The Evening Concert

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Prairie Performances Th Aug 14, 2025

Wednesday night August 6 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on “W-I-L-L Classical” you’ll hear Sakari Oramo conduct the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra in Debussy’s “Nocturnes for Orchestra”. Also on the program Beethoven’s “Emperor” Piano Concerto with soloist Leif Ove Andsnes. 

Tuesday night August 12 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on “W-I-L-L Classical” it’s the “Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcast”. You’ll hear Mussorgsky’s “Pictures at an Exhibition”, Janacek’s “Sinfonietta” and Copland’s “Dance Symphony”. Also on the program waltzes by Johann Strauss, Jr.

Monday night August 11 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on “W-I-L-L Classical” it’s “The New York Philharmonic This Week”. You’ll hear Holst’s “The Planets”, and Vaughan Williams’ “Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis” and the “Fantasia on Greensleeves”. Also on the program Elgar’s “Cockaigne Overture”.

Sunday night August 10 at 6:00 on the “Evening Concert” on “W-I-L-L Classical” you’ll hear Saint-Saens’ “1st Violin Sonata” on the “Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center”. At 7:00 you’ll hear a “17th Century Opera from Spain” on “Fiesta”.

Friday night August 8 at 7:00 on “W-I-L-L Classical” it’s “Gateways Radio”. You'll hear Florence Price’s “Symphony No. 3 in C Minor” and Margaret Bonds’ “Troubled Water”. Also on the program Debussy’s “Violin Sonata”. Loki Karuna hosts.

Enjoy an hour of classical music from our partners at Classical 24.

Wednesday night August 6 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on “W-I-L-L Classical” you’ll hear Jaap van Zweden conduct the Antwerp Symphony Orchestra in Rachmaninov’s “2nd Symphony”, Mendelssohn’s “Fingal’s Cave” music, and Prokofiev’s “1st Violin Concerto”. 

Tuesday night August 5 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on “W-I-L-L Classical” it’s the “Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcast”. You’ll hear Bruckner’s “4th Symphony”, the “Romantic”, Rimsky-Korsakov’s “Capriccio espagnole”, and Tchaikovsky’s “Francesca da Rimini”. Daniel Barenboim conducts.

Monday night August 4 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on “W-I-L-L Classical” it’s “The New York Philharmonic This Week”. You’ll hear Mahler’s “3rd Symphony” from a concert recorded in 2014 with guest conductor Bernard Haitink at the podium.