Donald Runnicles guest conducts the CSO in music by Elgar and Strauss
including the "Enigma Variations" and "Death and Transfiguration".
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.
“Rule, Britannia” on tonight’s “New York Philharmonic This Week”
An all-British music program with compositions by Ralph Vaughan Williams, Edward Elgar, and Gustav Holst.
Two famous “Violin Concertos” to be heard on this week’s programs of the “Evening Concert”
That would be Bruch's "1st", and Beethoven's 'one and only' Violin Concerto.
Franck’s “Piano Quintet” on tonight’s “Evening Concert” plus some “Early Music (Now)”
Preceding the Franck, you'll hear music by Sibelius, then, music from the court of Maximillian I on "Early Music Now".
Songs by Wagner and Berg on tonight’s “Evening Concert”
Vocal soloists are Eva-Marie Westbroek and Elina Garanca. You'll also hear Beethoven's "4th Symphony".
Renee Fleming sings songs and arias with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Composers heard include Leoncavallo, Ponce, Ravel, and Saint-Saens.
Marek Janowski guest conducts the Chicago Symphony Orchestra on the “Evening Concert”
Works by Beethoven, Weber, and Wagner.
Gil Shaham plays the Barber “Violin Concerto” on tonight’s “Evening Concert”
Also to be heard: Ravel's "Mother Goose" Suite, and Bartok's "The Wooden Prince".
Another week of “Evening Concert"s from New York, Chicago, Pittsburgh, and Baden-Baden
Works to be heard this week include: a "Violin Concerto", a "4th Symphony", a "Bacchanale", "Don Juan" and more.
Russian Chamber Music & music from the 16th C. “Venetian School” on the “Evening Concert”
Music by Scriabin and Taneyev, then music by Gabrieli, Merullo and others.
These programs are partially sponsored by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency.
