Jon Kimura Parker plays Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue” in Chicago on the “Evening Concert”
Also on the program: Samuel Barber's "2nd Essay for Orchestra" and Dvorak's "7th Symphony"
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.
An all-American program for this Memorial Day on “The New York Philharmonic This Week”
Ives' "Holidays Symphony" and "Airborne" Symphony of Blitzstein.
Music by Gershwin, Beethoven, Schubert and others on this week’s “Evening Concert”
Music also by Shostakovich, Bartok, Bruch and others.
Music by Bach, Glazunov, Rachmaninoff, and Massenet on tonight’s “Evening Concert”
It's an all-Bach program at 7:00 and a mix of songs, piano pieces and a work for strings at 8:00.
Schumann’s “Cello Concerto” and Beethoven’s “Eroica” Symphony on the “Evening Concert”
The Schumann concerto premeiered in 1850; tonight's soloist is Alisa Weilerstein;
Emanuel Ax plays Beethoven’s “3rd Piano Concerto” on tonight’s “Evening Concert”
Beethoven's "3rd" Piano Concerto was premiered in 1803 with the composer as the soloist...the film "Our Town" is a 1940 movie adaptation of the famous 1938 Thornton Wilder play.
Emanuel Ax plays Beethoven’s “1st Piano Concerto” on tonight’s “Evening Concert”
Beethoven's "1st Piano Concerto" had it's premeiere in Vienna with the composer at the piano, 1795...Shostakovich's "10th" was premiered by the Leningrad Symphony Orchestra in 1953...
Music by Copland and others from"Kaplen’s Playlist” on the “Evening Concert”
This New York Philharmonic program brings together recordings from the Philharmonic archives. Alexander Kaplen was fond of these particular works.
This week on the “Evening Concert” music by Copland, Beethoven,Schumann, Bach and others.
The "others" include Vaughan Williams, Ravel, Debussy, Bartok, and Shostakovich to name a few more.
Works for two players from Lincoln Center, and a piano quintet from Santa Fe on the Evening Concert
A work for violin & harp, piano 4-hands, and cello and piano followed by a string quartet and a piano quintet.
These programs are partially sponsored by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency.