Yefim Bronfman plays Tchaikovsky’s 1st Piano Concerto with the San Francisco Symphony
Tchaikovsky's 1st Piano Concerto almost never happened.
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.
Stephane Deneve conducts the CSO in Berlioz’ “Symphonie fantastique”
A purely musical melodrama, Berlioz' "Symphonie fantastique" describes the life of an artist, replete with unrequited love, witches, guillotines and colorful hallucinations.
Schumann’s “Cello Concerto”, Dvorak’s complete Op. 46 “Slavonic Dances on tonight’s Evening Concert
Now you and I know: Robert Schumann (best we know) abhorred applause between movements of a concerto, thus, the continuous nature of the "Cello Concerto". Hear the work tonight.
Berlioz’ “Symphonie Fantastique”, Tchaikovsky’s 1st Piano Concerto, & Bach’s B Minor Mass This Week
Starting Wednesday, April 1, we welcome the new season of the San Francisco Symphony with Tchaikovsky's 1st Piano Concerto, plus much more on this week's "Evening Concert"
An hour of Baroque Chamber Music plus Beethoven’s 3rd Piano Concerto
Music of Telemann, Corelli, and Vivaldi is featured first hour, then, second hour, the last of the Gilmore International Keyboard Festival broadcasts
Emanuel Ax plays Mozart’s “25th Piano Concerto” with the New York Philharmonic
New York Philharmonic Artist-in-Residence Emanuel Ax says"...there's such a grandeur about this piece.. it's so wonderful".
Michael Stern conducts the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra in an all-American Program
It's an "American Fanfare" from the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra on tonight's Evening Concert.
Edo de Waart conducts the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in Richard Strauss’ music
"Haven’t I the right, after all, to write what music I please?” (Richard Strauss' words to his critics). Tonight it's an all- Richard Strauss program from the CSO.
Mozart’s “Prague” Symphony, Wagner’s “Siegfried Idyll” and Elgar’s “Enigma Variations” tonight
Three "deeply personal works" are performed by the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra. Music Director Edo de Waart conducts.
Mozart’s “Prague” Symphony, Copland’s “Appalachian Spring”, etc. on this week’s “Evening Concert”
This week's "Evening Concert" programs include the finale's of some of the live-recorded classical music series we've been running.
These programs are partially sponsored by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency.
