The Evening Concert

Wednesday night September 17 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on “W-I-L-L Classical” you’ll hear John Storgårds conduct the BBC Philharmonic in Holst’s “The Planets” and Grace-Evangeline Mason’s “Ablaze the Moon”.  Also on the program Beethoven’s “3rd Piano Concerto” with soloist Paul Lewis.

Tuesday night September 16 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on “W-I-L-L Classical” it’s the “Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcast”. Guest conductor Daniel Harding leads the CSO and CSO Chorus in Holst’s “The Planets” and Brahms’ “Song of Destiny”.  Also on the program Schumann’s “Manfred Overture”.

Monday night September 15 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on “W-I-L-L Classical” it’s “The New York Philharmonic This Week”. Guest conductor and pianist-extraordinaire Yuja Wang leads the Philharmonic from the piano bench in Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue”, Janacek’s “Capriccio for Piano Left Hand” and Stravinsky’s “Piano Concerto”. 

Sunday night September 14 at 6:00 on the “Evening Concert” on “W-I-L-L Classical” you’ll hear Arensky’s “Piano Trio No. 1” on the “Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center”. At 7:00 you’ll hear music by Baroque composers from Mexico, Spain, and Cuba on “Fiesta”.

Friday night September 12 at 7:00 on “W-I-L-L Classical” it’s “Gateways Radio”. You'll hear Duke Ellington’s “Black and Tan Fantasy”, Margaret Bonds’ “Montgomery Variations”, and the Traditional “I Want Jesus to Walk With Me”.  Also on the program music by Florence Price and Jonathan McNair. Loki Karuna hosts.

Wednesday night September 10 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on “W-I-L-L Classical” you’ll hear James Gaffigan conduct the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra in Dvorak’s “American Suite”, Gershwin’s “An American in Paris”, and Bernstein’s “Serenade after Plato’s ‘Symposium’”. 

Tuesday night September 9 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on “W-I-L-L Classical” it’s the “Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcast”. CSO Principal Trumpet Esteban Batallán makes his solo debut with the group in trumpet concertos by Telemann and Michael Haydn. Also on the program Schubert’s “4th Symphony”.

Monday night September 8 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on “W-I-L-L Classical” it’s “The New York Philharmonic This Week”. Guest conductor Nathalie Stutzmann leads the Philharmonic in Lorin Maazel’s arrangement of music from Wagner’s Ring Cycle called “The Ring Without Words”. 

Sunday night September 7 at 6:00 on the “Evening Concert” on “W-I-L-L Classical” you’ll hear Myasakovsky’s “13th String Quartet” on the “Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center”. At 7:00 you’ll hear a program about Mexican Composer Gabriela Ortiz on “Fiesta”.

Friday night September 5 at 7:00 on “W-I-L-L Classical” we pre-empt “Gateways Radio” so that we can bring you a special live broadcast of "The Atomic Age Cocktail Party". Tune in and make a pledge in support of this and other programs on WILL Classical at willgive.org.