The Evening Concert

Tuesday night December 10 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL  90.9FM/HD1 it’s the “Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcast”.  You’ll hear Holst’s “The Planets”, and Brahms’ “Song of Destiny” with an assist from the CSO Chorus with  Daniel Harding guest conducting. Also on the program Schumann’s “Overture to Manfred”.

Monday night December 9 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL  90.9FM/HD1 it’s “The New York Philharmonic This Week”. From the archives you’ll hear Tchaikovsky’s “Selections from Swan Lake”, Lyadov’s “The Enchanted Lake”, and Shostakovich’s “10th Symphony”. Alan Gilbert conducts.

Sunday night December 8 at 6:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL 90.9FM/HD1 you’ll hear Bach’s chamber cantata No. 82 from Lincoln Center followed at 7:00 by Sephardic music from both sides of the Atlantic on Fiesta and at 8:00 by Gateways Radio.

Friday night December 6 at 7:00 on WILL 90.9FM/HD1 it’s “Early Music Now with Sara Schneider”. You'll hear a program titled “Most Excellent Music for the Doge”.  Broadcasting this program on Friday’s at 7:00 PM gives us time to collect new local recordings for use on future “Prairie Performances”. 

Thursday night December 5 at 7:00 on WILL 90.9FM/HD1 you’ll hear another episode of “The Sound of 13”, a program that investigates the intersection between the 13th Amendment and classical music. At 8:00 it’s “The Middle”: a weekly, non-partisan call-in talk show on politics. 

Wednesday night December 4 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL 90.9FM/HD1. You’ll hear the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra play Tchaikovsky’s “2nd Symphony” and Stravinsky’s “Suite No. 2”.  Elim Chan conducts. Also on the program Bartok’s “2nd Violin Concerto” with soloist Maria Duenas.

Tuesday night December 3 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL  90.9FM/HD1 it’s the “Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcast”.  You’ll hear principal players from the CSO play works that feature them as soloists, like Arnold Jacobs in the Vaughan Williams “Tuba Concerto”. 

Monday night December 2 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL  90.9FM/HD1 it’s “The New York Philharmonic This Week”. Sheku Kanneh-Mason is the soloist in Dvorak’s “Cello Concerto”. Also on the program Webern’s arrangement of Bach’s “Ricercata from The Musical Offering” and Brahms “1st Symphony”.

Sunday night December 1 at 6:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL 90.9FM/HD1 you’ll hear Mozart’s “Prussian” string quartet from Lincoln Center followed at 7:00 by chamber music from Brazil, Argentina, and Mexico on Fiesta and at 8:00 by Gateways Radio.

Tonight at 7:00 on WILL 90.9FM/HD1 it’s “Early Music Now with Sara Schneider”. You'll hear music in celebration of St. Cecilia’s Day, which differs from the listing in Patterns Magazine.