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.
Thursday night June 1 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL-FM 90.9 it’s a Deutsche Welle Festival Concert. You’ll hear Seong-Jin Cho play Mozart’s “23rd Piano Concerto” with the Bamberg Symphony led by Andrew Manze. Also on the program Haydn’s “91st Symphony”.
Wednesday night May 31 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL-FM 90.9 it’s the San Francisco Symphony. You’ll hear Stravinsky’s “The Rite of Spring” and the “Violin Concerto” with soloist Leila Josefowicz. Music Director Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts.
Tuesday night May 30 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL-FM 90.9 it’s the “Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcast”. You’ll hear Haydn’s “Drum Roll” Symphony and Bartok’s “The Miraculous Mandarin”. Also on the program, Ligeti’s “Piano Concerto” with soloist Pierre-Laurant Aimard.
Monday night May 29 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL-FM 90.9 it’s “The New York Philharmonic This Week” with an all-Britten program conducted by Alan Gilbert. You’ll hear the “Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings”, and the “Spring Symphony”. The program differs from the one listed in Patterns Magazine.
Sunday night May 28 at 6:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL-FM 90.9 you’ll hear Amy Beach’s “Piano Quintet” from Santa Fe, followed at 7:00 by Tchaikovsky’s “Piano Trio in A Minor” from Lincoln Center and at 8:00 by music of Julian Orbon on “Fiesta”.
Friday night May 26 at 6:00 on WILL-FM 90.9 it’s the fourth episode in a new series from the WFMT Radio Network called Gateways Radio. Garrett McQueen is your host. Cellist Thapelo Masita plays Bach’s “1st Cello Suite”. You’ll also hear Jesse Montgomery’s “Banner” played by the Catalyst Quartet.
Thursday night May 25 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL-FM 90.9 it’s a Deutsche Welle Festival Concert. You’ll hear Anna Prohaska sing arias from Mozart operas and movements from Berg’s “Lyric Suite”. Also on the program Mozart’s “Jupiter” Symphony.
Wednesday night May 24 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL-FM 90.9 it’s the San Francisco Symphony. You’ll hear Mahler’s “1st Symphony” and Liszt’s “1st Piano Concerto” with soloist Yuja Wang. Music Director Laureate Michael Tilson Thomas conducts.
Tuesday night May 23 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL-FM 90.9 it’s the “Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcast”. You’ll hear Glinka’s “Overture to Ruslan and Ludmilla” and Shostakovich’s “5th Symphony”. Also on the program, Lera Auerbach’s “Cello Concerto” with soloist Gautier Capucon.
Monday night May 22 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL-FM 90.9 it’s “The New York Philharmonic This Week”. From the Philharmonic’s archives you’ll hear Stravinsky’s “Petrushka” and John Adams’ Scheherazade 2.0 with violin soloist Leila Josefowicz. The program differs from the one listed in Patterns Magazine.
These programs are partially sponsored by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency.
