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.

Tchaikovsky
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Weekly Listings “Evening Concerts” Mon Dec 13 - Sun Dec 19, 2021

This week on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 you’ll hear Bruckner’s “8th Symphony” from New York, Corigliano’s “1st Symphony” from Chicago, Beethoven’s “Emperor Piano Concerto” from Carnegie Hall, Tchaikovsky’s “Violin Concerto” from Los Angeles, then Sunday two Holiday specials: “A Choral Christmas with Stile Antico” and “Gaudete: Early Music for the Christmas Season”.

Brahms
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Yefim Bronfman plays Brahms’ “2nd Piano Concerto”

Tonight at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Yefim Bronfman is the soloist in Brahms’ “2nd Piano Concerto”. Zubin Mehta conducts this archival performance.  Also on the program Brahms’ “2nd Symphony in D Major”.

Liszt
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Marc-Andre Hamelin plays Liszt’s “1st Piano Concerto”

Tonight at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s Carnegie Hall Live.  Marc-Andre Hamelin is the soloist in Liszt’s “1st Piano Concerto” with the Budapest Festival Orchestra.   Also on the program Bartok’s “Op. 14 Suite for Solo Piano” and Dvorak’s “Dumky” Piano Trio. 

Tchaikovsky
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Alexander Gavrylyuk plays Tchaikovsky’s “1st Piano Concerto”

Tonight at 7:00 on the Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s the “Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcast”.  Alexander Gavrylyuk is the soloist in Tchaikovsky’s “1st Piano Concerto”. Thomas Søndergård guest conducts. Also on the program music from Sibelius’ “King Christian II” and Rachmaninoff’s “1st Symphony”.

Mahler
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Mahler’s 1st and 4th Symphonies

Tonight at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s “The New York Philharmonic This Week”. You’ll hear two works on the program: Mahler’s “1st Symphony” conducted by Zubin Mehta, and Mahler’s “4th Symphony” conducted by Leonard Bernstein and featuring Reri Grist.

Brahms
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Weekly Listings for the “Evening Concerts” Mon Dec 6 - Sun Dec 12, 2021

This week on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 you’ll hear Mahler’s “4th Symphony” from New York, Tchaikovsky’s “1st Piano Concerto” from Chicago, Liszt’s “1st Piano Concerto” from Carnegie Hall, Brahms’ “2nd Piano Concerto” from Los Angeles, then Sunday chamber music from Lincoln Center and Latin American music for saxophone on “Fiesta! With Elbio Barilari”.

Ravel
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Pierre-Laurent Aimard plays Ravel’s “Piano Concerto in G Major”

Tonight at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s Carnegie Hall Live. Pierre-Laurent Aimard is the soloist in Ravel’s “Piano Concerto in G Major” with the Munich Philharmonic.   Also on the program Ravel’s “Daphnis and Chloe, Berlioz’ “The Death of Cleopatra” and Debussy’s “Images” for piano.

Illinois Arts Council Agency

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