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.

Richard Strauss
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Strauss’ “Four Last Songs”

Wednesday night July 6 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s the first program in a new season from the “Los Angeles Philharmonic”. Soprano Golda Schulz is the soloist in Strauss’ “Four Last Songs’. Music Director Gustavo Dudamel conducts. Also on the program Strauss’ “Death and Transfiguration”.

Gershwin
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The Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcast

Tuesday night July 5 at 7:00 on the Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s the “Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcast” with their Independence Day program “Variations on “America”. You’ll hear Gershwin’s “Cuban Overture”, Bernstein’s “Symphonic Dances from West Side Story”, and more.

Happy Independence Day!
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“May the Fourth Be With Us!” An American Routes Special

Monday night July 4 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 “The New York Philharmonic This Week” is postponed until Thursday of this week so that we can bring you a Fourth of July special “May the Fourth Be With Us! An American Routes Independence Day Then and Now”.

Beethoven
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Beethoven’s “7th Symphony”

Thursday night June 30 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra. You’ll hear Beethoven’s “7th Symphony” and Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson’s “Sinfonietta No. 2”. Also on the program music of Purcell, Kidane and Salmenhaara.  

Haydn
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Haydn’s Trumpet Concerto

Wednesday night June 29 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s the “Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra”. Micah Wilkinson is the soloist in Haydn’s “Trumpet Concerto” and Anthony Plog’s “Scherzo”. Kirill Karabits guest conducts.  Also on the program Tchaikovsky’s “2nd Symphony”, subtitled “Little Russian”.

Duain Wolfe
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Celebrating the career of Duain Wolfe

Tuesday night June 28 at 7:00 on the Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s the “Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcast”.  The program features the Chicago Symphony Chorus led by Duain Wolfe in choruses from Verdi operas and in Beethoven’s “9th Symphony”.  Music Director Riccardo Muti conducts.

Copland
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Copland’s “Appalachian Spring” and more

Monday night June 27 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s “The New York Philharmonic This Week”. It’s a playlist program that includes Copland’s “Appalachian Spring”, Vaughan Williams’ “Fantasia on ‘Greensleeves’”, and Debussy’s La Mer” (The Sea). Also on the program Ravel’s “Tzigane”.

Brahms
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Brahms’ “2nd Symphony”

Thursday night June 23 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra. You’ll hear Brahms’ “2nd Symphony” and Mendelssohn’s “4th Symphony”, the “Italian”. Also on the program Mussorgsky’s “Pictures at an Exhibition”.  

Illinois Arts Council Agency

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