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.
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.
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.
Tonight’s “Evening Concert” pre-empted by live coverage of “The State of the Union” address
It's is the final "State of the Union" address by Pres. Obama, live from Washington, D.C.
Brahms’ “A German Requiem” from the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra on the “Evening Concert”
Soprano Jessica Rivera and tenor Nmon Ford are the featured soloists in Brahms' "A German Requiem", plus "expressive and attractive" music by American composer Jennifer Higdon.
Brahms’ from Milwaukee, the State of the Union Address, Dvorak’s 7th, etc. on the “Evening Concert”
From Milwaukee, Brahms and Higdon, then the State of the Union Address, Dvorak's 7th from LA, Beethoven's 9th from New York, and more on this week's "Evening Concert".
Pacifica plays Mendelssohn; plus “Song: Mirror of the World”, Episode 2
Former University of Illinois String-Quartet-in-Residence the Pacifica, play Mendelssohn's F Minor Quartet, plus songs and more songs from "Song: Mirror of the World", Episode 2: Vienna, Crossroads of Change".
Kirill Gerstein plays Rachmaninoff’s “Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini” on the “Evening Concert”
It's an all-Russian music program with a work by Rachmaninoff and one by Shostakovich.
Mahler’s 5th Symphony from the Los Angeles Philharmonic on tonight’s “Evening Concert”
Maestro Dudamel leads the Philharmonic in the 5th of Mahler's 9 symphonies, plus music of American David Lang, "Man Made".
Cellist Yo-Yo Ma plays Lalo’s “Cello Concerto” on tonight’s “Evening Concert”
Cellist Yo-Yo Ma collaborates with conductor Charles Dutoit on an all-French Composers program from the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
These programs are partially sponsored by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency.
