Bruckner’s “8th Symphony” with Zubin Mehta  conducting.

Stravinsky
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Who will you hear on this week’s “Evening Concert’s”?

This week on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 you’ll hear Mozart’s “Prague” Symphony from New York, Beethoven’s “1st Piano Concerto” from Chicago”, Beethoven’s “Violin Concerto” from Milwaukee, Rachmaninoff’s “2nd Symphony” from Pittsburgh, then Sunday Grieg’s “String Quartet” from Lincoln Center and “Music for the Duke of Milan” on “Early Music Now”.

Bach
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Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos numbers 2, 4 and 6.

Tonight at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 you’ll hear Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos numbers 2, 4 and 6 on “The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center”.  At 8:00 you’ll hear the group Ensemble Leones on “Early Music Now with Sara Schneider”.

Ravel
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Ravel’s “2nd Suite from “Daphnis and Chloe”.

Tonight at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Guest conductor Gustavo Gimeno leads the group in Ravel’s “2nd Suite from “Daphnis and Chloe”. Also on the program Rodrigo’s “Fantasia Para un Gentilhombre” with guitarist Pablo Villegas. 

Wagner
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Excerpts from Wagner’s “Twilight of the Gods”.

Tonight at 7:00 on the Evening Concert on FM 90.9 it’s the “Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcast”. You’ll hear Liszt’s “Prometheus” symphonic poem and excerpts from Wagner’s “Twilight of the Gods”. Simone Young guest conducts. Also on the program Schoenberg’s orchestration of Brahms’ “1st Piano Quartet”.

Beethoven
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Beethoven’s 1st and the 3rd symphonies.

Tonight at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s “The New York Philharmonic This Week”. David Zinman guest conducts the Philharmonic in two Beethoven symphonies, the 1st and the 3rd.  Also on the program Hartmann’s “Concerto funebre for violin and orchestra” with soloist Gil Shaham.

Bach
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This week on the “Evening Concert” music of Beethoven, Liszt, Falla and others.

This week on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 you’ll hear Beethoven’s “3rd Symphony” from New York, a symphonic poem by Liszt from Chicago”, Falla’s “Nights in the Gardens of Spain” from Milwaukee, Rodrigo’s “Fantasia Para un Gentilhombre” from Pittsburgh, then Sunday chamber music from Lincoln Center and an episode of “Early Music Now”.

Faure
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Faure’s Opus 15 “Piano Quartet No. 1 in C Minor”

Tonight at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 you’ll hear Faure’s Opus 15 “Piano Quartet No. 1 in C Minor” on “The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center”.  At 8:00 you’ll hear music by Margaret of Austria on “Early Music Now with Sara Schneider”.

Illinois Arts Council Agency

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