The Evening Concert

Wednesday night November 27 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL 90.9FM/HD1. Evgeny Kissin is the soloist in Rachmaninoff’s “3rd Piano Concerto.  Krzysztof Urbanski lead the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra.  Also on the program Shostakovich’s “10th Symphony”.  

Tuesday night November 26 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL  90.9FM/HD1 it’s the “Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcast”.  From the archives you’ll hear Pierre Boulez conduct the CSO in Stravinsky’s “The Firebird”, Bartok’s “Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta” and Mahler’s “Totenfeier”. 

Monday night November 25 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL  90.9FM/HD1 it’s “The New York Philharmonic This Week”. Conrad Tao is the soloist in Mozart’s “Piano Concerto No.17”. Also on the program Debussy’s “Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun” and Respighi’s “Pines of Rome”.

Sunday night November 24 at 6:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL 90.9FM/HD1 you’ll hear music by William Bolcom from Lincoln Center followed at 7:00 by music by Sor and Rodrigo on Fiesta and at 8:00 by Gateways Radio.

Friday night November 22 at 7:00 on WILL 90.9FM/HD1 it’s “Early Music Now with Sara Schneider”. You'll hear the ensemble La Reverdie perform music of the Medieval period. Broadcasting this program on Friday’s at 7:00 PM gives us time to collect new local recordings for use on future “Prairie Performances”. 

Thursday night November 21 at 7:00 on WILL 90.9FM/HD1 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 November 20 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL 90.9F/HD1 you’ll hear Sir Simon Rattle lead the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra in Janacek’s “Sinfonietta” and Dvorak’s Opus 72 set of “Slavonic Dances”.

Tuesday night November 19 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL  90.9FM/HD1 it’s the “Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcast”. Yuliana Avdeeva is the soloist in Chopin’s “1st Piano Concerto”.  Tugan Sokhiev guest conducts. Also on the program Tchaikovsky’s “1st Symphony”.

Monday night November 18 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL  90.9FM/HD1 it’s “The New York Philharmonic This Week”. You’ll hear composers conduct their music, like Stravinsky and his “Firebird Suite” and Hindemith with his “When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d”.

Sunday night November 17 at 6:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL 90.9FM/HD1 you’ll hear Louis Spohr’s “Grand Nonetto” from Lincoln Center followed at 7:00 by music from Mexico and Argentina on Fiesta and at 8:00 by Gateways Radio.