Mendelssohn “Songs Without Words” (excerpts) and Songs from the post-Wagner generation
Jeremy Denk is the pianist for the Mendelssohn works. . . and then an exploration of songs written "After Wagner".
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.
The PBS NewsHour Democratic Debate pre-empts tonight’s “Evening Concert”
Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff moderate.
“Pictures at an Exhibition” and “Isle of the Dead” on tonight’s “Evening Concert”
Mussorgsky's orchestral suite "Pictures at an Exhibition" was inspired by his friend's artwork...the Rachmaninoff piece was, as well, inspired by a painting.
NPR’s coverage of the New Hampshire Primary pre-empts tonight’s “Evening Concert”
Ari Shapiro and Audie Cornish host.
Jeffrey Kahane conducts and plays Beethoven’s 4th Piano Concerto with the Milwaukee Symphony
Also on the program, Berlioz' Symphonie fantastique.
Beethoven, Mussorgsky, Mendelssohn and others on this week’s “Evenig Cooncert”
That would be the 4th Piano Concerto, Pictures at an Exhibition, and some of the Songs Without Words among others.
Tchaikovsky’s “Souvenir de Florence” String Sextet on the “Evening Concert”
Florence, as in Italy...summer of 1890, Tchaikovsky made a lengthy visit there...finishing the work on his return from Florence.
Violinist Leonidas Kavakos plays with the New York Philharmonic on tonight’s “Evening Concert”
Kavakos plays the Bartok Romanian Folk Dances, plus a NY Philharmonic premiere of a violin concerto by a composer who passed away in 2013.
The Los Angeles Philharmonic plays a World Premiere of Stephen Hartke’s Symphony No. 4
Organist Cameron Carpenter travels with his own organ. he brings it to LA to play with the Philharmonic in a World Premiere.
Ludovic Morlot conducts the CSO in Gershwin’s “An American in Paris”: tonight’s Evening Concert
Gershwin travelled to Paris more than once in the 1920s; the city served as the inspiration for the famous "An American in Paris".
These programs are partially sponsored by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency.
