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.

Bruckner
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Bruckner’s “4th Symphony”, the “Romantic”

Tonight at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. You’ll hear Bruckner’s “4th Symphony”, the “Romantic”. Music Director Manfred Honeck conducts. Also on the program, The Tallis Scholars sing works by Bruckner, Victoria and Allegri.

Prokofiev
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Sergei Babayan is the soloist in Prokofiev’s “3rd Piano Concerto”

Tonight at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra. Sergei Babayan is the soloist in Prokofiev’s “3rd Piano Concerto”. Music Director Ken-David Masur conducts. Also on the program Shostakovich’s “Festive Overture” and the Gorchakov’s orchestration of Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition”.

Schumann
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Schumann’s “Cello Concerto”

Tonight at 7:00 on the Evening Concert on FM 90.9 it’s the “Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcast”. John Sharp is the soloist in Schumann’s “Cello Concerto”. Riccardo Muti conducts. Also on the program Dvorak’s “Husitska Overture” and the Ravel orchestration of Mussorgsky’s “Pictures at an Exhibition”.

Shostakovich
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Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 7 in C, “Leningrad”

Tonight at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s “The New York Philharmonic This Week”.  You’ll hear Shostakovich’s “7th Symphony" and Borodin’s “In the Steppes of Central Asia” led by Leonard Bernstein and Mussorgsky’s “Khovanshchina: Prelude: Dawn on the Moskva River” led by Kurt Masur. The program differs from the one listed in Patterns Magazine. 

Bruckner
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Music of Shostakovich, Bruckner and others on this week’s “Evening Concerts”

This week on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 you’ll hear Shostakovich’s “7th Symphony” from New York, Schumann’s “Cello Concerto” from Chicago”, Prokofiev’s “3rd Piano Concerto” from Milwaukee, Bruckner’s “4th Symphony” from Pittsburgh, then Sunday Beethoven’s “Ghost” Piano Trio from Lincoln Center, and an episode of “Early Music Now”.

Brahms
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Brahms’ “Violin Concerto” and Beethoven “8th Symphony”

Tonight at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Augustin Hadelich is the soloist in Brahms’ “Violin Concerto”. He’ll also play Bach’s Chaconne from the solo violin Partitas. Also on the program Beethoven’s “8th Symphony” in F Major”.

Mahler
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Mahler’s “8th Symphony” and Mozart’s “39th Symphony”

Tonight at 7:00 on the Evening Concert on FM 90.9 it’s the “Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcast”. The CSO archives are expansive and from that repository you’ll hear Mahler’s “8th Symphony” and Mozart’s “Symphony No. 39 in E-flat Major” conducted by Sir Georg Solti.

Rossini
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Rossini’s “Stabat Mater” and Mahler’s “4th Symphony”

Tonight at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s “The New York Philharmonic This Week”.  In a leap year, yesterday would have been February 29th, Rossini’s birthday. On tonight’s program you’ll hear Rossini’s “Stabat Mater”. The program differs from the one listed in Patterns Magazine.

Illinois Arts Council Agency

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