The Evening Concert

Tuesday night August 8 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL-FM 90.9 it’s the “Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcast”. You’ll hear Rachmaninoff’s “2nd Piano Concerto” with soloist Lukáš Vondráček. Marin Alsop guest conducts. Also on the program Elgar's "Enigma Variations".

Monday night August 7 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL-FM 90.9 it’s “The New York Philharmonic This Week”.  You’ll hear Beethoven’s “Missa solemnis” (Solemn Mass) with vocal soloists Christine Brewer, Jane Henschel, Anthony Dean Griffey, and Eric Owens. Alan Gilbert conducts.

Sunday night August 6 at 6:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL-FM 90.9 you’ll hear Frank Bridge’s “Piano Quintet” from Lincoln Center followed at 7:00 by Latin American classical music sonatas on “Fiesta” and at 8:00 by William Grant Still’s “Afro-American Symphony” on “Gateways Radio”.

We hope that you’ve been enjoying our presentation of Gateways Radio hosted by Garrett McQueen Friday evenings on WILL-FM 90.9. Starting in August, Gateways Radio will be heard on Sunday evenings at 8:00 o’clock.

Thursday night August 3rd at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL-FM 90.9 it’s “Carnegie Hall Live”.  You’ll hear an eclectic program of newer works like “Divided” by Jessie Montgomery, “Tracing Visions” by Valerie Coleman, and “An Ode to Our Times” by Xavier Foley”.

Wednesday night August 2nd at at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL-FM 90.9 it’s the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Recorded in March of this year you’ll hear Berlioz’s “Symphony fantastique”. Zubin Mehta conducts. Also on the program George Crumb’s song cycle “Ancient Voices of Children”.

Tuesday night August 1st at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL-FM 90.9 it’s the “Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcast”. You’ll hear Beethoven’s “7th Symphony”. Bernard Haitink guest conducts. Also on the program Brahms’ “2nd Symphony” and Weber’s Overture to “Der Freischutz”.

Monday night July 31 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL-FM 90.9 it’s “The New York Philharmonic This Week”. From concerts recorded in 2015 you’ll hear soloist Anthony McGill play Nielsen’s “Clarinet Concerto”. Alan Gilbert conducts.  Also on the program Ravel’s “Noble and Sentimental Waltzes”.

Sunday night July 30 at 6:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL-FM 90.9 you’ll hear Messiaen’s “Quartet for the End of Time” from Santa Fe, followed at 7:00 by Shostakovich’s “Op. 57 Piano Quintet” from Lincoln Center and at 8:00 by “an Ideal Latin American Classical Music Concert” on “Fiesta”.

Friday night at 6:00 on WILL-FM 90.9 it’s Gateways Radio. Garrett McQueen is your host. You’ll hear Florence Price’s “2nd Violin Concerto” with soloist Er-Gene Kahng with the Janacek Philharmonic. Starting in August Gateways Radio will be heard Sunday evenings at 8:00 o’clock.