Dvorak’s “New World” Symphony starts a week of ‘classic’ concert repertory on the “Evening Concert”
Also on the week's broadcasts, Mendelssohn's 'classic'' "Violin Concerto" and other famous works.
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.
Chamber Music by Brahms, Berg, Schumann, Paganini, and Carter on tonight’s “Evening Concert”
Tonight's works are: String Quintet by Brahms, String Quartet by Berg, Piano Quartet by Schumann, Guitar Sonatas by Paganini, and Piano Quintet by Carter
Brahms’ “Violin Concerto” is the centerpiece of tonight’s “Evening Concert” from Pittsburgh
Christian Tetzlaff is the soloist for the Brahms. Larry Allen is the soloist in Saint-Saens' "Organ" Symphony.
Like “Scheherazade”? Tonight’s your night! it’s a concert recording from San Francisco
My father did not know Charles Ives and neither did John Adams' father. However, the composer explains himself below....
It’s “Italian Opera Masterworks” on tonight’s “Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Braodcast”
Music by Verdi, Puccini, Mascagni, and Boito, from the CSO helmed by Maestro Riccardo Muti.
It’s “A Night at the Opera” on “The New York Philharmonic This Week”
Central to the broadcast is a complete performance of Bartok's "Bluebeard's Castle"
This week’s “Evening Concert"s have a mix of favorites and less-often heard works…
Faves like "Scheherazade" and the Brahms' "Violin Concerto" and less-often heard works like Bartok's "Bluebeard's Castle" and music by Elliott Carter.
Chamber music by Dvorak, Prokofiev, Bach, Bridge, and Beethoven on the"Evening Concert”
At 7:00 it's the "Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center", at 8:00 it's “The Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival”.
One can always count on audience favorites from the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
And tonight those are Tchaikovsky's "Violin Concerto" and Dvorak's "New World Symphony".
Tonight’s “Evening Concert” features music by Strauss, Bartok, and Michael Tilson Thomas
"I am Richard Strauss". That's an exact quote from the composer heard by US troops when he answered the knock on his door by US troops during WWII.
These programs are partially sponsored by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency.
