Ray Chen plays Bruch’s “1st Violin Concerto” with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Also on the program...Beethoven's "Overture to Egmont" and Shostakovich's "5th 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.
Mahler’s “Ninth Symphony” featured on tonight’s “Evening Concert” from San Francisco
The musical interval of the descending second (or step) is a main musical motif in Mahler's Ninth....
Augustin Hadelich plays Mozart’s “5th Violin Concerto” on the “Evening Concert”
The program comes to us from Chicago, the CSO, and includes music by Richard Strauss and John Adams.
“A Sibelius” Soljourn from the Philharmonic on tonight’s “Evening Concert”
What "Philharmonic" is that? New York, of course!
Music by Sibelius, Mozart, Mahler, Bruch and others on this week’s “Evening Concert"s
An all-Sibelius program from New York, Mozart and others from Chicago, Mahler and Debussy from San Francisco, Bruch and Shostakovich from Pittsburgh, and chamber music from Lincoln Center and Santa Fe.
Piano Quartet No. 2 by Brahms and Dvorak’s last String Quartet on the “Evening Concert”
The Brahms' work dates from 1861, the Dvorak from 1895, it's his last string quartet.
Stravinsky’s “Petrushka” ballet music and Ravel ‘barn-burner’ Bolero” on the"Evening Concert”
The ballet "Petrushka" was written in 1910-11, and revised in 1947; "Bolero" was written in 1928, originally for a ballet.
“Sinfonia Concertante, K. 364” and “Concerto for Orchestra” on tonight’s “Evening Concert”
Barantschik and Vinacour are the soloists in the Mozart; conductor MTT brings his understanding of Bartok to the "Concerto for Orchestra".
An all-Baroque concert with Fabio Biondi and Vivica Genaux on tonight’s “Evening Concert”
Violinist Biondi leads the group from the violin and mezzo-soprano Genaux sings beautiful less-well-known arias of the Baroque.
MUSIC DIRECTOR PROFILES #2: ZUBIN MEHTA on tonight’s “Evening Concert”
Maestro Mehta conducted the Philharmonic over 1000 times! Here just a few of those exciting performances tonight.
These programs are partially sponsored by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency.