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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An all-Mozart program from the New York Philharmonic

Tonight at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s “The New York Philharmonic This Week” with an all-Mozart program. You’ll hear the symphonies number 39, number 40, number 41, the “Jupiter” and number 25.  Former Music Director Alan Gilbert conducts.  

Haydn
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Evening Concerts this week start with Mozart and end with Haydn

This week on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 you’ll hear Mozart’s “Jupiter” Symphony from New York, Brahms’ “Double”  Concerto from Chicago, Beethoven’s “Triple Concerto” from Bonn, Rachmaninoff’s “4th Piano Concerto” from San Francisco, then Sunday Beethoven’s “2nd Cello Sonata” from Lincoln Center and Haydn’s “Fifths” String Quartet from Santa Fe.

Mahler
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Mahler’s “6th Symphony”

Tonight at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s the first program in a new series from the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra. Music Director Laureate Michael Tilson Thomas leads the group in Mahler’s “6th Symphony in A Minor”.  Also on the program, the Adagio movement from Mahler’s “10th Symphony”.

Bach
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Mandolinist Avi Avital plays Bach’s “A Minor Concerto”

Tonight at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s a Deutsche Welle Festival Concert. Avi Avital is the soloist in Bach’s “A Minor Violin Concerto”. Also on the program Beethoven’s “3rd Cello Sonata” and Grieg’s “Holberg Suite” and Boieldieu’s “Harp Concerto”.

Brahms
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Brahms’ “2nd Symphony”

Tonight at 7:00 on the Evening Concert on FM 90.9 it’s the “Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcast”. You’ll hear Brahms’ “2nd Symphony” and Franck’s “Symphony in D Minor”.  Also on the program an operetta overture by Johann Strauss, Jr. and ballet music from Verdi’s “Macbeth”.

Gershwin
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 An all-American music program from the New York Philharmonic

Tonight at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s “The New York Philharmonic This Week”.  It’s an all-American music program with Gershwin’s “Catfish Row Symphonic Suite”, marches by Sousa, and songs by Cole Porter. Also on the program selections from musicals by Rodgers and Hammerstein and Lerner and Loewe.

Dvorak
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This week’s “Evening Concert"s start with Gershwin and end with Dvorak

This week on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 you’ll hear Gershwin’s “Catfish Row Symphonic Suite” from New York, Brahms’ “2nd Symphony” from Chicago, Beethoven’s “3rd Cello Sonata” from Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, Mahler’s “6th Symphony” from San Francisco, then Sunday Mendelssohn’s “Op. 1 Piano Quartet” from Lincoln Center and Dvorak’s “String Sextet” from Santa Fe.

Stravinsky
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Stravinsky’s “The Rite of Spring” two-piano version

Tonight at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 you’ll hear Stravinsky’s “The Rite of Spring” in a two-piano version on “The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center”.  At 8:00 you’ll hear Dvorak’s “Piano Quintet” on the “Santa Fe Chamber Music” series.

Illinois Arts Council Agency

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