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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Evening Concert Weekly Listings Mon. Apr. 4 - Sun. Apr. 10, 2022

This week, Monday, April 4 through Sunday, April 10 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 you’ll hear Sibelius’ “2nd Symphony” from New York, Tchaikovsky’s “6th Symphony”, the “Pathetique”, from Chicago, Mozart’s “17th Piano Concerto” from Pittsburgh, music inspired by Bach from Milwaukee, and Sunday chamber music by Ravel from Lincoln Center and “Fiesta! With Elbio Barilari”.

Dvorak
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Dvorak’s Opus 65 “Piano Trio in F Minor”

Sunday night April 3 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 you’ll hear Dvorak’s Opus 65 “Piano Trio in F Minor” on “The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center”. At 8:00 you’ll hear passionate and emotional Latin American Classical Music on “Fiesta!” With Elbio Barilari”.

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Beethoven’s “9th Symphony”

Thursday night March 31 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s “This Week from China’s National Centre for the Performing Arts”. You’ll hear Beethoven’s “9th Symphony”, and his Overture to the Creatures of Prometheus”. Also on the program Wagner’s “Prelude to Act I of Lohengrin”.

Johann Strauss Jr.
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“A Viennese Style New Year’s Concert”

Wednesday night March 30 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s the “Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra”.   You’ll hear the “Emperor Waltzes” by Johann Strauss, Jr. plus works by other members of the Strauss family. Also on the program Chausson’s “Poeme” featuring violinist Noa Wildschut.

Tchaikovsky
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Tchaikovsky’s “6th Symphony”, the “Pathetique”

Monday night March 28 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s “The New York Philharmonic This Week”. You’ll hear Tchaikovsky’s “6th Symphony”, the “Pathetique”, Still’s “Old California”, and Schoenberg’s “Transfigured Night”.  Also on the program Bartok’s 3rd Piano Concerto”.

Dvorak
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What’s on the “Evening Concerts” Mon. Mar. 28 - Sun. Apr. 3, 2022?

This week (starting Monday, March 28) on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 you’ll hear Tchaikovsky’s “Pathetique” Symphony from New York, Beethoven’s “2nd Symphony” from Chicago, Viennese waltzes from Pittsburgh, Beethoven’s “9th Symphony” from Beijing, and Sunday chamber music by Dvorak from Lincoln Center and “Fiesta! With Elbio Barilari”.

Schubert
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Schubert’s “9th Symphony”

Thursday night March 24 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s “This Week from China’s National Centre for the Performing Arts”. You’ll hear Schubert’s “9th Symphony”, Beethoven’s “Overture to the Ruins of Athens” and Johann Strauss, Jr.’s “Blue Danube Waltz”.

Handel
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Handel’s “Messiah”

Wednesday night March 23 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s the “Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra”. Soprano Rachele Gilmore, counter tenor Andrey Nemzer, tenor Werner Gura, and bass Alexander Elliott are the vocal soloists with the Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra in Handel’s “Messiah”.

Illinois Arts Council Agency

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