Music by Saint-Saens, Mendelssohn, Beethoven, and others on this week’s “Evening Concert” programs
This week's concerts come to us from New York, Chicago, Pittsburgh, and Freiburg.
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.
Russian Chamber Music and Music from Medieval England on the “Evening Concert”
Music by Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninov, and then early music from the days of Knights in Jolly Olde England.
Arabella Steinbacher plays Beethoven’s “Violin Concerto” on tonight’s “Evening Concert”
She plays with the West German Radio Symphony Orchestra recorded in Cologne, Germany.
Pinchas Zukerman plays Bruch’s “1st Violin Concerto” on tonight’s “Evening Concert”
which comes to us from Pittsburgh; also to be heard: Brahms' "2nd Symphony", and Mason Bates' "Resurrexit".
Donald Runnicles guest conducts the CSO in music by Elgar and Strauss
including the "Enigma Variations" and "Death and Transfiguration".
“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.
These programs are partially sponsored by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency.
