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.

St. Olaf Choirs
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2021 “St. Olaf Christmas Festival”

Tonight at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 we pre-empt “Carnegie Hall Live” to bring you the 2021 “St. Olaf Christmas Festival”. The program includes sacred choral and instrumental music from many traditions: beloved hymns, classical masterworks, folk songs from around the world, and African-American spirituals.

Handel
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[A Complete Performance of] Handel’s “Messiah”

Tonight at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s “The New York Philharmonic This Week”. You’ll hear a classic archival performance of Handel’s “Messiah” led by Helmut Rilling.   Vocal soloists include Annette Dasch, Daniel Taylor, James Taylor, and Shenyang.

Merry Christmas
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Weekly Listings Evening Concerts Mon Dec 20 - Sun Dec 26, 2021

This week on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 you’ll hear numerous Holiday specials, like Jonathan Winter’s classic reading of “A Christmas Carol”, the St. Olaf Christmas Festival”, “A Chanticleer Christmas”, “Welcome Christmas” with VocalEssence then Sunday two Holiday specials: “A Soulful Christmas” and “Latin American Christmas Carols”.

Patricia Kopachinskaja
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Patricia Kopachinskaja plays Tchaikovsky’s “Violin Concerto”.

Tonight at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Patricia Kopachinskaja is the soloist in Tchaikovsky’s “Violin Concerto”. Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla guest conducts.  Also on the program Saint-Saens’ “Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso”, Ravel’s “Bolero” and Debussy’s “La mer”.

Beethoven
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An all-Beethoven program from Carnegie Hall

Tonight at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s Carnegie Hall Live.  It’s an all-Beethoven program on which you’ll hear the “Emperor Piano Concerto”, the “8th Symphony”, the “Variations on a Theme from Mozart’s ‘Magic Flute’” and his last Piano Sonata.

Illinois Arts Council Agency

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