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 November 16 at 7:00 on WILL-FM 90.9 it’s “The Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival”. You’ll hear Cesar Franck’s “F Minor Piano Quintet”. At 8:00 it’s “The Middle”: a weekly, live, call-in talk show on politics.
Wednesday night November 15 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL-FM 90.9 it’s the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra. You’ll hear a program of pieces related to water: Debussy’s “La Mer” (The Sea), Smetana’s “The Moldau”, Hailstork’s “An American Port of Call” and Toru Takemitsu’s “Toward the Sea”.
Tuesday night November 14 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL-FM 90.9 it’s the “Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcast”. Hilary Hahn is the soloist in Dvorak’s “Violin Concerto”. Andres Orozco-Estrada guest conducts. Also on the program Tchaikovsky’s “5th Symphony” and Gabriela Frank’s “Hailli-Serenata”.
Monday night November 13 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL-FM 90.9 it’s “The New York Philharmonic This Week”. Daniil Trifonov is the soloist in Beethoven’s “4th Piano Concerto”. Music Director Jaap van Zweden conducts. Also on the program Copland’s “Quiet City” and Anna Clyne’s “Within Her Arms”.
Sunday night November 12 at 6:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL-FM 90.9 you’ll hear Dvorak’s “Opus 1 String Quintet” from Lincoln Center followed at 7:00 by Riccardo Castro’s “Piano Concerto” on “Fiesta” and at 8:00 by Dawson’s “Negro Folk Symphony” on “Gateways Radio”.
Thursday night November 9 at 7:00 on WILL-FM 90.9 it’s “The Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival”. You’ll hear Brahms’ “Opus 111 String Quintet in G Major”. At 8:00 it’s “The Middle”: a weekly, live, call-in talk show on politics.
Wednesday night November 8 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL-FM 90.9 it’s the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra. You’ll hear a program of Baroque music with guest conductor Nicholas McGegan leading the orchestra in Handel’s “1st Water Music Suite”, a suite from Rameau’s “Nais” and two concertos by Vivaldi.
CORRECTED: Tuesday night November at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL-FM 90.9 it’s the “Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcast”. It's a celebration of the 150th anniversary of the birth of the CSO's founder and first Music DIrector/Conductor Frederick Stock, with music by Mendelssohn, Bartok, Elgar, Scriabin and Paganini.
Monday night November 6 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL-FM 90.9 it’s “The New York Philharmonic This Week”. Alan Gilbert conducts the Philharmonic in Beethoven’s “8th Symphony” and Brahms’ “4th Symphony”. Also on the program a “Concerto for 4 Violins” by Vivaldi and Berg’s “Violin Concerto”.
Sunday night November 5 at 6:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL-FM 90.9 you’ll hear Schubert’s “D. 887 String Quartet” from Lincoln Center followed at 7:00 by “Hidden Treasures of Brazil” on “Fiesta” and at 8:00 by James V. Cockerham’s “Fantasia” on “Gateways Radio”.
These programs are partially sponsored by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency.
