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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Messiaen’s “Quartet for the End of Time”

Tonight at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 you’ll hear Messiaen’s “Quartet for the End of Time” on “The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center”.  At 8:00 enjoy a retrospective on the group Sequentia on “Early Music Now with Sara Schneider”.

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Debussy’s “La Mer” (The Sea) and Ravel’s “La Valse

Tonight at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra.  You’ll hear Debussy’s “La Mer” (The Sea) and Ravel’s “La Valse”. Juraj Valcuha guest conducts. Also on the program Mendelssohn’s “Violin Concerto” with soloist Stefan Jackiw.

Mendelssohn
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Early Music in Knechtsteden, Part One

Tonight at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s “Early Music in Knechtsteden, Part One”. You’ll hear lieder by Schumann and Mendelssohn accompanied by the Dörken sisters.  Also on the program Mendelssohn’s “6th String Quartet” and a few of the “Songs Without Words”.  

Yo-yo Ma
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Yo-Yo Ma plays Schumann’s “Cello Concerto”

Tonight at 7:00 on the Evening Concert on FM 90.9 it’s the “Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcast”. Yo-Yo Ma is the soloist in Schumann’s “Cello Concerto”. Music Director Riccardo Muti conducts. Also on the program Strauss’ “Aus Italien” and Liszt’s “Les Preludes”.

Dvorak
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Frank Peter Zimmermann plays Dvorak’s “Violin Concerto”

Tonight at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s “The New York Philharmonic This Week”. You’ll hear Dvorak’s “Violin Concerto” with soloist Frank Peter Zimmermann. Christoph Dohnanyi guest conducts. Also on the program Tchaikovsky’s “Pathetique” Symphony” and Schumann’s “4th Symphony”.

Schumann
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Schumann’s “Piano Quintet”

Tonight at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 you’ll hear Schumann’s “Piano Quintet” on “The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center”.  At 8:00 you’ll hear music of Thomas Tallis and his contemporaries on “Early Music Now with Sara Schneider”.

Beethoven
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Beethoven’s 9th Symphony

Tonight at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra.  You’ll hear Beethoven’s “9th Symphony” in a remastered 1966 performance led by William Steinberg featuring soprano Ella Lee, mezzo-soprano Joanna Simon, tenor Richard Kness, bass Thomas Paul, and the Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh.

Mozart
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Rolandseck Festival

Tonight at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s the “Rolandseck Festival”. Elena Bashkirova is the pianist in Mozart’s “13th Piano Concerto”.  Also on the program Beethoven’s “Archduke” Trio with cellist Frans Helmerson.  

Mahler
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Mahler’s “3rd Symphony”

Tonight at 7:00 on the Evening Concert on FM 90.9 it’s the “Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcast”. You’ll hear Mahler’s “3rd Symphony” led by guest conductor Andrés Orozco-Estrada, with soprano Kelly O’Connor, Women of the Chicago Symphony Chorus and the Anima Young Singers of Greater Chicago.  

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