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.

Shostakovich
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Shostakovich’s “6th Symphony” and Liszt’s “Mazeppa”

Tonight at 7:00 on the Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s the “Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcast”. Music Director Riccardo Muti leads the group in Shostakovich’s “6th Symphony”. Also on the program Liszt’s “Mazeppa” Symphonic poem and Schoenberg’s “Transfigured Night.

Mozart
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Evening Concert programs for the week of Mon Feb 14 - Sun Feb 20, 2022

This week on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 you’ll hear Tchaikovsky’s “Romeo and Juliet Fantasy-Overture” from New York, Shostakovich’s “6th Symphony” from Chicago, Schubert’s “9th Symphony” from Pittsburgh, Prokofiev’s “Classical” Symphony from Beijing, and Sunday chamber music by Mozart from Lincoln Center and “Fiesta! With Elbio Barilari”.

Beethoven
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Jan Lisiecki plays Beethoven’s “1st Piano Concerto”

Tonight at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s the “Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra”.  Jan Lisiecki is the soloist in Beethoven’s “1st Piano Concerto”. Bernard Labadie guest conducts.   Also on the program Henri-Joseph Rigel’s “4th Symphony”.

Saint-Saens
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John Sharp plays Saint-Saens’ “1st Cello Concerto”

Tonight at 7:00 on the Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s the “Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcast”.  John Sharp is the soloist in Saint-Saens’ “1st Cello Concerto”.  Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider guest conducts.  Also on the program Schumann’s “2nd Symphony” and Augusta Holmes’ “Night and Love”.

Illinois Arts Council Agency

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