“Pictures at an Exhibition”; Beethoven’s “3rd” ; an all Mozart program and more: the Evening Concert
Mussorgsky's "Pictures" from Milwaukee; Nielsen's 5th from Chicago; Beethoven's 3rd from LA, and more.
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.
Escher String Quartet plays a Sibelius String Quartet “Voces intimae” on the “Evening Concert”
Sibelius' op. 56 String Quartet premiered in 1910. A review in the "Helsingin Sanomat" noted: "The composition attracted a great deal of attention...." You can give it your attention tonight at 7:00!
Salonen conducts the New York Philharmonic in his “Violin Concerto”, Leila J solos
Leila Josefowicz is the violin soloist in guest conductor Esa-Pekka Salonene's "Violin Concerto" with the new York Philharmonic
Janacek, Sibelius, and a Saariaho Premiere from the Los Angeles Philharmonic
Tonight's LA Philharmonic is a program of "Program" music, which is music without words, often with a descriptive rather than generic title, meant to evoke the feeling, the place, the situation, in sound.
Muti conduct’s Mozart’s “Requiem” on the “Evening Concert”
An all-Mozart program from the Chocago Symphony Orchestra: the Requiem; Piano Concerto 24; Bassoon Concerto
Tchaikovsky’s 5th Symphony by the Milwaukee Symphony on the “Evening Concert”
There's no agreement on how it is that so many '5th symphonies' end up being such iconic works. Hear Tchaikovsky's 5th tonight.
Tchaikovsky, Mozart, Sibelius, Berlioz and others on this week’s “Evening Concert”
A 5th Symphony, a Requiem, a Suite for orchestra, a Violin Concerto and more from Milwaukee, Chicago, Los Angeles, and New York.
The Pacifica play Beethoven’s 6th Quartet; “Singing the Romantic Self” On “Song:Mirror of the World”
The Pacifica Quartet plays Beethoven's 6th Quartet; Wu Han and Juho pojhonen play a Mozart Four-Hand Sonata; Thomas Hampson sings lieder.
Beethoven’s 9th Symphony from the New York Philharmonic on the “Evening Concert”
Ironically so, this program was scheduled before Maestro Masur's death in December, 2015!
Dvorak’s 7th Symphony and Prokofiev’s 3rd Piano Concerto on the “Evening Concert”
Dvorak's 7th Symphony and Prokofiev's 3rd Piano Concerto with rising star pianist Behzod Abduraimov from the Los Angeles Philharmonic.
These programs are partially sponsored by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency.