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.

Beethoven
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Beethoven’s 9th Symphony

Tonight at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra.  You’ll hear Beethoven’s “9th Symphony” in a remastered 1966 performance led by William Steinberg featuring soprano Ella Lee, mezzo-soprano Joanna Simon, tenor Richard Kness, bass Thomas Paul, and the Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh.

Mozart
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Rolandseck Festival

Tonight at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s the “Rolandseck Festival”. Elena Bashkirova is the pianist in Mozart’s “13th Piano Concerto”.  Also on the program Beethoven’s “Archduke” Trio with cellist Frans Helmerson.  

Mahler
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Mahler’s “3rd Symphony”

Tonight at 7:00 on the Evening Concert on FM 90.9 it’s the “Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcast”. You’ll hear Mahler’s “3rd Symphony” led by guest conductor Andrés Orozco-Estrada, with soprano Kelly O’Connor, Women of the Chicago Symphony Chorus and the Anima Young Singers of Greater Chicago.  

Schumann
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This week on the “Evening Concert” music by Beethoven, Mahler, and others

This week on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 you’ll hear Beethoven’s “1st Piano Concerto” from New York, Mahler’s “3rd Symphony” from Chicago, Mozart’s “13th Piano Concerto” from Bonn, Beethoven’s “9th Symphony” from Pittsburgh, then Sunday Schumann’s “Piano Quintet” from Lincoln Center, and an episode of “Early Music Now”.

Mendelssohn
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Stephen Hough plays Mendelssohn’s “1st Piano Concerto”

Tonight at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Stephen Hough is the soloist in Mendelssohn’s “1st Piano Concerto”.  Donald Runnicles guest conducts.  Also on the program orchestral highlights from Wagner’s “Ring Cycle”.

Illinois Arts Council Agency

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