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.

Mozart portrait, age 13
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The New York Philharmonic This Week

Monday night June 12 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL-FM 90.9 it’s “The New York Philharmonic This Week”. You’ll hear Mozart’s “17th Piano Concerto” featuring soloist Conrad Tao. Jaap van Zweden conducts. Also on the program Respighi’s “Pines of Rome”.   

Valerie Coleman
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Gateways Radio

Friday night June 9 at 6:00 on WILL-FM 90.9 it’s Gateways Radio. Garrett McQueen is your host. You’ll hear Valerie Coleman’s “Afro” and Fred Emory Smith’s “Suite No.1 for Percussion”. Also on the program Stravinsky’s “A Soldier’s Tale” featuring the Gateways Chamber Ensemble.

Dvorak
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Deutsche Welle Festival Concerts

Thursday night June 8 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL-FM 90.9 it’s a Deutsche Welle Festival Concert. From the 2022 Beethoven Festival in Bonn you’ll hear the Youth Symphony Orchestra of the Ukraine play Dvorak’s “New World” Symphony. Also on the program Beethoven’s “3rd Piano Concerto”.

Mozart
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San Francisco Symphony

Wednesday night June 7 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL-FM 90.9 it’s the San Francisco Symphony. You’ll hear Mozart’s “Prague” Symphony and Mahler’s “5th Symphony”. Gustavo Dudamel guest conducts.

Saint-Saens
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Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcast

Monday night June 6 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL-FM 90.9 it’s the “Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcast”. Organist Cameron Carpenter is the soloist in Saint-Saen’s “Organ” Symphony and Poulenc’s “Concerto for Organ, Strings, and Timpani”. Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider guest conducts. Also on the program, Dukas’ ‘The Sorcerer’s Apprentice”.

Verdi
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The New York Philharmonic This Week

Monday night June 5 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL-FM 90.9 it’s “The New York Philharmonic This Week”. From the archives you’ll hear Verdi’s “Requiem” with vocal soloists Angela Meade, Lilli Paasikivi, Russell Thomas and Eric Owens with the New York Choral Artists chorus. Alan Gilbert conducts.

Adolphus Hailstork
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Gateways Radio

Friday night June 2 at 6:00 on WILL-FM 90.9 it’s Gateways Radio. Garrett McQueen is your host. You’ll hear the Gateways Festival Orchestra led by Michael Morgan play Adolphus Hailstork’s “An American Port of Call”. Also on the program traditional spirituals and Carlos Simon’s “Amen”.

Mozart
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Deutsche Welle Festival Concerts

Thursday night June 1 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL-FM 90.9 it’s a Deutsche Welle Festival Concert. You’ll hear Seong-Jin Cho play Mozart’s “23rd Piano Concerto” with the Bamberg Symphony led by Andrew Manze. Also on the program   Haydn’s “91st Symphony”.

Illinois Arts Council Agency

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