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.

Mendelssohn
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Mendelssohn’s “Elijah”

Monday night April 18 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s “The New York Philharmonic This Week”. You’ll hear Mendelssohn’s “Elijah” featuring bass-baritone Gerald Finley, soprano Twyla Robinson, mezzo-soprano Alice Coote, tenor, Allan Clayton, mezzo-soprano Jennifer Johnson, and boy soprano Benjamin P. Wenzelberg.

Brahms
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Evening Concert Weekly Listings Mon. through Thurs. Apr. 18 - 21 and Sun. Apr. 24, 2022

This week, Monday through Thursday April 18 - 21 and Sunday April 24 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 you’ll hear Mendelssohn’s “Elijah” from New York, Dvorak’s “6th Symphony” from Chicago, Prokofiev’s “3rd Piano Concerto” from Pittsburgh, music by Lukas Foss from Milwaukee, and Sunday  Brahms’ “F Minor Piano Quintet” from Lincoln Center and “Fiesta! With Elbio Barilari”.

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Wagner’s Act One of “Die Walküre” [live in-concert performance]

Thursday night April 14, 2022 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s the second program in a new series from the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra. You’ll hear a concert performance of Wagner’s Act One of “Die Walküre” featuring soprano Jessye Norman. Also on the program Wagner’s “Overture and Bacchanale from Tannhauser”.

Korngold
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Simone Lamsma plays Korngold’s “Violin Concerto”

Wednesday night April 13, 2022 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s the “Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra”.   Simone Lamsma is the soloist in Korngold’s “Violin Concerto”. Yan-Pascal Tortelier guest conducts. Also on the program Berlioz’s “Roman Carnival Overture” and Rachmaninoff’s “Symphonic Dances”.

Mozart
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Mozart’s “Requiem”

Tuesday night April 12, 2022 at 7:00 on the Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s the “Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcast”.  You’ll hear Mozart’s “Requiem” featuring Benedetta Torre, soprano, Sara Mingardo, contralto, Saimir Pirgu, tenor, Mika Kares, bass, and the Chicago Symphony Chorus. Also on the program William Schuman’s “9th Symphony”.

Tchaikovsky
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Tchaikovsky’s “Francesca da Rimini”

Monday night April 11 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s “The New York Philharmonic This Week”. You’ll hear Kodaly’s “Hary Janos” Suite, Rouse’s “Trombone Concerto’ featuring Joseph Alessi, Tchaikovsky’s “Francesca da Rimini” and Wagner’s “Overture and Venusberg Music from Tannhauser”.

Schubert
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Evening Concert Weekly Listings Mon. Apr. 11 - Sun. Apr. 17, 2022

This week starting Monday, April 11 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 you’ll hear Kodaly’s “Hary Janos” Suite from New York, Mozart’s “Requiem” from Chicago, Korngold’s “Violin Concerto” from Pittsburgh, music from Wagner operas from Milwaukee, and Sunday Schubert’s “Death and the Maiden” from Lincoln Center and “Fiesta! With Elbio Barilari”.

Bach
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Music by Bach and music inspired by Bach from Milwaukee

Thursday night April 7 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s the first program in a new series from the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra. You’ll hear music by Bach and music inspired by Bach. Music Director Ken-David Masur conducts. Also on the program Mozart’s “Overture to the Marriage of Figaro”.

Illinois Arts Council Agency

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