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.

Sara Schneider
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Early Music Now With Sara Schneider

Friday night January 31 at 7:00 on WILL 90.9 FMHD1 it’s “Early Music Now with Sara Schneider”. You'll hear a program titled “Praetorius and Sartorius”. Broadcasting this program on Friday nights at 7:00 gives us time to collect new local recordings for use on future “Prairie Performances”. 

Dvorak
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WFMT Orchestra Series: The Cleveland Orchestra

Wednesday night January 29 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL 90.9 FMHD1 it’s the fourth program in a new series from the Cleveland Orchestra. You’ll hear Dvorak’s “New World Symphony” and Julius Eastman’s “2nd Symphony”. Also on the program Wynton Marsalis’ “Trumpet Concerto”.

Brahms
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Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcast

Tuesday night January 28 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL 90.9 FMHD1 it’s the “Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcast”. You’ll hear Brahms’ “4th Symphony” and Carl Nielsen’s “Helios Overture”.  Also on the program Lalo’s “Symphonie espagnole” featuring violinist Ray Chen.

Sibelius
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The New York Philharmonic This Week

Monday night January 27 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL 90.9 FMHD1 it’s “The New York Philharmonic This Week” with an all-Sibelius program. You’ll hear “Finlandia”, the “2nd Symphony” and “Pohola’s Daughter”.  Also on the program the “Violin Concerto” featuring Zino Francescatti.  

Sara Schneider
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Early Music Now With Sara Schneider

Friday night January 24 at 7:00 on WILL 90.9 FMHD1 it’s “Early Music Now with Sara Schneider”. You'll hear a program titled “Music from the Most Serene Republic”. Broadcasting this program on Friday nights at 7:00 gives us time to collect new local recordings for use on future “Prairie Performances”. 

J. S. Bach
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“Classical Music”

Thursday night January 23 at 7:00 on WILL 90.9 FMHD1 you’ll hear "Classical Music" from the "Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival": Marc Neikrug’s “Oboe Quartet” and Bach’s “E Major Violin Concerto”.

Scott Joplin
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WFMT Orchestra Series: The Cleveland Orchestra

Wednesday night January 22 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL 90.9 FMHD1 it’s the third program in a new series from the Cleveland Orchestra. You’ll hear Joplin’s “Treemonisha Overture”, and William Grant Still’s “Darker America”. Also on the program Bernard Herrmann’s Suite from Vertigo”.

Gustav Mahler
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Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcast

Tuesday night January 21 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL 90.9 FMHD1 it’s the “Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcast”. You’ll hear Wagner’s “Prelude to Act I of Lohengrin” and Lowell Liebermann’s “2nd Flute Concerto”.  Also on the program Mahler’s “4th Symphony”.

Aaron Copland
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The New York Philharmonic This Week

Monday night January 20 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL 90.9 FMHD1 it’s “The New York Philharmonic This Week”. You’ll hear William Russo’s “2nd Symphony”, Duke Ellington’s “A Tone Parallel to Harlem” featuring trumpeter Wynton Marsalis and an abridged version of Copland’s “The Tender Land”.  

Illinois Arts Council Agency

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