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.

Shostakovich
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Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcast

Tuesday night May 23 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL-FM 90.9 it’s the “Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcast”. You’ll hear Glinka’s “Overture to Ruslan and Ludmilla” and Shostakovich’s “5th Symphony”.  Also on the program, Lera Auerbach’s “Cello Concerto” with soloist Gautier Capucon.

Stravinsky
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The New York Philharmonic This Week

Monday night May 22 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL-FM 90.9 it’s “The New York Philharmonic This Week”. From the Philharmonic’s archives you’ll hear Stravinsky’s “Petrushka” and John Adams’ Scheherazade 2.0 with violin soloist Leila Josefowicz. The program differs from the one listed in Patterns Magazine.

Gateways Radio

Friday night May 19 at 6:00 on WILL-FM 90.9 it’s the third episode in a new series from the WFMT Radio Network called Gateways Radio. Garrett McQueen is your host. You’ll hear David Baker’s “Saxophone Concerto”, Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson’s “Worship”, and James Lee III’s “A Narrow Pathway Traveled”.  

Augustin Hadelich
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Deutsche Welle Festival Concerts

Thursday night May 18 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL-FM 90.9 it’s a Deutsche Welle Festival Concert. You’ll hear violinist Augustin Hadelich as the soloist in Beethoven’s “Violin Concerto”. Also on the program the Schoenberg orchestration of Brahms “1st Piano Quartet”.

Beethoven
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San Francisco Symphony

Wednesday night May 17 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL-FM 90.9 it’s the San Francisco Symphony. Guest conductor Daniel Steward leads the symphony and chorus in Beethoven’s “Ninth Symphony”.  Also on the program Anna Clyne’s “Sound and Fury”.

Ray Chen
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Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcast

Tuesday night May 16 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL-FM 90.9 it’s the “Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcast”. Ray Chen is the soloist in Lalo’s “Symphonie espagnole”. Hannu Lintu guest conducts. Also on the program, Nielsen’s “Helios Overture” and Brahms “4th Symphony”.

Dvorak
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New York Philharmonic This Week

Monday night May 15 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL-FM 90.9 it’s “The New York Philharmonic This Week”. From the Philharmonic’s archives you’ll hear the Dvorak Cello Concerto with soloist Carter Brey. The program differs from the one listed in Patterns Magazine.  

Garrett McQueen
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Gateways Radio

Friday night May 12 at 6:00 on WILL-FM 90.9 it’s the second episode in a new series from the WFMT Radio Network called Gateways Radio. Garrett McQueen is your host. You’ll hear William Levi Dawson’s “Negro Folk Symphony” and Florence Price’s “Piano Sonata”.

Illinois Arts Council Agency

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