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.

Tchaikovsky
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The New York Philharmonic This Week

Tonight at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL-FM 90.9 it’s “The New York Philharmonic This Week”. You’ll hear Wagner’s “Prelude to Act I of Lohengrin” and Tchaikovsky’s “4th Symphony”. Also on the program Julia Adolphe’s “Viola Concerto” with soloist Cynthia Phelps.

Dvorak
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Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and Fiesta!

Tonight at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL-FM 90.9 you’ll hear the Emerson String Quartet play Dvorak’s “13th String Quartet” on the “Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center”. At 8:00 you’ll hear music by Brazilian composer Radames Gnatalli on “Fiesta”.

Beethoven
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Deutsche Welle Festival Concerts

Thursday night April 13 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL-FM 90.9 it’s a new series from the Deutsche Welle Festival Concerts. You’ll hear the opening concert from last year’s Beethoven Festival with the Budapest Festival Orchestra led by Ivan Fischer in Beethoven’s “3rd Symphony” and works by Bartok, and Ligeti.

Debussy
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San Francisco Symphony

Wednesday night April 12 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL-FM 90.9 it’s the second program in a new series from the San Francisco Symphony led by their new Music Director Esa-Pekka Salonen.  You’ll hear Debussy’s “Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun” and “La Mer”.

Philip Glass
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Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcast

Tuesday night April 11 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL-FM 90.9 it’s the “Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcast”. You’ll hear Beethoven’s Overture to The Ruins of Athens and Philip Glass’ “Symphony No. 11”. Also on the program Beethoven’s “4th Piano Concerto” with soloist Mitsuko Uchida.

Beethoven
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The New York Philharmonic This Week

Monday night April 10 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL-FM 90.9 it’s “The New York Philharmonic This Week”. You’ll hear Wagenaar’s “Cyrano de Bergerac Overture” and Beethoven’s “7th Symphony”. Also on the program Korngold’s “Violin Concerto” with soloist Hilary Hahn.

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Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and Fiesta!

Sunday night April 9 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL-FM 90.9 you’ll hear a wind quintet arrangement of Ravel’s “Le Tombeau de Couperin” on the “Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center”. At 8:00 you’ll hear Latin American music for Easter on “Fiesta”.

JS Bach
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Deutsche Welle Festival Concerts

Thursday night April 6 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL-FM 90.9 it’s a new series from the Deutsche Welle Festival Concerts. You’ll hear works by Johann Sebastian Bach and his son Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach recorded last June in St. Thomas Church, Leipzig, a place where JS Bach worked in his lifetime.

Beethoven
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San Francisco Symphony

Wednesday night April 5 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL-FM 90.9 it’s the first program in a new series from the San Francisco Symphony led by their new Music Director Esa-Pekka Salonen.  You’ll hear Beethoven’s “7th Symphony” and Hannah Kendall’s “Tuxedo”.

Dvorak
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Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcast

Tuesday night April 4 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL-FM 90.9 it’s the “Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcast”. You’ll hear John Adams’ “The Chairman Dances” and Dvorak’s “8th Symphony”. Edo de Waart guest conducts. Also on the program Stravinsky’s “Violin Concerto” with soloist Leila Josefowicz.

 

Illinois Arts Council Agency

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