The Evening Concert on Illinois Classical
ILLINOIS CLASSICAL: The Evening Concert: JUNE 14 – 15 – 16 – 17 – 18 – 19, 2026
Sunday, June 14, 6:00 pm: Chamber Mus. Soc. of Lincoln Center (CMS 26-39)
Visions of a Better World
Olivier Messiaen: Visions de l’Amen for Two Pianos. Michael Brown, Piano I; Orion Weiss, Piano II
Felix Mendelssohn: Lied ohne Worte in E major for Piano, Op. 19b, No. 1. Anne-Marie McDermott, Piano
Sunday, June 14, 7:00 pm: Fiesta! With Elbio Barilari (FST 26-12)
Chamber Tango
Tango was born around 1880 in Buenos Aires and Montevideo as dance music, but by the 1940ʼs it was introduced to the concert hall. Since then, tango has inspired many composers to write concert music for this globally popular dance. We will feature some of the masters of tango including Astor Piazzolla, Luis Pasquet, and Aníbal Troilo. (contact trauth@illinois.edu for details).
Monday, Jun 15, 7:00 pm: The New York Philharmonic (NYP 26-39) (Repeat of NYP 23-04)
Jaap van Zweden, conductor (recorded January 24, 25, and 26, 2019 at David Geffen Hall)
Julia WOLFE: Fire in my mouth. Women of The Crossing (Donald Nally, director – DMA UIUC, 1995)
The Young People’s Chorus of New York (Francisco Núñez, director)
Dmitri SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 8
Tuesday, Jun 16, 7:00 pm: Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO 26-25)
Boulez Conducts Mahler, Bartók & Stravinsky (Repeat of CSO 24-48)
(All selections from previously released commercially available recordings).
Gustav Mahler: Totenfeier [1996 (Deutsche Grammophon)]
Béla Bartók: Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta [1994 (Deutsche Grammophon)]
Igor Stravinsky: The Firebird [1992 (Deutsche Grammophon)]
Wednesday, Jun 17, 7:00 pm: San Francisco Symphony (SFS 26-11)
Salonen Conducts The Firebird (Live Recording, May 23-25, 2025)
ORCHESTRA: San Francisco Symphony
CONDUCTOR: Esa-Pekka Salonen
Magnus Lindberg: Chorale
Alban Berg: Violin Concerto. Isabelle Faust, violin
Igor Stravinsky: The Firebird
[SFS fill: Mozart: Symphony No. 34. San Francisco Symphony; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
Archival recording, September 26, 2007]
[Thursday, Jun 18, 7:00 pm: Prairie Performances with Mel Miller (PP 26-25)]
Friday, Jun 19, 7:00 pm: Heifetz On Air [162]
Bach Around the Clock (Program info in Patterns is incorrect; error by VT)
J.S. Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 3 in G Major, BWV 1068: II. Air
Bach: Gamba Sonata No. 1 in G major, BWV 1027: I. Adagio; II. Allegro ma non tanto
Bach: Violin Sonata No. 3 in C major, BWV 1005: III. Largo
Bach: Sonata in G minor, BWV 1030b: I. Andante [abridged]
Bach: French Suite No. 3 in B minor, BWV 814: I. Allemande
Bach: French Suite No. 5 in G major, BWV 816: IV. Gavotte V. Bourrée
Bach: French Suite No. 5 in G major, BWV 816: II. Sarabande [excerpt]
Bach: Cantata BWV 140, "Wachet Auf, ruft uns die Stimme" (Sleepers Awake)
