The Evening Concert on Illinois Classical

ILLINOIS CLASSICAL: The Evening Concert: JUNE 7 – 8 – 9 – 10 – 11 – 12, 2026 

 

Sunday, June 7, 6:00 pm: Chamber Mus. Soc. of Lincoln Center (CMS 26-38) Foreign Flavors

Anton Rubinstein: Romance from Soirées à Saint-Pétersbourg for Piano, Op. 44, No. 1

Chad Hoopes, Violin; Gilbert Kalish, Piano

Manuel de Falla: Suite populaire espagnole for Violin and Piano

Chad Hoopes, Violin; Juho Pohjonen, Piano

Ernest Chausson: Chanson perpétuelle for Soprano and Piano Quintet, Op. 37

Joélle Harvey, Soprano; Gilbert Kalish, Piano; Francisco Fullana, Violin I; Ani Kavafian, Violin II; 

Che-Yen Chen, Viola; Dmitri Atapine, Cello

Camille Saint-Saëns: Trio No. 1 in F major for Piano, Violin, and Cello, Op. 18

Wu Han, Piano; Paul Huang, Violin; Clive Greensmith, Cello

 

Sunday, June 7, 7:00 pm: Fiesta! With Elbio Barilari (FST 26-11) 

Romantic Music from Argentina and Brazil

The Romantic period marked and explosion of creativity within Latin American music. Romanticism in Latin American lasted well into the 20th century, much longer than in Europe and the US. Fiesta presents compositions by two giants of this time, the Argentine Alberto Williams and the Brazilian Henrique Oswald. 

(contact trauth@illinois.edu for details).

 

Monday, Jun 8, 7:00 pm: The New York Philharmonic (NYP 26-38) 

BORODIN: Symphony No. 2 in B minor. Dimitri Mitropoulos, conductor

SAINT-SAËNS: Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor. Leonard Rose, cello; Dimitri Mitropoulos, conductor

KODÁLY: Dances of Galánta. Lorin Maazel, conductor

DVOŘÁK: Symphony No. 7 in D minor. Lorin Maazel, conductor

 

Tuesday, Jun 9, 7:00 pm: Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO 26-24) Celebrating Frederick Stock (Repeat of CSO 22-46) (All selections are from previously issued commercially available recordings)

Felix Mendelssohn: Wedding March from A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61. Frederick Stock conductor

Béla Bartók: Piano Concerto No. 2. Maurizio Pollini piano; Claudio Abbado conductor

Edward Elgar: Violin Concerto in B Minor, Op. 61. Itzhak Perlman violin; Daniel Barenboim conductor

Alexander Scriabin: Prometheus, Op. 60. Anatol Ugorski piano; Chicago Symphony Chorus/Duain Wolfe director; Pierre Boulez conductor

Niccolò Paganini (arr. Stock): Moto perpetuo, Op. 11. Frederick Stock conductor

 

Wednesday, Jun 10, 7:00 pm: San Francisco Symphony (SFS 26-10) 

Giancarlo Guerrero Conducts Pines of Rome (Live Recording, May 2-3, 2025)

Kaija Saariaho: Asteroid 4179: Toutatis … … … … … Igor Stravinsky: Petrushka (1947 version)

Ottorino Respighi: Fountains of Rome and Pines of Rome

[fill: Bernstein: Symphonic Dances from 'West Side Story'. SFS; MTT, conductor Arch. Recording, 9-19-08] 

 

[Thursday, Jun 11, 7:00 pm: Prairie Performances with Mel Miller (PP 26-24)]

 

Friday, Jun 12, 7:00 pm: Heifetz On Air [126 (39)] Fridays in the Gallery

Bach: Cello Suite No. 4 in E-flat Major, BWV 1010: I. Prelude 
Debussy: String Quartet in G minor, Op. 10: I. Animé et très décidé 
Bach: Sonata No. 2 in A minor, BWV 1003: IV. Allegro 
Krzysztof Penderecki: Suite: VI. Aria 
Renee Esmail: Darshan, Partita for Solo Violin: IIII. Charukeshi 
Bach: Cello Suite No. 3 in C major, BWV 1009: V. Bourrées I & II 
Philip Glass: String Quartet No. 5: V. (Untitled) 
Prokofiev: String Quartet No. 2 in F Major, Op. 92: I. Allegro sostenuto