The Evening Concert on Illinois Classical
ILLINOIS CLASSICAL: The Evening Concert: AUGUST 9 – 10 – 11 – 12 – 13 – 14, 2026
Sunday, August 9, 6:00 pm: Chamber Mus. Soc. of Lincoln Center (CMS 26-47) Early Works
Frank Bridge: Novelletten for String Quartet. Shanghai Quartet
György Ligeti: Sonata for Solo Cello. Dmitri Atapine, Cello
Felix Mendelssohn: Quartet in C minor for Piano, Violin, Viola, and Cello, Op. 1
Wu Qian, Piano; Chad Hoopes, Violin; Paul Neubauer, Viola; Gary Hoffman, Cello
Sunday, August 9, 7:00 pm: Fiesta! With Elbio Barilari (FST 26-20) The Turinas: A Family Affair
The well-known Spanish composer Joaquín Turina is also the grandfather of another fine musician, the living composer José Luis Turina. “Fiesta” presents a selection of music coming from these two generations of the Turina family. (contact trauth@illinois.edu for details).
Monday, August 10, 7:00 pm: The New York Philharmonic (NYP 26-47) Lenny’s Playlist, Part II
NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC: Four Improvisations for Orchestra
MOZART: Overture to The Magic Flute, K. 620
COPLAND: Concerto for Clarinet, Strings, Harp & Piano. Stanley Drucker, clarinet
MAHLER: Adagietto from Symphony No. 5
BARBER: Second Essay for Orchestra
SHCHEDRIN: Mischievous Folk Ditties
BERNSTEIN: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story. Alan Gilbert, conductor
BEETHOVEN: Gloria from Missa solemnis. Eileen Farrell, soprano; Shirley Verrett, mezzo-soprano;
Jon Vickers, tenor; Donald Bell, baritone; Schola Cantorum/Hugh Ross, director
COPLAND: Fanfare for the Common Man BERNSTEIN: Overture to Candide
Tuesday, August 11, 7:00 pm: Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO 26-33)
Ozawa Conducts Beethoven and Bartók (The program differs from the one listed in Patterns Magazine)
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67
Alexander Borodin: Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor
Arnold Schoenberg: Piano Concerto. Peter Serkin, piano
Béla Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra
Wednesday, August 12,7:00 pm: European Broadcasting Union (EBU 26-06)
Budapest Festival Orchestra | Iván Fischer: Prokofiev, Mozart, Schumann
ORCHESTRA: Budapest Festival Orchestra / CONDUCTOR: Iván Fischer
(Max Littmann Hall, Bad Kissingen, June 2026)
Serge Prokofiev: Overture on Hebrew Themes, Op. 34
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor, K. 491. Elisabeth Leonskaja, piano
Robert Schumann: Symphony No. 3 in E-flat, Op. 97 ("Rhenish")
[Thursday, August 13, 7:00 pm: Prairie Performances with Mel Miller (PP 26-33)]
Friday, August 14, 7:00 pm: Heifetz On Air [171 (73)] Stars of Tomorrow
J.S. Bach: Violin Sonata No. 2 in A minor, BWV 1003 II. Andante
Fritz Kreisler: Praeludium & Allegro
Henri Vieuxtemps: Capriccio in C minor, Op. 55, (“Hommage à Paganini”)
Franz Schubert: Notturno in E-flat Major, D. 897 [excerpt]
Schumann: Märchenbilder, Op. 113: I. Nicht shnell; II. Lebhaft
Luigi Boccherini: Cello Sonata in C major, G. 17: I. Allegro
Saint-Saens: Havanaise, Op. 83 Maurice Ravel: Tzigane, M. 76
