Shostakovich’s Leningrad Symphony from the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Is Shostakovich's 7th Symphony, "Leningrad" an homage or is it something else?
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.
Orion Weiss plays Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
"The G-major Concerto took two years of work, you know." - composer Maurice Ravel on his Piano Concerto in G. Read on to find out more.
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Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G, Brahms’ 1st Piano Concerto featured on this week’s “Evening Concert”
It must be "The Week of the Piano Concerto" on the Evening Concert"!
Ingrid Fliter plays Beethoven’s 1st Piano Concerto on the “Evening Concert”
2006 Gilmore International Keyboard Festival Young Artists Award Winer Ingrid Fliter returns to the Festival to play Beethoven's 1st Piano Concerto.
Carl Orff’s “Carmina Burana” recorded live in concert on “The New York Philharmonic This Week”
"O, Fortuna" might be the most recognized music by Carl Orff. Hear the enire work that "O, Fortune" comes from: "Carmina Burana" on tonight's "Evening Concert".
Till Fellner plays Beethoven’s 4th Piano Concerto with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Destination? Vienna. Started in 1805, the work had its premiere in December of 1808 in Vienna in a concert hall "in the most bitter cold".
Truth to Power Festival II from the Chicago Symphony Orchestra on tonight’s :“Evening Concert”
The phrase “speaking truth to power” originates from a Quaker treatise published in 1955 that outlined alternatives to violence and became a cornerstone of the pacifist movement.
Music from “On the Waterfront” on tonight’s Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra broadcast
[cue 'Jeopardy' theme music]. "Alex, I'll take American composers for $1000: The composers on tonight's program are all graduates of the same American Conservatory."
Beethoven, Bernstein, (Carmina) Burana, and others on this week’s “Evening Concert” series
Composer's whose names start with "B" are found throughout this week's Evening Concert.
Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 and piano music from the Gilmore International Keyboard Festival
There's Baroque chamber music at 7:00 and Chopin, Rachmaninoff and others' piano music from the Gilmore International Keyboard Festival at 8:00 on tonight's Evening Concert.
These programs are partially sponsored by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency.
