The Evening Concert on Illinois Classical
ILLINOIS CLASSICAL: The Evening Concert: MARCH 15 – 16 –17 – 18 – 19 – 20, 2026
Sunday, March 15, 6:00 pm: Chamber Mus. Soc. of Lincoln Center (CMS 26-26)
French Explorations 1922–25
Joseph Jongen: Deux pièces en trio for Flute, Cello, and Harp, Op. 80
Sooyun Kim, flute; Nicholas Canellakis, cello; Bridget Kibbey, harp
Maurice Ravel: Sonata for Violin and Cello. Alexander Sitkovetsky, violin; Colin Carr, cello
Albert Roussel: Serenade for Flute, Violin, Viola, Cello, and Harp, Op. 30
Sooyun Kim, flute; Kristin Lee, violin; Paul Neubauer, viola; Nicholas Canellakis, cello; Bridget Kibbey, harp
Sunday, March 15, 7:00 pm: Fiesta! With Elbio Barilari (FST 25-51)
Imaginary Concert
Our new imaginary concert starts with a lively Venezuelan overture, followed by a colorful Brazilian violin concerto. We’ll finish with by a great Mexican symphony by Carlos Chávez. (contact trauth@illinois.edu for details).
Monday, March 16, 7:00 pm: The New York Philharmonic (NYP 26-26)
Pierre Boulez, conductor
BERG: Der Wein (concert aria). Jessye Norman, soprano
MAHLER: Symphony No. 3. Yvonne Minton, soprano; Camerata Singers, Little Church Around the Corner Boys’ Choir; Trinity Church Boys’ Choir; Brooklyn Boys’ Choir
Tuesday, March 17, 7:00 pm: Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO 26-12) (Repeat of CSO 25-24)
Hrůša Conducts Má vlast
[Jakub Hrůša’s CSO debut concert program, Smetana’s Má vlast (May 2017)]
[CSO fill: Gustav Mahler: Totenfeier. Pierre Boulez, conductor. 1996 (Deutsche Grammophon)]
Bedřich Smetana: Má vlast: I. Vyšehrad; II. The Moldau; III. Sárka; IV. From Bohemia’s Fields and Groves;
V. Tábor; VI. Blanik
Wednesday, March 18, 7:00 pm: European Broadcasting Union (EBU 25-20)
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields (ASMF)
Julius Asal, piano and conductor (1st ASFM BBC New Generation Artist)
Maurice Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 22 in E-flat major, K. 482.
Maurice Ravel: Piano Concerto in G major.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 31 in D major, K. 297/300a, “Paris”
[Thursday, March 19, 7:00 pm: Prairie Performances with Mel Miller (PP 26-12)]
Friday, March 20, 7:00 pm: Heifetz On Air [154 (02)]
Life’s Piano
Florence Price: Piano Quintet in A minor: III. Juba
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Deep River, Op. 59, No. 10 from 24 Negro Spirituals
Dvořák: String Quartet No. 12 in F, Op. 96 "American:"- I. Allegro non troppo; II. Lento
Respighi: Italiana fr. Ancient Airs & Dances [excerpt]
Florence Price: Piano Sonata in E minor (1932) - II. Andante
Adolphus Hailstork: String Quartet No. 2, “Variations on Swing Low Sweet Chariot”
