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.

Brahms
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Brahms’ “2nd Piano Quartet”

Tonight at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 you’ll hear Brahms’ “2nd Piano Quartet” on “The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center”.  At 8:00 you’ll hear an entire program of music by Josquin on “Early Music Now with Sara Schneider”.

Mozart
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Mozart’s “Prague” Symphony and Smetana’s “The Moldau”

Tonight at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. You’ll hear Mozart’s “Prague” Symphony and Smetana’s “The Moldau”. Juraj Valcuha guest conducts. Also on the program Francesco Piemontesi is the soloist in Dvorak’s “Piano Concerto”.

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An all-Beethoven program from the CSO archives

Tonight at 7:00 on the Evening Concert on FM 90.9 it’s the “Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcast” with an all-Beethoven program from their archives. Bernard Haitink conducts the “Pastorale” Symphony, the “4th Symphony” and the Leonore Overture No. 2.  Also on the program the “Grosse fuge” String Quartet.

Brahms
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Music from Schubert to Brahms and others on this week’s “Evening Concert” programs

This week on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 you’ll hear Schubert’s  “Unfinished Symphony” from New York, Beethoven’s “Pastorale Symphony” from Chicago, Mendelssohn’s “2nd String Symphony” from Berlin, Mozart’s “Prague Symphony” from Pittsburgh, then Sunday Brahms’ “2nd Piano Quartet” from Lincoln Center, and an episode of “Early Music Now”.

Ravel
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Ravel’s “Piano Trio in A Minor”

Tonight at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 you’ll hear Ravel’s “Piano Trio in A Minor” on “The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center”.  At 8:00 you’ll hear music from Petrucci’s “Odhecaton” collection on “Early Music Now with Sara Schneider”.

Max Bruch
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Ray Chen plays Bruch’s “1st Violin Concerto”

Tonight at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Ray Chen is the soloist in Bruch’s “1st Violin Concerto”. Kryzysztof Urbanski conducts. Also on the program Shostakovich’s “5th Symphony” and Beethoven’s Overture to Egmont”.

Chopin
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David Fray plays Chopin’s “2nd Piano Concerto”

Tonight at 7:00 on the Evening Concert on FM 90.9 it’s the “Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcast”. David Fray is the soloist in Chopin’s “2nd Piano Concerto”. Christoph Eschenbach guest conducts.  Also on the program Mendelssohn’s “Italian” Symphony and “Overture to A Midsummer Night’s Dream”.

Illinois Arts Council Agency

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