The Evening Concert on Illinois Classical
ILLINOIS CLASSICAL: The Evening Concert: FEBRUARY 22 – 23 –24 – 25 – 26 – 27, 2026
Sunday, February 22, 6:00 pm: Chamber Mus. Soc. of Lincoln Center (CMS 26-23) Great Duos
Franz Schubert: Der Tod und das Mädchen (Death and the Maiden) for Voice and Piano, D. 531
Nikolay Borchev, baritone; Wu Qian, piano
Ernest Bloch: Suite hébraïque for Viola and Piano. Matthew Lipman, viola; Henry Kramer, piano
Sergei Prokofiev: Sonata in C major for Two Violins, Op. 56.
Arnaud Sussmann, violin I; Alexander Sitkovetsky, violin II
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Souvenir d’un lieu cher for Violin and Piano, Op. 42
Alexander Sitkovetsky, violin; Wu Han, piano
Sunday, February 22, 7:00 pm: Fiesta! With Elbio Barilari (FST 25-48) Hidden Gems of Camargo Guarnieri: Mozart Camargo Guarnieri spent most of his career under the shadow of his name and of fellow Brazilian composer, Heitor Villa-Lobos. Like Villa-Lobos, Guarnieri brought the music of Brazil to the concert stage through symphonies, operas, dance music and song. After all, with a name like Mozart what else could you be but a composer? (contact trauth@illinois.edu for details).
Monday, February 23, 7:00 pm: The New York Philharmonic (NYP 26-23) Bernstein Conducts Bernstein (Repeat): BERNSTEIN: Chichester Psalms (World Premiere performance)
John Bogart, boy alto; Camerata Singers, dir. Abraham Kaplan
BERNSTEIN: Kaddish, Symphony No.3.
John Bogart, boy alto; Felicia Montealegre, speaker; Jennie Tourel, mezzo-soprano
Camerata Singers, dir. Abraham Kaplan; Columbus Boychoir, dir. Donald Bryant
BERNSTEIN: Suites 1 and 2 from the Dybbuk. Paul Sperry, tenor; Bruce Fifer, bass-baritone (Suite 1)
Tuesday, February 24, 7:00 pm: Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO 26-09)
Mäkelä and Trifinov (rec. April 2025)
[CSO fill: Antonín Dvořák: Carnival Overture, Op.92. Fritz Reiner, conductor. 1956 (RCA)]
[CSO fill: Maurice Ravel: Pavane for a Dead Princess. Fritz Reiner, conductor. 1957 (RCA)]
Johannes Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat Major, Op. 83. Daniil Trifinov, piano
Pyotr Tchaikovsky arr. Pletnev: Vision from The Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66. Daniil Trifinov, piano
Pierre Boulez: Initiale for Brass Septet.
Antonín Dvořák: Symphony No. 7 in D Minor, Op. 70
Wednesday, February 25,7:00 pm: European Broadcasting Union (EBU 25-17)
Berlin Philharmonic: Kirill Petrenko Conducts Scriabin and Brahms
THE PROGRAM DIFFERS FROM THE ONE LISTED IN PATTERNS MAGAZINE
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Kirill Petrenko, conductor
Johannes Brahms: Violin Concerto in D, op. 77. Janine Jansen, violin
Alexander Scriabin: Symphony No. 3 in C minor, op. 43 ('The Divine Poem')
[Thursday, February 26,7:00 pm: Prairie Performances with Mel Miller (PP 26-09)]
Friday, February 27, 7:00 pm: Heifetz On Air [149]
The Beethoven Experience & Sibelius Sensation
Jean Sibelius: Romance, Op. 78, No. 2; Berceuse, Op. 79, No. 6
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Trio in D major, Op. 70 No. 1 “Ghost”: I. Allegro vivace e con brio
Sibelius: Waltzes, Op. 81 No. 3 [excerpt]
Sibelius: String Quartet “Voces Intimae,” Op. 56: III. Adagio di molto
Beethoven: String Quartet No. 13 in B-flat, Op. 130: V. Cavatina: Allegro Molto Espressivo
Sibelius: String Quartet “Voces Intimae,” Op. 56: V. Allegro ma pesante
Beethoven: Cello Sonata No. 5 in D Major, Op. 102, No. 2: I. Allegro con brio [excerpt]
Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47: I. Allegro moderato
