Tuesday night May 9 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL-FM 90.9 it’s the “Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcast”. Anna Rakitina makes her CSO conducting debut. You’ll hear Tchaikovsky’s “Capriccio Italien” and selections from “The Nutcracker” as well as the “Roccoco Variations” with cello soloist Alicia Weilerstein.

Tonight at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s “This Week from China’s National Centre for the Performing Arts”. Li-Wei Qin (Chin) is the cello soloist in Tchaikovsky’s “Rococo Variations”.  Also on program Dvorak’s “New World” Symphony.

Tonight at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s the “Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra”. Cellist Anne Martindale Williams is the soloist in Tchaikovsky’s “Rococo Variations”.  Sir Mark Elder guest conducts.  Also on the Strauss’ “Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks” and Elgar’s “1st Symphony”.  

When you tune in, the compositions coming to your ears will be "Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks", a "1st Symphony", and a work for cello and orchestra by Tchaikovsky.