The Evening Concert

Thursday night December 14 at 7:00 on WILL-FM 90.9 “The Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival” is pre-empted to bring you a special never heard before on WILL: “A Chanukah Celebration with Chicago a cappella”. At 8:00 it’s “The Middle”: a weekly, non-partisan call-in talk show on politics.  

Wednesday night December 13 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL-FM 90.9 the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra is pre-empted so that we can bring you two Hanukkah specials: “Hanukkah Lights” from National Public Radio and “Candles Burning Brightly” from American Public Media.

Tuesday night December 12 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL-FM 90.9 it’s the “Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcast”. You’ll hear Ravel’s “La Valse”, Debussy’s “La Mer” and Shostakovich’s “1st Violin Concerto” with soloist Vadim Gluzman.  David Afkham guest conducts.

Monday night December 11 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL-FM 90.9 it’s “The New York Philharmonic This Week”. You’ll hear selections from Tchaikovsky’s ballet “Swan Lake”, Lyadov’s “The Enchanted Lake” and Shostakovich’s “10th Symphony”. Alan Gilbert conducts.

Sunday night December 10 at 6:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL-FM 90.9 you’ll hear an all-Handel program from Lincoln Center followed at 7:00 by music of Argentine composer Alberto Williams on “Fiesta” and at 8:00 by Valerie Coleman’s “Afro” on “Gateways Radio”.

Thursday night December 7 at 7:00 on WILL-FM 90.9 it’s “The Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival” You’ll hear Schumann’s “Opus 44 Piano Quintet” and Bach’s “5th Brandenburg Concerto”. At 8:00 it’s “The Middle”: a weekly, non-partisan call-in talk show on politics.  

Wednesday night December 6 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL-FM 90.9 it’s the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra. Joyce Yang is the piano soloist in Mozart’s “24th Piano Concerto”. Yaniv Dinur guest conducts. Also on the program Dvorak’s “In Nature’s Realm” and Lutoslawski’s “Concerto for Orchestra”.

Tuesday night December 5 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL-FM 90.9 it’s the “Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcast”. You’ll hear Ravel’s “Mother Goose” and Stravinsky’s “Symphony in Three Movements”. Esa-Pekka Salonen guest conducts. Also on the program Bryce Dessner’s “Violin Concerto” with soloist Pekka Kuusisto.

Monday night December 4 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL-FM 90.9 it’s “The New York Philharmonic This Week”. You’ll hear Beethoven’s “Violin Concerto” with soloist Frank-Peter Zimmermann and Magnus Lindberg’s “2nd Piano Concerto” with soloist Yefim Bronfman. Also on the program Dvorak’s “7th Symphony” and his "Carnival Overture".

Sunday night December 3 at 6:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL-FM 90.9 you’ll hear Faure’s “Opus 120 Piano Trio” from Lincoln Center followed at 7:00 by “Music from Catalonia” on “Fiesta” and at 8:00 by Hailstork’s “An American Port of Call” on “Gateways Radio”.