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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Richard Strauss’  “Also Sprach Zarathustra”

Monday night August 8 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s “The New York Philharmonic This Week”. From the archives you’ll hear Giuseppe Sinopli lead the Philharmonic in Richard Strauss’ tone poems “Also Sprach Zarathustra” and “Death and Transfiguration”.  Also on the program Haydn’s “Harmoniemesse” conducted by Bernstein.

Brahms
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Brahms “2nd Viola Sonata”

Sunday night August 7 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 you’ll hear Brahms’ “2nd Viola Sonata” on the “Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center”. At 8:00 you’ll hear music by by Joseph Bologne le Chevalier St. George and others on “Fiesta”.

Gabriel Faure
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Sacred Music for Mourning: Beethovenfest ‘21

Thursday night August 4 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s a “Deutsche Welle Festival Concert”. Philippe Herreweghe leads the Champs-Elysées Orchestra and Collegium Vocale Ghent in Faure’s “Requiem” and Stravinsky’s “Symphony of Psalms” and “Requiem Canticles”.

Xian Zhang
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Beethoven’s 7th Symphony

Wednesday night August 3 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s the “Los Angeles Philharmonic”.  Xian Zhang leads the Philharmonic in Nokuthula Ngwenyama’s “Primal Message” and Julia Adolphe’s “Woven Loom, Silver Spindle”. Also on the program Beethoven’s “7th Symphony”.

Leila Josefowicz
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De Waart & Josefowicz

Tuesday night August 2 at 7:00 on the Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s the “Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcast”.  Edo deWaart leads the CSO in John Adams’ “The Chairman Dances” and Dvorak’s “8th Symphony”.  Also on the program Stravinsky’s “Violin Concerto” featuring Leila Josefowicz.

Sameul Barber
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Barber, Corigliano, and Dvorak

Monday night August 1 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s “The New York Philharmonic This Week”. Former Music Director Alan Gilbert leads the Philharmonic in Barber’s “First Essay for Orchestra” and Dvorak’s “7th Symphony”. Also on the program Corigliano’s “One Sweet Morning” featuring mezzo-soprano Stephanie Blythe.

Beethoven
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Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony

Thursday night July 28 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s a “Deutsche Welle Festival Concert”. Jordi Savall leads his group Le Concert de Nations, Vox Bono chorus, and vocal soloists in Beethoven’s “Ninth Symphony”. Also on the program Beethoven’s “2nd Symphony”.

Mozart
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Mozart’s “21st Piano Concerto”

Wednesday night July 27 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s the “Los Angeles Philharmonic”.  Sunwook Kim is the soloist in Mozart’s “21st Piano Concerto”. Matthias Pintscher guest conducts.  Also on the program Ravel’s “Bolero” and Le Tombeau de Couperin”.

Hilary Hahn
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Andrés Orozco-Estrada and Hilary Hahn

Tuesday night July 26 at 7:00 on the Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s the “Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcast”.  Hilary Hahn is the soloist in Dvorak’s “Violin Concerto”. Andres Orozco-Estrada guest conducts. Also on the program Tchaikovsky’s “5th Symphony”.

Illinois Arts Council Agency

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