The Evening Concert

Classic Mornings

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.

Maurice Ravel
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WFMT Orchestra Series: California Symphony

Wednesday night March 6 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 Berlioz's “Roman Carnival Overture”, William Walton's “1st Symphony, Ravel's “Mother Goose Suite”, and the radio world premiere of Viet Cuong's “Stargazer”, featuring pianist Sarah Cahill.

Beethoven
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Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcast

Tuesday night March 5 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL-FM 90.9 it’s the “Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcast”. Bernard Haitink—leads the CSO in Beethoven’s “7th” and Brahms’s “2nd” symphonies in a  2007 broadcast from the CSO’s archives. Also on the program Weber’s “Overture to ‘Der Freischütz’” and Webern’s “Passacaglia for Orchestra”.

NY Philharmonic logo
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The New York Philharmonic This Week

Monday night March 4 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL-FM 90.9 it’s “The New York Philharmonic This Week”. In October of 2022 the Philharmonic returned to the newly renovated David Geffen Hall with Marcos Balter’s Oyá, followed by music of Respighi, John Adams, and Tania León.

Gustav Holst
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Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcast

Tuesday night February 27 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL-FM 90.9 it’s the “Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcast”.  You’ll hear Holst’s “The Planets” and Schumann’s “Overture to Manfred”. Daniel Harding guest conducts.  Also on the program, Brahms’ “Song of Destiny”.

Mozart
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The New York Philharmonic This Week

Monday night February 26 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL-FM 90.9 it’s “The New York Philharmonic This Week”. Alan Gilbert conducts the three last symphonies of Mozart: the Symphony No. 39, the Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, and the Symphony No. 41.

The Sound of 13
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The “Sound of 13” and The Middle

Thursday night February 22 at 7:00 on WILL-FM 90.9 you’ll hear another episode of “The Sound of 13” hosted by Garrett McQueen, a program that examines the intersection between the 13th Amendment and music. At 8:00 it’s “The Middle”: a weekly, non-partisan call-in talk show on politics.  

Illinois Arts Council Agency

These programs are partially sponsored by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency.