Tonight at 7:00 on the Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s the “Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcast”. Music Director Riccardo Muti leads the group in Mendelssohn’s “Italian” Symphony, Respighi’s “Feste romane”, Martucci’s “Notturno” and Dvorak’s ‘5th Symphony’.

Tonight at 7:00 on the Evening Concert on FM 90.9 it’s the “Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcast”. You’ll hear Mendelssohn’s “4th Symphony in A Major, the Italian Symphony” and Dvorak’s “5th Symphony in F Major” and Also on the program Respighi’s “Feste romane” and Martucci’s Notturno.

Beethoven's 7th Symphony dates from 1811-12. It is noted by contemporaries that Beethoven is said to have remarked (paraphrased) that it was one of his best works.[It is!]

In keeping with his desire to have the orchestra perform more less-often-heard works, Maestro Muti has music by Catalani and Martucci on the program.