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.

Mahler
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Mahler’s “8th Symphony” and Mozart’s “39th Symphony”

Tonight at 7:00 on the Evening Concert on FM 90.9 it’s the “Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcast”. The CSO archives are expansive and from that repository you’ll hear Mahler’s “8th Symphony” and Mozart’s “Symphony No. 39 in E-flat Major” conducted by Sir Georg Solti.

Rossini
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Rossini’s “Stabat Mater” and Mahler’s “4th Symphony”

Tonight at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s “The New York Philharmonic This Week”.  In a leap year, yesterday would have been February 29th, Rossini’s birthday. On tonight’s program you’ll hear Rossini’s “Stabat Mater”. The program differs from the one listed in Patterns Magazine.

Nielsen
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Nielsen’s “5th Symphony” and “Flute Concerto”

Tonight at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra. Sonora Slocum is the soloist in Nielsen’s “Flute Concerto” and Leila Josefowicz is the soloist in John Adams’ “Violin Concerto”.  Also on the program Nielsen’s “5th Symphony”.  

Schubert
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Schubert’s “9th Symphony”

Tonight at 7:00 on the Evening Concert on FM 90.9 it’s the “Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcast”. You’ll hear Schubert’s “9th Symphony” and Berg’s Violin Concerto” with soloist Arabella Steinbacher. Manfred Honeck guest conducts.  Also on the program, the Webern orchestration of the “Ricercar No. 2” from Bach’s “The Musical Offering”.

Ravel
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A new week of “Evening Concert” programs: music of Schubert, Ravel and others

This week on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 you’ll hear Franck’s “Symphonic Variations” from New York, Schubert’s “9th Symphony” from Chicago”, Nielsen’s “Flute Concerto” from Milwaukee, Ravel’s “Bolero” from Pittsburgh, then Sunday Beethoven’s “Moonlight Sonata” from Lincoln Center, and an episode of “Early Music Now”.

Illinois Arts Council Agency

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