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.

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Yefim Bronfman plays Beethoven’s “2nd Piano Concerto”

Monday night May 2 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s “The New York Philharmonic This Week”. Yefim Bronfman is the soloist in Beethoven’s “2nd Piano Concerto”. Music Director Jaap van Zweden conducts. Also on the program Rachmaninoff’s “2nd Symphony” and Gershwin’s “Cuban Overture”. 

Mozart
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Evening Concert Weekly Listings Mon. May 2 - Sun. May 8, 2022

This week (Mon. May 2 -through Thurs. May 5 and Sun. May 8) on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 you’ll hear Beethoven’s “2nd Piano Concerto” from New York, Franck’s “Symphony in D Minor” from Chicago, Mozart’s “21st Piano Concerto” from Pittsburgh, Dvorak’s “Stabat Mater” from Milwaukee, and Sunday chamber music from Santa Fe, Mozart’s K. 388 “Wind Serenade” from Lincoln Center and music of Silvestre Revueltas on “Fiesta! With Elbio Barilari”.

Mozart
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“Classic era” symphonies by Mozart, C.P.E. Bach, W.F. Bach and others

Thursday night April 28th at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra. Music Director Ken-David Masur leads the group in “Classic era” symphonies by Mozart, C.P.E. Bach, Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, Franz Xaver Richter and Johann Stamitz. Also on the program, Beethoven’s “1st Symphony”.

Rachmaninoff
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Behzod Abduraimov plays Rachmaninoff’s “2nd Piano Concerto”

Wednesday night April 27th at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s the “Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra”.   Behzod Abduraimov is the soloist in Rachmaninoff’s “2nd Piano Concerto”. Markus Stenz guest conducts. Also on the program Debussy’s “Sunken Cathedral” and Scriabin’s “Poem of Ecstasy”.

Mendelssohn
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Sunwook Kim plays Mendelssohn’s “1st Piano Concerto”

Tuesday night April 25th at 7:00 on the Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s the “Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcast”. Conductor Kirill Karabits and pianist Sunwook Kim make their CSO debuts. You’ll hear Mendelssohn’s “1st Piano Concerto” and the  “Capriccio brilliant”.  Also on the program Lutoslawski’s “Concerto for Orchestra”.  

Beethoven
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Beethoven’s “7th Symphony”

Monday night April 25th at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s “The New York Philharmonic This Week”. Music Director Jaap van Zweden leads the Philharmonic in Beethoven’s “7th Symphony”, Debussy’s “La Mer”, and Stravinsky’s “Rite of Spring”.

Schubert
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Evening Concert Weekly Listings Mon. Apr. 25 - Sun May 1, 2022

This week, Monday April 25th through Thursday April 28th and Sunday May 1st on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 you’ll hear Beethoven’s “7th Symphony” from New York, Mendelssohn’s “1st Piano Concerto” from Chicago, Rachmaninoff’s “2nd Piano Concerto” from Pittsburgh, classic era symphonies from Milwaukee, and Sunday Schubert’s “Octet” from Santa Fe, Beethoven’s “1st Piano Trio” from Lincoln Center and Renaissance music from Spain, Portugal and the Americas on “Fiesta! With Elbio Barilari”.

Lukas Foss
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Composer Lukas Foss conducts his music

Thursday night April 21 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s the third program in a new series from the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra. Composer Lukas Foss conducts his music: the “Ode for Orchestra”, “With Music Strong” and “Song of Songs” featuring soprano Carolann Page. 

Illinois Arts Council Agency

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