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.

Louis Spohr
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On this week of “Evening Concert” programs, music of Rachmaninoff, Mozart and others

This week on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 you’ll hear Rachmaninoff’s “Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini” from New York, Mozart’s “3rd Violin Concerto” from Chicago, Mahler’s “4th Symphony” from Berlin, Rachmaninoff’s “3rd Piano Concerto” from Pittsburgh, then Sunday Spohr’s “Nonet” from Lincoln Center, and an episode of “Early Music Now”.

Dvorak
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Dvorak’s Op. 65 “Piano Trio in F Minor”

Tonight at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 you’ll hear Dvorak’s Op. 65 “Piano Trio in F Minor” on “The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center”.  At 8:00 you’ll hear music for “April Fools’ Day” on “Early Music Now with Sara Schneider”.

Carl Maria von Weber
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Michael Rusinek plays Weber’s “1st Clarinet Concerto”

Tonight at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Michael Rusinek is the soloist in Weber’s “1st Clarinet Concerto”. Manfred Honeck conducts.  Also on the program Strauss’ Suite from the ballet “Whipped Cream” and waltzes and polkas by the Strauss family and others.   

Beethoven
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Beethoven’s “5th Symphony”

Tonight at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra. You’ll hear Beethoven’s “5th Symphony” and Rachmaninoff’s “The Isle of the Dead”. Peter Oundjian guest  conducts. Also on the program Debussy’s “Premiere rapsodie” with soloist Todd Levy.

Schubert
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Schubert’s “9th Symphony”, the “Great”

Tonight at 7:00 on the Evening Concert on FM 90.9 it’s the “Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcast”. You’ll hear Schubert’s “9th Symphony”, the “Great” C Major symphony and Haydn’s “95th Symphony”. Daniel Barenboim conducts.  Also on the program Schoenberg’s “Pelleas and Melisande”.

Mendelssohn
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Augustin Hadelich plays Mendelssohn’s “Violin Concerto”

Tonight at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s “The New York Philharmonic This Week”. Augustin Hadelich is the soloist in Mendelssohn’s “Violin Concerto”. Alan Gilbert conducts. Also on the program Mahler’s “5th Symphony”. The program differs from the one listed in Patterns Magazine.  

Brahms
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A new week of “Evening Concert” programs

This week on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 you’ll hear Mendelssohn’s “Violin Concerto” from New York, Schubert’s “9th Symphony” from Chicago, Beethoven’s “5th Symphony” from Milwaukee, Weber’s “1st Clarinet Concerto” from Pittsburgh, then Sunday a piano trio by Dvorak from Lincoln Center, and an episode of “Early Music Now”.

Tchaikovsky
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Tchaikovsky’s “Souvenir of Florence” String Sextet

Tonight at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 you’ll hear Tchaikovsky’s “Souvenir of Florence” String Sextet on “The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center”.  At 8:00 you’ll “Music for Holy Week” on “Early Music Now with Sara Schneider”.

Handel
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Handel’s “Messiah”

Tonight at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. You’ll hear Handel’s “Messiah” with vocal soloists Christina Landshamer, Robin Blaze, Paul Appleby, and Paul Armin Edelmann and the Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh led by Betsy Burleigh. Music Director Manfred Honeck conducts.

Shostakovich
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Johannes Moser plays Shostakovich’s “1st Cello Concerto”

Tonight at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra. Johannes  Moser is the soloist in Shostakovich’s “1st Cello Concerto”. Music Director Laureate Edo de Waart conducts. Also on the program Rachmaninoff’s “2nd Symphony” and Britten’s “Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes”.

Illinois Arts Council Agency

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