The Evening Concert on Illinois Classical
ILLINOIS CLASSICAL: The Evening Concert: MAY 10 – 11 – 12 – 13 – 14 – 15, 2026
Sunday, May 10, 6:00 pm: Chamber Mus. Soc. of Lincoln Center (CMS 26-34)
Variations
Edvard Grieg: Sonata in A minor for Cello and Piano, Op. 36. Jakob Koranyi, Cello; Juho Pohjonen, Piano
Béla Bartók; Quartet No. 2 for Strings, BB 75, Op. 17. Schumann Quartet
Sunday, May 10, 7:00 pm: Fiesta! With Elbio Barilari (FST 26-07)
Transatlantic Music
Since the European expansion into the Western Hemisphere, Latin American and European music have experimented in a cross-pollination. On this program, we’ll listen to Latin American composers that had successful careers in Europe and from European composers that migrated to Latin America to make a name for themselves. (contact trauth@illinois.edu for details).
Monday, May 11, 7:00 pm: The New York Philharmonic (NYP 26-34)
An All-Sibelius Program
SIBELIUS: Finlandia. Zubin Mehta, conductor
SIBELIUS: Pohjola’s Daughter. Leonard Bernstein, conductor
SIBELIUS: Violin Concerto in D minor. Zino Francescatti, violin; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
SIBELIUS: Pelleas & Mélisande: II: Mélisande. Sir Thomas Beecham
SIBELIUS Symphony No. 2 in D major. Lorin Maazel, conductor
Tuesday, May 12, 7:00 pm: Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO 26-20)
Jakub Hrůša Conducts Shostakovich 11 (from March 2025)
[CSO fill: Édouard Lalo: Overture to Le Roi d'Ys. Jean Martinon conductor; 1967 (RCA)]
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 1 in F-sharp Minor, Op. 1. Simon Trpčeski piano
Traditional Macedonian Folk Song (trans. Buzarovski) (Encore). Simon Trpčeski piano
Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No. 11 in G Minor, Op. 103, The Year 1905
Wednesday, May 13, 7:00 pm: San Francisco Symphony (SFS 26-06)
Blomstedt Conducts Schubert & Brahms (Live Recording January 30, 2025)
ORCHESTRA: San Francisco Symphony / CONDUCTOR: Herbert Blomstedt
Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major, D.485
Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Opus 68
[SFS fill: Stravinsky: Symphony in Three Movements. SFS/David Robertson, c. Archival Recording 11/6/03]
[Thursday, May 14, 7:00 pm: Prairie Performances with Mel Miller (PP 26-20)]
Friday, May 15, 7:00 pm: Heifetz On Air [121]
Play It Forward, Again
J.S. Bach: Violin Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004: Allemande
Trad, arr. Shane Cook: Hangman’s Reel
Prokofiev, arr. Vadim Borisovsky: Suite from Romeo & Juliet, Op. 64: Introduction; V. Dance of the Knights
Antonín Dvořák: Bagatelles, Op. 47: III. Allegretto scherzando [excerpt]
Shostakovich: Cello Sonata in D minor, Op. 40: Allegro non troppo
Florence Price: Piano Sonata in E minor II. Andante [excerpt]
Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 3 in F Major, Op. 73: I. Allegretto; II. Moderato con moto; III. Allegro non troppo.
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, arr. Maud Powell; arr. Paul Neubauer: Deep River, fr. 24 Negro Melodies, op. 59
