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.

Bach
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Bach’s St. John Passion from Leipzig

Tonight at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s the second program in a new series of Deutsche Welle Festival Concerts. You’ll hear Bach’s “St. John Passion” in a chamber-sized version from Leipzig, a town in which Bach lived and worked. Also on the program Bach’s Cantata No. 202.  

Alberto Ginastera
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Xavier De Maistre plays Ginastera’s “Harp Concerto” with the CSO

Tonight at 7:00 on the Evening Concert on FM 90.9 it’s the “Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcast”. Xavier De Maistre is the soloist in Ginastera’s “Harp Concerto”. Riccardo Muti conducts. Also on the program Chabrier’s “Espana” and Ravel’s “Bolero”. The program differs from the one listed in Patterns Magazine.

Dvorak
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Dvorak’s 7th Symphony

Tonight at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s “The New York Philharmonic This Week”. Alan Gilbert conducts the Philharmonic in Dvorak’s “7th Symphony” and Barber’s “First Essay”. Also on the program Corigliano’s “One Sweet Morning” with mezzo-soprano Stephanie Blythe as soloist.

Vivaldi
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Music of Dvorak, Ginastera, Bach and others on this week’s “Evening Concert” programs

This week on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 you’ll hear Dvorak’s  “7th Symphony” from New York, Ginastera’s “Harp Concerto” from Chicago, Bach’s “St. John’s Passion” from Leipzig, Schumann’s “Piano Concerto” from Pittsburgh, then Sunday Vivaldi’s “Concerto for 4 Violins” from Lincoln Center, and an episode of “Early Music Now”.

Louis Spohr
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Louis Spohr’s “Grand Nonet” for winds and strings

Tonight at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 you’ll hear Louis Spohr’s “Grand Nonet” for winds and strings on “The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center”.  At 8:00 you’ll hear motets by Obrecht, Gibbons and others on “Early Music Now with Sara Schneider”.

Rachmaninoff
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Denis Kozhukhin plays Rachmaninoff’s “3rd Piano Concerto”

Tonight at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Denis Kozhukhin is the soloist in Rachmaninoff’s “3rd Piano Concerto”. Gianandrea Noseda  guest conducts.  Also on the program Beethoven’s “2nd Symphony”  and Rossini’s “William Tell Overture”. 

Mahler
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Mahler’s “4th Symphony” with soloist Christiane Karg

Tonight at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra led by Kirill Petrenko.  You’ll hear Mahler’s “4th Symphony” with soloist Christiane Karg. Also on the program Barber’s “Adagio for Strings’, Arvo Pärt’ “Fratres” and Ligeti’s “Ramifications”.

Mozart
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An all-Mozart program from the Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Tonight at 7:00 on the Evening Concert on FM 90.9 it’s the “Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcast”. Concertmaster Robert Chen is the soloist and conductor in Mozart’s “3rd Violin Concerto”. Also on the program Mozart’s “Eine Kleine Nachtmusik”, “2nd Flute Concerto” and “25th Symphony”.

Illinois Arts Council Agency

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