The Sunday “Evening Concert” for Oct 9 is pre-empted by a Presidential Debate
The Democratic and Republican nominees for President of the US [POTUS] engage in another debate preceding the November 8 election with audio from NPR.
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.
It’s “The New York Philharmonic This Week” on the “Evening Concert”
From the NYP Archives: symphonic music of Ives, Schoenberg and Webern
The Cleveland Orchestra is back on “The Evening Concert”
Music Director Franz Welser-Most conducts symphonies by two famous Austrian composers: Mozart and Richard Strauss.
The Tuesday Evening Concert for October 4th is pre-empted by the Vice-Presidential Debate.
We pre-empt tonight's "Evening Concert" to bring you NPR's coverage of the VIce-Presidential Debate.
Gershwin’s “An American in Paris” on tonight’s “Evening Concert”
It's all 'American music' on the first program in the new series of live-in-concert recordings from the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra.
“An American in Paris”, the “Jupiter” Symphony, Ives’ “2nd Symphony” and more this week . . .
on the "Evening Concert", from Milwaukee, Cleveland, New York, and Kalamazoo (!) yes, Kalamazoo....
Guitarist Jason Vieaux is featured in Boccherin’s “Fandango” Quintet on the “Evening Concert’
We also start a new series tonight at 8 pm CT from the "Gilmore International Keyboard Festival" selections by Chopin, Brahms and Beethoven, played by pianists Ingrid Fliter, Richard Goode and Llyr Williams.
Frank Peter Zimmermann plays Brahms’ “Violin Concerto” on tonight’s “Evening Concert”
While the lyricism in the Violin Concerto sounds spontaneuos, Brahms sweated over every bar of music.*
James Ehnes plays Sibelius’ “Violin Concerto” with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Sibelius wanted to be a concert violinist. He never achieved that goal, but did write a violin concerto that is part of the (nearly) standard Violin repertoire.
“Pictures at an Exhibition” performed by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra on the “Evening Concert”
Absolute music is music that is purely for music's sake; there's not a story to tell, just sound to move us. Program music attempts to tell a story or be descriptive, like "Pictures at an Exhibition".
These programs are partially sponsored by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency.