The Evening Concert on Illinois Classical
ILLINOIS CLASSICAL: The Evening Concert: OCT. 11 – 12 – 13 – 14 – 15 – 16, 2026
Sunday, October 11, 6:00 pm: Chamber Mus. Soc. of Lincoln Center (CMS 27-04)
From the Movie Screen to the Concert Hall
Nino Rota: Trio for Flute, Violin, and Piano
Sooyun Kim, Flute; Angelo Xiang Yu, Violin; Lise de la Salle, Piano
Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Suite for Piano Left Hand, Two Violins, and Cello, Op. 23
Danbi Um, Violin I; Sean Lee, Violin II; Mihai Marica, Cello; Wu Qian, Piano
Sunday, October 11, 7:00 pm: Fiesta! With Elbio Barilari (FST 26-29) Sonic Chemistry
Elbio Barilari picks a series of pieces with a particular sonic chemistry, including music by Cuban Paquito D’Rivera, Brazilians Radames Gnattalli and Heitor Villa-Lobos and Mexican Federico Ibarra.
(contact trauth@illinois.edu for details).
Monday, October 12, 7:00 pm: The New York Philharmonic (NYP 27-04)
Dudamel Conducts Beethoven and Corigliano (rec. live Sep. 18-21, 2025)
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 5 -and- CORIGLIANO: Symphony No. 1
Tuesday, October 13, 7:00 pm: Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO 26-42)
Musicians of the Orchestra (repeat of CSO 24-49 CSO 25-34)
Benjamin Britten: The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34. Seiji Ozawa, conductor
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Tuba Concerto in F Minor. Arnold Jacobs, tuba. Daniel Barenboim, conductor
Jules Massenet: Meditation from Thaïs. Steven Staryk, violin; Jean Martinon, conductor
Robert Schumann: Konzertstück for Four Horns in F Major, Op. 86. Dale Clevenger, Richard Oldberg, Thomas Howell, and Norman Schweikert, horns; Daniel Barenboim, conductor
Claude Debussy: Prelude to The Afternoon of a Faun. Donald Peck, flute; Sir Georg Solti, conductor
Richard Strauss: Don Quixote, Op. 35; Samuel Magad, violin; Charles Pikler, viola; John Sharp, cello
Daniel Barenboim, conductor
Wed., October 14,7:00 pm: WFMT Orchestra Series: Los Angeles Philharmonic (LAP 26-02)
Dudamel conducts John Adams and Igor Stravinsky (rec. live October 2, 4, and 5, 2025)
This program contains an extended interview excerpt from 2013.
John Adams: Frenzy: a short symphony (US premiere)
Igor Stravinsky: The Firebird Suite (1919 version) -and- Igor Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring
[LAP fill: Leonard Bernstein: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story. Los Angeles Philharmonic/Leonard Bernstein, conductor]
[Thursday, October 15, 7:00 pm: Prairie Performances with Mel Miller (PP 26-42)]
Friday, October 16, 7:00 pm: Heifetz On Air [179 (131) (46)]
Fantasies and Fairy Tales (repeat of 1/2/2026)
Traditional, arr. Nigel Armstrong: Fantasy on Oh Shenandoah
Pablo de Sarasate: Fantasy on Mozart's Magic Flute, Op. 54
Beethoven: “Archduke” Trio in B-flat, Op. 97: III. Andante Cantabile
Robert Schumann: Märchenbilder (Fairy Tale Pictures), Op.113: Nicht schnell. Moderato Lebhaft, vivo
Bruch: Scottish Fantasy, op. 46: III. Andante Sostenuto.
Robert Schumann: Fantasy Pieces, Op. 73: I. Zart und mit Ausdruck (Tender and with expression)
Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel (1805 - 1847): Piano Trio in D minor, Op. 11: III. Lied
Leoš Janáček: Pohádka (Fairy Tale)
