The Evening Concert on Illinois Classical
ILLINOIS CLASSICAL: The Evening Concert: JULY 5 – 6 – 7 – 8 – 9 – 10, 2026
Sunday, July 5, 6:00 pm: Chamber Mus. Soc. of Lincoln Center (CMS 26-42)
New and Old, But Always Timeless
Patrick Castillo (b. 1979 USA): Incident for Violin and Piano. Alexander Sitkovetsky, Violin; Wu Qian, Piano
Ludwig van Beethoven: Septet in E-flat major for Winds and Strings, Op. 20. Adam Barnett-Hart, Violin;
Pierre Lapointe, Viola; Brook Speltz, Cello; Edgar Meyer, Double Bass; David Shifrin, Clarinet; Bram van Sambeek, Bassoon; Radovan Vlatkovic, Horn
Sunday, July 5, 7:00 pm: Fiesta! With Elbio Barilari (FST 26-15)
Guitar, Piano and Orchestral Music from Colombia
We’ll hear a selection of Colombian music by composer and guitar virtuoso Gentil Montaña and by living composers Amparo Ángel, one of the most prominent women composers on the continent, and by 102-year-old composer Luis Carlos Figueroa. (contact trauth@illinois.edu for details).
Monday, July 6, 7:00 pm: The New York Philharmonic (NYP 26-42) (Repeat of NYP 25-38)
All-American Program
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
IVES: Holidays Symphony (rec. 1966/7?) [no CD or digital files (re-issued CBS Masterworks Vinyl LP Album Remastered, 1984 MP 39556)]
BLITZSTEIN: Airborne Symphony. Orson Welles, narrator; Andrea Velis, tenor; David Watson, baritone;
Choral Arts Society (rec. 1966) [Sony Classical CD 88697683652-9]
Tuesday, July 7, 7:00 pm: Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO 26-28) (Repeat of CSO 25-32)
Barenboim Conducts Bruckner 4
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio espagnol, Op. 34. (Deutsche Grammophon LP 2536 379, rel. 1977)
Peter I. Tchaikovsky: Francesca da Rimini, Op. 32. (Deutsche Grammophon LP 2532 069, iss. 1983)
Anton Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 in E-flat Major (Romantic). (Deutsche Grammophon CD 469 642-2)
Wednesday, July 8, 7:00 pm: European Broadcasting Union (EBU 26-01) (New series)
Berlin Philharmonic: Paavo Järvi conducts Ravel and Rott (Philharmonie, Berlin, February 2026)
ORCHESTRA: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / CONDUCTOR: Paavo Järvi
Maurice Ravel: Piano Concerto in G. Lang Lang, piano
Claude Debussy: Clair de lune, from Suite bergamasque (encore) Lang Lang, piano
Hans Rott (1858-1884): Symphony No. 1 in E
[EBU fill: Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 2. Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Daniel Barenboim, conductor
Schubert: Symphonies No. 2 & 8. CBS MK-39676]
[Thursday, July 9, 7:00 pm: Prairie Performances with Mel Miller (PP 26-28)]
Friday, July 10, 7:00 pm: Heifetz On Air [142 (R26)] Heifetz in Harrisonburg
Eugène Ysaÿe: Sonata for Solo Cello, Op. 28: II. Intermezzo. Polo allegretto e grazioso.
Carson Ling-Efrid, cello
Franz Joseph Haydn: Cello Concerto No. 1 in C Major: III. Allegro molto
Nicholas Wong, cello; Sheng-Yuan Kuan, piano
Johannes Brahms: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77: II. Adagio
Runa Matsushita, violin; Rohan De Silva, piano
Dmitri Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 3 in F Major, Op. 73: II. Moderato con moto and III. Allegro non troppo. Merrimack Quartet
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Cello Sonata in D minor, Op. 19. III. Andante. Prestin Kim, cello; Seonmi Lee, piano
Maurice Ravel: Tzigane. Haesung Nam, violin; Beilin Han, piano
