The Evening Concert on Illinois Classical
ILLINOIS CLASSICAL: The Evening Concert: MARCH 1 – 2 –3 – 4 – 5 – 6, 2026
Sunday, March 1, 6:00 pm: Chamber Mus. Soc. of Lincoln Center (CMS 26-24)
German Fantasy
R. Schumann: Fantasiestücke (Fantasy Pieces) for Clarinet (or Cello) and Piano, Op. 73
Ricardo Morales, clarinet; Orion Weiss, piano
Brahms: Quintet in F minor for Piano, Two Violins, Viola, and Cello, Op. 34. Anna Geniushene, piano; Adam Barnett-Hart, violin I; Brendan Speltz, violin II; Pierre Lapointe, viola; Brook Speltz, cello
Sunday, March 1, 7:00 pm: Fiesta! With Elbio Barilari (FST 25-49)
18th Century Composers from Spain & Portugal
Fiesta introduces rarely heard pieces by Spanish and Portuguese composers from the Baroque and early Classical periods including Manuel Canales, Vicente Baset, and Joao de Souza Carvalho. (contact trauth@illinois.edu for details).
Monday, March 2, 7:00 pm: The New York Philharmonic (NYP 26-24)
Invitation to the Dance
George BENJAMIN: Dance Figures: Nine Choreographic Scenes for Orchestra (2004)
DEBUSSY: Prélude à l’après‐midi d’un faune (Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun)
GINASTERA: Dance Suite from Estancia, Op. 8bis
[NYP fill: Stravinsky: The Fairy’s Kiss, and Tchaikovsky: Selections from Swan Lake. NYP/Alan Gilbert]
Tuesday, March 3, 7:00 pm: Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO 26-10)
Shani and Rana (rec. Feb. 2023) (Repeat of CSO 23-30 and 24-26)
Sergei Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1 in D Major (Classical)
Sergei Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini. Beatrice Rana, piano
Encore: Pyotr Tchaikovsky: Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy from The Nutcracker, Op. 71 (for piano four hands)
Beatrice Rana and Lahav Shani, piano
Sergei Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances, Op. 45
[CSO fill: Richard Wagner: The Ride of the Valkyries from Die Walküre; Forest Murmurs from Siegfried;
Siegfried’s Death and Funeral March from Götterdämmerung. Daniel Barenboim conductor 1991 (Erato)]
Wednesday, March 4, 7:00 pm: European Broadcasting Union (EBU 25-18)
Munich Radio Orchestra, Nicholas Carter, Britten, Barber, and Vaughan Williams
Munich Radio Orchestra/Nicholas Carter, conductor
Benjamin Britten: Four Sea Interludes, from 'Peter Grimes
Samuel Barber: Knoxville: Summer of 1915. Verity Wingate, soprano
Samuel Barber: Death of Cleopatra, from 'Antony and Cleopatra'. Verity Wingate, soprano
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 5 in D major
[Thursday, March 5, 7:00 pm: Prairie Performances with Mel Miller (PP 26-10)]
Friday, March 6, 7:00 pm: Heifetz On Air [150]
Winter Treasures
Saint-Saëns, arr. Nicholas Kitchen: The Swan, fr. Carnival of the Animals
Mendelssohn: String Quartet No. 4 in E minor, Op. 44, No. 2: II. Scherzo
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, arr. Lucas Buterbaugh: Valse-Scherzo, Op. 34
Mozart: String Quintet in C Major, K. 515: IV. Allegro
Bach: Violin Sonata No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1005: III. Largo & IV. Allegro assai
George Gershwin, arr. L. Buterbaugh: Lullaby for Strings
Maurice Ravel, arr. E. Fine & L. Buterbaugh: Kaddish
Ralph Vaughan Williams, arr. N. Sabat: Suite for Viola & Small Orchestra: II. Carol & III. Christmas Dance
