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.

Mendelssohn
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The Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival

Friday night June 27 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on “W-I-L-L Classical” it’s the “Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival”. You'll hear Mendelssohn’s Opus 49 “Piano Trio in D Minor” and Janacek’s “Violin Sonata in G-sharp Minor”.

Tchaikovsky
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WFMT Orchestra Series: San Francisco Symphony

Wednesday night June 25 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on “W-I-L-L Classical” it’s the San Francisco Symphony. You’ll hear Tchaikovsky’s “Francesca di Rimini” and Shostakovich’s “1st Cello Concerto” with soloist Sheku Kanneh-Mason.

Respighi
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Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcast

Tuesday night June 24 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on “W-I-L-L Classical” it’s the “Chicago Symphony Orchestra”. You’ll hear Respighi’s “Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite No.1” and “The Pines of Rome”.  Riccardo Muti conducts. Also on the program William Kraft’s “Timpani Concerto” featuring soloist David Herbert.

Dvorak
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The New York Philharmonic This Week

Monday night June 23 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on “W-I-L-L Classical” it’s “The New York Philharmonic This Week”. You’ll hear Dvorak’s “New World Symphony” and his “Piano Concerto” featuring soloist Marti Helmchen. Christoph von Dohnanyi guest conducts. The program was recorded in 2015.

Mozart
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Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and Fiesta!

Sunday night June 22 at 6:00 on the “Evening Concert” on “W-I-L-L Classical” you’ll hear Mozart’s K. 376 “Violin Sonata” on the “Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center”. At 7:00 you’ll hear music by Mexican composer Ricardo Castro on “Fiesta”.

Dvorak
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The Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival

Friday night June 20 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on “W-I-L-L Classical” it’s the “Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival”. You'll hear Dvorak’s Opus 48 “String Sextet in A Major” and Zelenka’s “Trio Sonata Number 3 in B-flat Major”.

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”.

Illinois Arts Council Agency

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