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.
Wednesday night November 22 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL-FM 90.9 it’s the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra. Stephen Hough is the piano soloist in Rachmaninoff’s “2nd Piano Concerto”. Also on the program Shostakovich’s “Fifth Symphony” and Anna Clyne’s “The Midnight Hour”.
Tuesday night November 21 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL-FM 90.9 it’s the “Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcast”. You’ll hear Mozart’s “29th Symphony” and Haydn’s “71st Symphony” with Dame Jane Glover as guest conductor. Also on the program one of the Organ Concertos by Handel with soloist Paul Jacobs.
Monday night November 20 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL-FM 90.9 it’s “The New York Philharmonic This Week”. You’ll hear Mahler’s “Ninth Symphony” as played by the Philharmonic under the baton of former Music Director Alan Gilbert. Also on the program Webern’s Opus 1 “Passacaglia”.
Sunday night November 19 at 6:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL-FM 90.9 you’ll hear Brahms’ “Clarinet Trio” from Lincoln Center followed at 7:00 by tango music on “Fiesta” and at 8:00 by Perkinson’s “Worship” on “Gateways Radio”.
Thursday night November 16 at 7:00 on WILL-FM 90.9 it’s “The Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival”. You’ll hear Cesar Franck’s “F Minor Piano Quintet”. At 8:00 it’s “The Middle”: a weekly, live, call-in talk show on politics.
Wednesday night November 15 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL-FM 90.9 it’s the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra. You’ll hear a program of pieces related to water: Debussy’s “La Mer” (The Sea), Smetana’s “The Moldau”, Hailstork’s “An American Port of Call” and Toru Takemitsu’s “Toward the Sea”.
Tuesday night November 14 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL-FM 90.9 it’s the “Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcast”. Hilary Hahn is the soloist in Dvorak’s “Violin Concerto”. Andres Orozco-Estrada guest conducts. Also on the program Tchaikovsky’s “5th Symphony” and Gabriela Frank’s “Hailli-Serenata”.
Monday night November 13 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL-FM 90.9 it’s “The New York Philharmonic This Week”. Daniil Trifonov is the soloist in Beethoven’s “4th Piano Concerto”. Music Director Jaap van Zweden conducts. Also on the program Copland’s “Quiet City” and Anna Clyne’s “Within Her Arms”.
Sunday night November 12 at 6:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL-FM 90.9 you’ll hear Dvorak’s “Opus 1 String Quintet” from Lincoln Center followed at 7:00 by Riccardo Castro’s “Piano Concerto” on “Fiesta” and at 8:00 by Dawson’s “Negro Folk Symphony” on “Gateways Radio”.
Thursday night November 9 at 7:00 on WILL-FM 90.9 it’s “The Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival”. You’ll hear Brahms’ “Opus 111 String Quintet in G Major”. At 8:00 it’s “The Middle”: a weekly, live, call-in talk show on politics.
These programs are partially sponsored by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency.
