The Evening Concert

Classic Mornings

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.

Sibelius
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Orchestras from the European Broadcasting Union

Wednesday night February 22 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL-FM 90.9 you’ll hear Sibelius’ “6th and “7th Symphonies” performed by the Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra led by Dima Slobodeniouk.  Also on the program, Nielsen’s “Violin Concerto” with soloist Baiba Skride.

Ravel
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Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcast

Tuesday night February 21 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL-FM 90.9 it’s the “Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcast”. You’ll hear Ravel’s “Mother Goose” ballet music and Stravinsky’s “Symphony in Three Movements”. Also on the program Bryce Dessner’s “Violin Concerto” featuring Pekka Kuusisto.

Tchaikovsky
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The New York Philharmonic This Week

Monday night February 20 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL-FM 90.9 it’s “The New York Philharmonic This Week”. You’ll hear Tchaikovsky’s “Romeo and Juliet Fantasy-Overture”, and Wagner’s “Siegfried Idyll”. Also on the program, Faure’s music to “Pelleas et Melisande”.

Mozart
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Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center & Fiesta!

Sunday night February 19 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL-FM 90.9 you’ll hear Mozart’s K.581 “Clarinet Quintet” on the “Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center”. At 8:00 you’ll hear a “Celebration of Women Composers of Latin America” on “Fiesta”.

Mozart
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Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

Thursday night February 16 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL-FM 90.9 it’s the “Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra”. You’ll hear Mozart’s “Mass in C Minor”. Music Director Manfred Honeck conducts. Also on the program Schumann’s “Piano Concerto” with soloist Martin Helmchen.

Dvořák’s
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Orchestras from the European Broadcast Union

Wednesday night February 15 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL-FM 90.9 you’ll hear Dvořák’s “7th Symphony” performed by the Danish National Symphony Orchestra led by Marta Gardolińska.  Also on the program, Rachmaninoff’s “2nd Piano Concerto” with soloist Vadym Kholodenko.

Gershwin
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Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcast

Tuesday night February 14 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL-FM 90.9 it’s the “Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcast”. You’ll hear Gershwin’s “Porgy and Bess Symphonic Picture”. Also on the program Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue” and Ravel’s “Piano Concerto in G Major” with soloist Inon Barnatan.

Bartok
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The New York Philharmonic This Week

Monday night February 13 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL-FM 90.9 it’s “The New York Philharmonic This Week”. You’ll hear a concert version of Bartok’s one-act opera “Bluebeard’s Castle”. Music Director Jaap van Zweden conducts.  Also on the program, Schoenberg’s one-act monodrama “Erwartung”, or “Expectation”.

Mozart
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Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center & Fiesta!

Sunday night February 12 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL-FM 90.9 you’ll hear Mozart’s “Sonata for Piano Four Hands in C Major, K. 521” on the “Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center”. At 8:00 you’ll hear music of the Sephardic people on “Fiesta”.

Sibelius
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Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

Thursday night February 9 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL-FM 90.9 it’s the “Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra”. You’ll hear Sibelius’ “2nd Symphony” and Rolf Martinsson’s “Open Mind”. Also on the program Mozart’s “22nd Piano Concerto” with soloist Yefim Bronfman.

Illinois Arts Council Agency

These programs are partially sponsored by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency.