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.
Thursday night October 3 at 7:00 on WILL, 90.9FM/HD1 you’ll hear another episode of “The Sound of 13”, a program that investigates the intersection between the 13th Amendment and classical music. At 8:00 it’s “The Middle”: a weekly, non-partisan call-in talk show on politics.
Wednesday night October 2 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL, 90.9FM/HD1 it’s first program in a new series from the European Broadcast Union. You’ll hear the Vienna Philharmonic led by Riccardo Muti in audience favorites like Brahms’ “Hungarian Dances” and Grieg’s “Morning” from “Peer Gynt”.
Tuesday night October 1 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL, 90.9FM/HD1 it’s the “Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcast”. Andras Schiff is the soloist in Dohnanyi’s “Variations on a Nursery Song” for piano and orchestra. Also on the program Del Tredici’s “Final Alice”.
Monday night September 30 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL, 90.9FM/HD1 it’s “The New York Philharmonic This Week”. Sharon Isbin is the guitar soloist in Manuel Ponce’s “Concierto del sur”. Also on the program Manuel de Falla’s “The Three-Cornered Hat” and “El Amor Brujo”.
Sunday night September 29 at 6:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL, 90.9FM/HD1 you’ll hear an all-Beethoven program from Lincoln Center followed at 7:00 by “Choral Music of Latin America” on Fiesta and at 8:00 by Gateways Radio.
Thursday night September 26 at 7:00 on WILL, 90.9FM/HD1 you’ll hear another episode of “The Sound of 13”, a program that investigates the intersection between the 13th Amendment and classical music. At 8:00 it’s “The Middle”: a weekly, non-partisan call-in talk show on politics.
Wednesday night September 25 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL, 90.9FM/HD1 it’s the Los Angeles Philharmonic. You’ll hear Beethoven’s “4th Piano Concerto” featuring soloist Maria João Pires. Music Director Gustavo Dudamel conducts. Also on the program Strauss’ “Don Quixote”.
Tuesday night September 24 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL, 90.9FM/HD1 it’s the “Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcast”. You’ll hear two works by Gershwin, “Rhapsody in Blue” featuring soloist Inon Barnatan and the “Porgy and Bess Symphonic Picture”. Andre de Ridder guest conducts.
Monday night September 23 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL, 90.9FM/HD1 it’s “The New York Philharmonic This Week”. Cynthia Phelps is the viola soloist in Julia Adolphe’s “Unearth, Release”. Also on the program Wagner’s “Prelude to Act I of Lohengrin” and Tchaikovsky’s “4th Symphony”.
Saturday night September 22 at 6:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL, 90.9FM/HD1 you’ll hear Dvorak’s “1st Piano Quartet” from Lincoln Center followed at 7:00 by music of Leopoldo Miguez on Fiesta and at 8:00 by Gateways Radio.
These programs are partially sponsored by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency.
