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.

Verdi
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Verdi’s “Requiem”

Tonight at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s the “Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra”. You’ll hear Verdi’s “Requiem” with the Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh plus vocal soloists Simona Saturova, soprano, Kate Aldrich, mezzo-soprano, Konu Kim, tenor, and Jan Martinik, bass.

Beethoven
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Weekly Listings of “Evening Concerts” Mon Jan 31 - Sun Feb 6, 2022

This week on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 you’ll hear Saint-Saens’ “Organ” Symphony from New York, Schubert’s “5th Symphony” from Chicago, Verdi’s “Requiem” from Pittsburgh, Saint-Saens’ “2nd Piano Concerto” from Beijing, and Sunday chamber music by Beethoven from Lincoln Center and “Fiesta! With Elbio Barilari”.

Ravel
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Bruce Liu plays Ravel’s “Piano Concerto in G Major”

Tonight at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s “Episode 4” in a new series titled “This Week from China’s National Centre for the Performing Arts”. Bruce Liu is the soloist in Ravel’s “Piano Concerto in G Major” and you’ll also hear Bruckner’s “6th Symphony”.

Mozart
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Mozart’s “3rd Violin Concerto” and “2nd Flute Concerto”

Tonight at 7:00 on the Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s the “Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcast”. You’ll hear Concertmaster Robert Chen play Mozart’s “3rd Violin Concerto” and conduct the CSO in Mozart’s “25th Symphony in G Minor”. Also on the program Mozart’s “2nd Flute Concerto”.

Holst
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English Composers from Tallis to Britten

Tonight at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” [on FM 90.9] it’s “The New York Philharmonic This Week” with a program of “English Composers from Tallis to Britten”. You’ll hear Holst’s “The Planets” and Vaughan Williams’ “Fantasia on Theme by Thomas Tallis”.  Also on the program Elgar’s “Cockaigne Overture”.

Illinois Arts Council Agency

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