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.

Handel
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[A Complete Performance of] Handel’s “Messiah”

Tonight at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s “The New York Philharmonic This Week”. You’ll hear a classic archival performance of Handel’s “Messiah” led by Helmut Rilling.   Vocal soloists include Annette Dasch, Daniel Taylor, James Taylor, and Shenyang.

Merry Christmas
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Weekly Listings Evening Concerts Mon Dec 20 - Sun Dec 26, 2021

This week on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 you’ll hear numerous Holiday specials, like Jonathan Winter’s classic reading of “A Christmas Carol”, the St. Olaf Christmas Festival”, “A Chanticleer Christmas”, “Welcome Christmas” with VocalEssence then Sunday two Holiday specials: “A Soulful Christmas” and “Latin American Christmas Carols”.

Patricia Kopachinskaja
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Patricia Kopachinskaja plays Tchaikovsky’s “Violin Concerto”.

Tonight at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Patricia Kopachinskaja is the soloist in Tchaikovsky’s “Violin Concerto”. Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla guest conducts.  Also on the program Saint-Saens’ “Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso”, Ravel’s “Bolero” and Debussy’s “La mer”.

Beethoven
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An all-Beethoven program from Carnegie Hall

Tonight at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s Carnegie Hall Live.  It’s an all-Beethoven program on which you’ll hear the “Emperor Piano Concerto”, the “8th Symphony”, the “Variations on a Theme from Mozart’s ‘Magic Flute’” and his last Piano Sonata.

John Corigliano
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John Corigliano’s “1st Symphony”

Tonight at 7:00 on the Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s the “Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcast”.  You’ll hear John Corigliano’s “1st Symphony” conducted by Daniel Barenboim.  Also on the program Brahms’ “Haydn Variations” conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen.

Bruckner
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Bruckner’s “8th Symphony”

Tonight 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 Bruckner’s “8th Symphony” and a recent work by Conrad Tao called “Everything Must Go”.

Tchaikovsky
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Weekly Listings “Evening Concerts” Mon Dec 13 - Sun Dec 19, 2021

This week on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 you’ll hear Bruckner’s “8th Symphony” from New York, Corigliano’s “1st Symphony” from Chicago, Beethoven’s “Emperor Piano Concerto” from Carnegie Hall, Tchaikovsky’s “Violin Concerto” from Los Angeles, then Sunday two Holiday specials: “A Choral Christmas with Stile Antico” and “Gaudete: Early Music for the Christmas Season”.

Brahms
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Yefim Bronfman plays Brahms’ “2nd Piano Concerto”

Tonight at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Yefim Bronfman is the soloist in Brahms’ “2nd Piano Concerto”. Zubin Mehta conducts this archival performance.  Also on the program Brahms’ “2nd Symphony in D Major”.

Illinois Arts Council Agency

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