Tonight’s ‘Evening Concert” is “A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols”
The program comes to us from King's College, Cambridge, England.
The Evening Concert
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.
Tonight’s “Evening Concert” is the annual “St. Olaf Christmas Festival”
The first "St. Olaf Christmas Festival" at St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota was held in 1912!
Holiday Specials Monday through Thursday, then back to our regular programs on the “Evening Concert”
Tune in at 7:00 p.m. each evening and "attend" a concert of holiday music, plus a return to our regular classical music programming.
Holiday Specials: “Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir” and “Welcome Christmas”
The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and the Spoleto Chamber Music Festival return next week.
Tonight: The Christmas Revels: In Celebration of the Winter Solstice
The Christmas Revels Solstice program pre-empts Prairie Performances.
Tonight: Jonathan Winters’ A Christmas Carol and All is Bright: Contemplative Music for Christmas
The Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra is pre-empted this week for two Holiday specials.
Act 3 of Wagner’s “Tristan and Isolde” from Cleveland on tonight’s “Evening Concert”
Music Director Franz Welser-Most conducts.
Saint-Saens’ “Organ Symphony” & Schumann’s “Violin Concerto” on the “Evening Concert”
Paul Jacobs is the organ soloist for the Saint-Saens' work, and Isabelle Faust is the violin soloist for the Schumann work.
Handel’s “Messiah” from the Philharmonic on the “Evening Concert”
Helmuth Rilling conducts this concert from the Philharmonic's archives.
“Messiah”, “Jonathan Winters’ A Christmas Carol”, and much more on the week’s “Evening Concert”
The "much more" includes the "Organ Smphony" of Saint-Saens, Act 3 of Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde", and more holiday music.
These programs are partially sponsored by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency.