Tonight at 7:00 on the Evening Concert on FM 90.9 it’s the “Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcast”. It’s an all-John Williams program with the composer conducting music from his movie scores. You’ll hear music from the scores to “Star Wars”, “E.T”., “Jaws”, and “Raiders of the Lost Ark”, among others.

Tonight at 7:00 on the Evening Concert on FM 90.9 it’s the “Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcast”. You’ll hear Bernstein’s “Symphonic Dances from “West Side Story””,  Gershwin’s “Cuban Overture” , Ives’ “The Unanswered Question”  and selections from John Williams’ score to the movie “Lincoln”.  The program differs from the one listed in Patterns Magazine.

The man known for his film music returns to conduct the CSO in his music for films like Star Wars, E.T., Jaws, and more.

On The 21st: We talk to Kate Masur about the 1942 President Abraham Lincoln memoir, They Knew Lincoln, that has just been reprinted. We also begin our series of gubernatorial candidate interviews with J.B. Pritzker. 

On this encore edition of the 21st: We revisit our conversation from last February, when Illinois celebrated President Abraham Lincoln’s 208th birthday. We talked to people who have made it their life’s work to present Abraham Lincoln in classrooms, at libraries, on stage, even at birthday parties. Plus, we spoke with food historian Rae Eighmey about her book, “Abraham Lincoln in the Kitchen: A Culinary View of Lincoln’s Life and Times.”