The Evening Concert on Illinois Classical
ILLINOIS CLASSICAL: The Evening Concert: MARCH 15 – 16 –17 – 18 – 19 – 20, 2026
Sunday, March 22, 6:00 pm: Chamber Mus. Soc. of Lincoln Center (CMS 26-27)
From Paris
Lili Boulanger: Trois Morceaux for Piano. Wu Han, piano
Jean Françaix: L’heure du berger for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn, and Piano
Tara Helen O’Connor, flute; Stephen Taylor, oboe; Sebastian Manz, clarinet; Peter Kolkay, bassoon;
Radovan Vlatkovic, horn; Michael Stephen Brown, piano;
Igor Stravinsky: Petrushka for Piano, Four Hands. Lucille Chung, piano I; Alessio Bax, piano II
Sunday, March 22, 7:00 pm: Fiesta! With Elbio Barilari (FST 25-52)
Baroque Music from Mexico, Perú & Brazil
The music written and performed in Latin America during the Colonial period (16th to early 19th centuries) has become more popular in recent years. Before those treasures were rediscovered, several composers from the region showed interest in exploring the strong connections between Spanish music from the past and Latin American music. It is also expressed in the multiple similarities with early and baroque music one can find in Latin American folk music. (contact trauth@illinois.edu for details).
Monday, March 23, 7:00 pm: The New York Philharmonic (NYP 26-27) (re. 2011)
Bernand Haitink, conductor
HAYDN: Symphony No. 96, Miracle
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 7
[NYP fill: HERRMANN: The Devil and Daniel Webster Suite. NYP; Leopold Stokowski, conductor]
Tuesday, March 24, 7:00 pm: Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO 26-13)
Muti & Batallán (rec. June 2025)
Georg Philipp Telemann: Trumpet Concerto in D Major, TWV 41: D7. Esteban Batallán, trumpet
[CSO fill: Sergei Prokofiev: Lieutenant Kijé Suite, Op. 60. Fritz Reiner conductor. 1957 (RCA)]
Michael Haydn: Concerto for Trumpet in D Major, MH 104. Esteban Batallán, trumpet
Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 4 in C Minor, D. 417 (Tragic)
[CSO fill: Richard Strauss: Der Bürger als Edelmann, Op. 60. Fritz Reiner conductor. 1956 (RCA)]
Wednesday, March 25, 7:00 pm: European Broadcasting Union (EBU 25-21)
Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra
Maxim Emelyanychev. harpsichord/director
Francis Poulenc: Concert champêtre
Igor Stravinsky: Pulcinella, Suite
Jean-Baptiste Lully: Suite from 'Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme'
Jean-Philippe Rameau: Suite from 'Les Indes galantes'
[Thursday, March 26, 7:00 pm: Prairie Performances with Mel Miller (PP 26-13)]
Friday, March 27, 7:00 pm: Heifetz On Air [155 (110)]
The Romantic Generation
Niccolò Paganini: Andante Cantabile
R. Schumann: Fantasy Pieces, Op. 73. I. Zart und mit Ausdruck; II. Lebhaft, Leicht; III. Rasch und mit Feuer
Franz Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 [excerpt]
Fryderyk Chopin: Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 65: Allegro moderato
Paganini, arr. Fritz Kreisler: La Campanella, Op. 6
Mendelssohn: Song Without Words, Op. 109 [excerpt]
Mendelssohn: String Quintet No. 2 in B-flat Major, Op. 87: IV. Allegro molto vivace
