The Evening Concert

Wednesday night April 3 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL-FM 90.9 you’ll hear the first program in a new season from the San Francisco Symphony led by Music Director Esa-Pekka Salonen. You’ll hear Trevor Weston’s “Push” and Mahler’s “2nd Symphony”. 

Tuesday night April 2 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL-FM 90.9 it’s the “Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcast”. From the CSO’s archives you’ll hear Goldmark’s “In Springtime”, Schumann’s “Spring Symphony” and Mahler’s “Das Lied von der Erde (The Song of the Earth).

Monday night April 1 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL-FM 90.9 it’s “The New York Philharmonic This Week”. Mezzo-soprano soloist Petra Lang, the Women of the Westminster Chorus, and the American Boychoir join the Philharmonic in Mahler’s “3rd Symphony”. Alan Gilbert conducts.

Sunday night March 31 at 6:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 you’ll hear Debussy’s “Jeux” in a two-piano version from Lincoln Center followed at 7:00 by Francisco Mignone’s “Piano Concerto” on Fiesta and at 8:00 by Gateways Radio.

Thursday night March 28 at 7:00 on WILL-FM 90.9 you’ll hear another episode of “The Sound of 13”, a program that investigates the intersection between the 13th Amendment and classical music. At 8:00 it’s “The Middle”: a weekly, non-partisan call-in talk show on politics.

Wednesday night March 27 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL-FM 90.9 you’ll hear the California Symphony led by Music Director Donato Cabrera, who is a 1998 graduate of the University of Illinois’ Orchestral Conducting program. You’ll hear Viet Cuong’s Next Week’s Trees”, Elgar’s “Cello Concerto”, and Tchaikovsky’s “5th Symphony”.

Tuesday night March 26 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL-FM 90.9 it’s the “Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcast”. From the CSO’s archives Pierre Boulez leads the group in Haydn’s “103rd Symphony”, and Bartok’s “The Miraculous Mandarin”.  Also on the program Ligeti’s “Piano Concerto” with soloist Pierre-Laurent Aimard.

Monday night March 25 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL-FM 90.9 it’s “The New York Philharmonic This Week”. Emanuel Ax is the soloist in Beethoven’s “4th Piano Concerto”. Also on the program, Ives’ “The Unanswered Question” and symphonies by Webern and Schoenberg.

Sunday night March 24 at 6:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 you’ll hear Shostakovich’s “1st Piano Trio” from Lincoln Center followed at 7:00 by Ginastera’s “Harp Concerto” on Fiesta and at 8:00 by Valerie Coleman’s “Afro” on Gateways Radio.

Thursday night March 21 at 7:00 on WILL-FM 90.9 you’ll hear another episode of “The Sound of 13”, a program that investigates the intersection between the 13th Amendment and classical music. At 8:00 it’s “The Middle”: a weekly, non-partisan call-in talk show on politics.