The Evening Concert on Illinois Classical

ILLINOIS CLASSICAL: The Evening Concert: JANUARY 4 – 5 – 6 – 7 – 8 – 9, 2026 

 

Sunday, January 4, 6:00 pm: Chamber Mus. Soc. of Lincoln Center (CMS 26-16) 

American Panorama

Jessie Montgomery: Musings for Two Violins (CMS Co-Commission)

Paul Huang, Violin; Danbi Um, Violin

Steven Stucky: Sonata for Violin and Piano

Cho-Liang Lin, Violin; Jon Kimura Parker, Piano

Samuel Barber: Quartet for Strings, Op. 11

Erik Schumann, Violin I; Ken Schumann, Violin II; Liisa Randalu, Viola; Mark Schumann, Cello

 

Sunday, January 4, 7:00 pm: Fiesta! With Elbio Barilari (FST 25-41)

A Kaleidoscope of 20th Century Latin American Music

Fiesta showcases the kaleidoscopic variety of Latin American music shown through pieces of the great 20th century composers José Pablo Moncayo, from Mexico, Mozart Camargo Guarnieri, from Brazil, as well as the living Argentine composer Esteban Benzecry. (contact trauth@illinois.edu for details).

 

Monday, January 5, 7:00 pm: The New York Philharmonic (NYP 26-16)

Alan Gilbert, conductor

Mozart: Symphony No. 39; Symphony No. 40; Symphony No. 41; [NYP fill: Mozart Sym. 25/Gilbert] 

 

Tuesday, January 6, 7:00 pm: Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO 26-02)

Tugan Sokhiev and Yulianna Avdeeva

This week, guest conductor Tugan Sokhiev conducts the CSO in Tchaikovsky’s Winter Dreams

Symphony. Opening the program is Panufnik’s Heroic Overture, followed by Chopin’s First Piano

Concerto, featuring Yulianna Avdeeva.

Andrzej Panfunik: Heroic Overture

Frédéric Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 11. Yulianna Avdeeva, piano

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 13 (Winter Dreams)

[CSO fil: Richard Wagner: Prelude to Tristan and Isolde. Daniel Barenboim, conductor]

 

Wednesday, January 7,7:00 pm: European Broadcasting Union (EBU 25-10) 

Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra/ Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

Gabriela Ortiz: Kauyumari

Arturo Márquez: Danzón No. 8

Aaron Copland: Old American Songs, Set 1. Ryan Speedo Green, bass-baritone

Evencio Castellanos: Santa Cruz de Pacairigua

Roberto Sierra: Alegría

Duke Ellington: Martin Luther King, from 'Three Black Kings'

Leonard Bernstein: Symphonic Dances, from 'West Side Story'

 

Thursday, January 8,7:00 pm: Prairie Performances with Mel Miller

 

Friday, January 9, 7:00 pm: Heifetz On Air [144 (96)] Trio Con Brio!

Leonard Bernstein: Piano Trio (1937): II. Tempo de Marcia. Tempest Trio 

Zoltan Kodaly: Serenade, Op. 12: Allegramente - Sostenuto ma non troppo. Housatonic String Trio 
Moritz Moszkowski: Suite for Two Violins & Piano, Op. 71: Allegro Energico 
Lily Sullivan, violin; Grigory Kalinovsky, violin; Beilin Han, piano 
Mozart: Prelude (Adagio) No. 3 in F, K. 404a 
Yezu Woo, violin; Matt Cohen, viola; Noémie Raymond-Friset, cello 
Beethoven: Piano Trio in B-flat Major, Op. 97 "Archduke" 
Madison Vest, violin; Kevin Mills, cello; Carlos Avila, piano;