The Evening Concert

By including the human voice as an orchestral instrument in his "9th Symphony", Beethoven extended the sonic pallette for symphonists who followed.

Lugansky is a pianist who as a youth taught himself to play a Beethoven piano sonata by ear before he learned to read music.

Italian soprano Rosa Feola is a rising star in the classical vocal world...looking forward to hearing her sing on tonight's "Evening Concert"

Tonight's "Evening Concert" is a program of chamber music from Carnegie Hall.

Monday through Thursday and Sunday evenings at 7:00 pm on WILL-FM 90.9, with a string quintet, a symphony, a ballet suite, and much more.

The Piano Quartet is a less-often-heard work by Strauss, while the Sextet for Strings from "Capriccio" is more often played.

You'll hear the Symphonies No. 5 and No. 6, as well as the "Maskerade" Overture.

More Mozart on the program: two symphonies: the 35th, or "Haffner" Symphony and the 41st, the "Jupiter" Symphony.

In keeping with his desire to have the orchestra perform more less-often-heard works, Maestro Muti has music by Catalani and Martucci on the program.

He'll play with the National Youth Orchestra of the US led by Christoph Eschenbach.