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 March 20 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL-FM 90.9 you’ll hear the California Symphony led by Music Director Donato Cabrera in Bernstein’s “Overture to Candide”, Gabriela Lena Frank’s “3 Latin-American Dances” and Beethoven’s “3rd Piano Concerto” with soloist Charlie Albright.
Tuesday night March 19 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL-FM 90.9 it’s the “Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcast”. You’ll hear Janacek’s “Sinfonietta”, Copland’s “Dance Symphony” waltzes by Johann Strauss, Jr. and Mussorgsky’s “Pictures at an Exhibition”.
Monday night March 18 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL-FM 90.9 it’s “The New York Philharmonic This Week”. The program begins with Webern’s “In the Summer Wind” and is followed by Schoenberg’s “Pelleas and Melisande”. The program concludes with Charles Ives’ “2nd Symphony”.
Sunday night March 17 at 6:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 you’ll hear Dvorak’s “Opus 26 Piano Trio” from Lincoln Center followed at 7:00 by Manuel de Falla’s “El Amor Brujo” on Fiesta and at 8:00 by Gateways Radio.
Thursday night March 14 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 13 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL-FM 90.9 you’ll hear the California Symphony led by Music Director Donato Cabrera in Tchaikovsky’s “2nd Symphony”, Kodaly's “Dances of Galanta”, and Anna Clyne’s “DANCE for Cello and Orchestra” featuring cellist Inbal Segev.
Tusday night March 12 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL-FM 90.9 it’s the “Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcast”. You’ll hear Mahler’s “9th Symphony”, one that contains the hallmarks of Mahler’s symphonies — grand scale, profound emotions, and folk-dance themes — capped by an ethereal finale of transcendent rapture.
Monday night March 11 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL-FM 90.9 it’s “The New York Philharmonic This Week”. EXPO by Magnus Lindberg begins the broadcast and is followed by the Brahms “Violin Concerto” performed by Frank Peter Zimmerman. The program concludes with the “Symphonie fantastique” by Berlioz.
Sunday night March 10 at 6:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 you’ll hear Schoenberg’s “1st String Quartet” from Lincoln Center followed at 7:00 by music of Gaspar Cassado on Fiesta and at 8:00 by Gateways Radio.
Thursday night March 7 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, tonight featuring William Grant Still's "Sahdji". At 8:00 it’s “The Middle”: a weekly, non-partisan call-in talk show on politics.
These programs are partially sponsored by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency.
