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.

Stravinsky
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Stravinsky at the Philharmonic 1924 – Present

Monday night July 25 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s “The New York Philharmonic This Week” with an all-Stravinsky program. You’ll hear the composer conduct “Persephone”. Also on the program “The Rite of Spring” and 3 movements from “The Firebird”.

Weber
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Weber’s “Clarinet Quintet”

Sunday night July 24 at 6:00 on FM 90.9 the “Evening Concert” starts with Weber’s Op. 34 “Clarinet Quintet” from Santa Fe, followed at 7:00 by Schumann’s Op. 105 “Violin Sonata” from Lincoln Center and at 8:00 by “Six String Dreams” on “Fiesta”.

Augustin Hadelich
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Augustin Hadelich plays Sibelius’ “Violin Concerto”

Thursday night July 21 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s the second program from the “Deutsche Welle Festival Concerts” series. Augustin Hadelich is the soloist in Sibelius’ “Violin Concerto” with the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra. Also on the program Mendelssohn’s “Hebrides” Overture and “Reformation” Symphony.

Beatrice Rana
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Beatrice Rana Plays Tchaikovsky’s “1st Piano Concerto”

Wednesday night Jul 20 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s the “Los Angeles Philharmonic”.  Beatrice Rana is the soloist in Tchaikovsky’s “1st Piano Concerto”. Susanna Mälkki guest conducts.  Also on the program the world premiere of Kaija Saariaho’s “Vista”.

Bernstein
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Lenny’s Playlist, Part II

Monday night July 18 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s “The New York Philharmonic This Week”. Leonard Bernstein conducts the Philharmonic in his “Symphonic Dances from West Side Story” and the Overture to Candide.  Also on the program Copland’s “Clarinet Concerto”.

Beethoven
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Beethoven’s String Quartet No. 12

Sunday night July 17 at 6:00 on FM 90.9 the “Evening Concert” starts with Beethoven’s “12th String Quartet” from Santa Fe, followed at 7:00 by Mendelssohn’s “2nd String Quartet” from Lincoln Center and at 8:00 by “Fiesta’s” program on Teresa Carreño.

Tchaikovsky
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Tchaikovsky’s “Rome and Juliet Fantasy Overture”

Thursday night July 14 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s the first program from the “Deutsche Welle Festival Concerts” series. Kirill Petrenko leads the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra in Tchaikovsky’s “Rome and Juliet Fantasy Overture” and “3rd Orchestral Suite”. Also on the program Rachmaninoff’s “2nd Symphony”.

Gustavo Dudamel
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Mahler’s “4th Symphony”

Wednesday night July 13 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s the second program in a new season from the “Los Angeles Philharmonic”. Soprano Camilla Tilling is the soloist in Mahler’s “4th Symphony”. Music Director Gustavo Dudamel conducts. Also on the program Steven Mackey’s “Fantasy for Trumpet and Orchestra”.

Mahler
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Mahler’s “1st Symphony”

Tuesday night July 12 at 7:00 on the Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s the “Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcast”. You’ll hear an award-winning recording of Mahler’s “1st Symphony”. Carlo Maria Giulini conducts. Also on the program Mozart’s “K. 297 Sinfonia concertante” and Prokofiev’s “Classical Symphony”.  

Illinois Arts Council Agency

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