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.

Happy Thanksgiving
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Thanksgiving Special: “Giving Thanks”

Tonight at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 our Los Angeles Philharmonic program is pre-emptesd to bring you a Thanksgiving special: “Giving Thanks”, a contemporary, thoughtful celebration of the spirit of the holiday. You’ll hear music by Bach, Copland, Eric Whitacre and others.

Tchaikovsky
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Evgeny Kissin plays Tchaikovsky’s “1st Piano Concerto

Tonight at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s Carnegie Hall Live. Evgeny Kissin is the pianist in Tchaikovsky’s “1st Piano Concerto” with the New York Philharmonic.   Also on the program Shostakovich’s “5th Symphony” and the closing scenes from Stravinsky’s “The Firebird”.

Mahler
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Mahler’s “9th Symphony”

Tonight at 7:00 on the Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s the “Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcast”.  From the CSO archives you’ll hear guest conductor Michael Tilson Thomas lead the group in Mahler’s “9th Symphony” and “Blumine” symphonic movement. Also on the program music by Stravinsky.

Astor Piazzolla
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Evening Concerts Listings for Mon Nov 22 - Sun Nov 28, 2021

This week on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 you’ll hear Brahms’ “4th Symphony” from New York, Mahler’s “9th Symphony” from Chicago, Tchaikovsky’s “1st Piano Concerto” from Carnegie Hall, a Thanksgiving special from American Public Media, then Sunday Bridge’s “String Sextet” from Lincoln Center and orchestral music of Astor Piazzolla on “Fiesta! With Elbio Barilari”.

Seong-Jin Cho
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Seong-Jin Cho plays Rachmaninoff’s “2nd Piano Concerto”.

Tonight at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s the Los Angeles Philharmonic.  Seong-Jin Cho is the soloist in Rachmaninoff’s “2nd Piano Concerto”. Music Director Gustavo Dudamel conducts.  Also on the program Thomas Adès’ “Dawn” and the world premiere of his “Inferno”.

Jordi Savall
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“The Millenarian Venice: Gateway to the East”

Tonight at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s Carnegie Hall Live. For 1,000 years, Venice was a world capital of trade and culture. Jordi Savall and his period instrument groups perform the music that moved through Venice in that time span. That’s “The Millenarian Venice: Gateway to the East” on Carnegie Hall Live.

Mozart
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Mozart’s “Requiem”

Tonight at 7:00 on the Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s the “Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcast”. You‘ll hear Mozart’s “Requiem” in an archival recording from 2018 with Music Director Riccardo Muti conducting. Also on the program Cherubini’s “ Song on the Death of Joseph Haydn”.   

Illinois Arts Council Agency

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