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.
Monday night September 5 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s “The New York Philharmonic This Week”. You’ll hear Beethoven’s “4th Piano Concerto” with soloist Daniil Trifonov, Copland’s “Quiet City” and George Walker’s “Antifonys”. Music Director Jaap van Zweden conducts.
Sunday night September 4 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 you’ll hear Saint-Saens’ “Piano Trio No.1 in F Major” on the “Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center”. At 8:00 you’ll hear performances of works by Cuban composer Leo Brouwer on “Fiesta”.
Thursday night September 1 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s a “Deutsche Welle Festival Concert”. You’ll hear choral and vocal soloist selections from cantatas by Bach on an all-Bach program from the 2021 “Bach Festival Leipzig”.
Wednesday night August 31 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s the “Los Angeles Philharmonic”. Guest Conductor Ludovic Morlot leads the Philharmonic in Shostakovich “10th Symphony”. Also on the program Prokofiev’s “1st Piano Concerto” featuring pianist Sergio Tiempo and Thorvaldsdottir’s “Metacosmos”
Tuesday night August 30 at 7:00 on the Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s the “Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcast”. Marin Alsop guest conducts the CSO in Elgar’s “Enigma Variations” and Barber’s “1st Symphony”. Also on the program Rachmaninov’s “2nd Piano Concerto” with soloist Lukáš Vondráček.
Monday night August 29 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s “The New York Philharmonic This Week”. You’ll hear Mozart’s “Bassoon Concerto” with soloist Judith LeClair, and a “Piccolo Concerto” by Vivaldi. Also on the program Hindemith’s “Mathis der Maler” Symphony and Paine’s “2nd Symphony”.
Sunday night August 28 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 you’ll hear Beethoven’s “Serenade for Flute, Violin, and Viola” on the “Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center”. At 8:00 you’ll hear classical music performed by the Prietos on “Fiesta”.
Thursday night August 25 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s a “Deutsche Welle Festival Concert”. From the 2021 Heimbach Chamber Music Festival you’ll hear Brahms’ “1st String Quartet”. Also on the program, Enescu’s “3rd Violin Sonata and selections from Vaughan Williams’ “On Wenlock Edge”.
Wednesday night August 24 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s the “Los Angeles Philharmonic”. Conductor Laureate Esa-Pekka Salonen leads the Philharmonic in Sibelius’ “7th Symphony”. Also on the program Bartok’s “Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celeste” and Bjarnason’s “Feast” featuring pianist Vikingur Olafsson.
Tuesday night August 23 at 7:00 on the Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s the “Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcast”. You’ll hear Ravel’s “Mother Goose Suite” and “Noble and Sentimental Waltzes”. Also on the program Debussy “La Mer” (The Sea) and Ligeti’s “Violin Concerto” with soloist Robert Chen.
These programs are partially sponsored by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency.
