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.

Florence Price
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Gateways Radio

Friday night at 6:00 on WILL-FM 90.9 it’s Gateways Radio. Garrett McQueen is your host. You’ll hear Florence Price’s “2nd Violin Concerto” with soloist Er-Gene Kahng with the Janacek Philharmonic. Starting in August Gateways Radio will be heard Sunday evenings at 8:00 o’clock.

Mahler
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Carnegie Hall Live

Thursday night July 27 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL-FM 90.9 it’s the fourth program from this year’s “Carnegie Hall Live” series. Kirill Petrenko leads the Berlin Philharmonic in Mahler’s monumental “7th Symphony”.  Also on the program the Brentano Quartet plays a string quartet by Haydn.

Brahms
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Los Angeles Philharmonic

Wednesday night July 26 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL-FM 90.9 it’s the fourth program in a new series from the Los Angeles Philharmonic. You’ll hear Brahms’ “3rd Symphony” and Helen Grime’s “Meditation on Joy”. Otto Tausk guest conducts. Also on the program Bruch’s “1st Violin Concerto” with soloist Simone Lamsma.

Rachmaninoff
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Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcast

Tuesday night July 25 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL-FM 90.9 it’s the “Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcast”. You’ll hear Rachmaninoff’s “Symphonic Dances”. Lahav Shani guest conducts. Also on the program Rachmaninoff’s “Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini”.

Beethoven
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The New York Philharmonic This Week

Monday night July 24 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL-FM 90.9 it’s “The New York Philharmonic This Week”. From a series of concerts recorded in 2014 you’ll hear soloist Yefim Bronfman play two of Beethoven’s piano concertos, the 3rd and the 5th. Alan Gilbert conducts.  Also on the program Beethoven’s “Triple” Concerto.

Florence Price
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Gateways Radio

Friday night July 21 at 6:00 on WILL-FM 90.9 it’s Gateways Radio. Garrett McQueen is your host. You’ll hear Florence Price’s “3rd Symphony” performed by the Gateways Orchestra led by Anthony Parnther. Also on the program, Brahms’ “Variations on a Theme by Haydn”. 

Aaron Copland
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Carnegie Hall Live

Thursday night July 20 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL-FM 90.9 it’s the third program from this year’s “Carnegie Hall Live” series. Gustavo Dudamel leads the Los Angeles Philharmonic in Aaron Copland’s “3rd Symphony”. Also on the program Arturo Marquez’s “Fandango for Violin and Orchestra” with soloist Anne Akiko-Meyers.

William Levi Dawson
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Los Angeles Philharmonic

Wednesday night July 19 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL-FM 90.9 it’s the third program in a new series from the Los Angeles Philharmonic. You’ll hear Dawson’s “Negro Folk Symphony” and Ravel’s “Daphnis and Chloe Suite #2” led by Roderick Cox. Also on the program Prokofiev’s “1st Violin Concerto” with soloist Karen Gomyo.

Illinois Arts Council Agency

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