The Evening Concert

Classic Mornings

7-9 PM Monday-Thursday & Sunday

Great performances from the great concert venues, 7 to 9 pm Monday thru Thursday, and Sunday, on WILL-FM.

Tchaikovsky
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WFMT Orchestra Series: San Francisco Symphony

Wednesday night May 8 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL-FM 90.9 it’s the San Francisco Symphony. You’ll hear Tchaikovsky’s “2nd Symphony” and Elizabeth Ogonek’s “Moondog”. Elim Chan guest conducts. Also on the program Prokofiev’s “2nd Violin Concerto” with soloist James Ehnes.

Edvard Grieg
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Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcast

Tuesday night May 7 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL-FM 90.9 it’s the “Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcast”. You’ll hear Grieg’s Piano Concerto with soloist Simon Trpčeski. Xian Zhang (Shen Zhong) guest conducts. Also on the program Prokofiev’s “6th Symphony” and Nokuthula Ngwenyama’s “Primal Message”.

Leoš Janáček:
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The New York Philharmonic This Week

Monday night May 6 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL-FM 90.9 it’s “The New York Philharmonic This Week”. You’ll hear a 2011 recording in which Alan Gilbert conducted a staged production of Janáček's seventh opera, “The Cunning Little Vixen”, a playful, yet poignant, reflection on the cycle of life.

The Sound of 13
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The “Sound of 13” and The Middle

Thursday night May 2 at 7:00 on WILL-FM 90.9 you’ll hear another episode of “The Sound of 13”, a program that investigates the intersection between the 13th Amendment and classical music. At 8:00 it’s “The Middle”: a weekly, non-partisan call-in talk show on politics.  

Bartok
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WFMT Orchestra Series: San Francisco Symphony

Wednesday night May 1 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL-FM 90.9 it’s the San Francisco Symphony led by Music Director Esa-Pekka Salonen. You’ll hear Bartok’s “Suite from ‘The Miraculous Mandarin’” and Bernard Herrmann’s “Psycho:  A Narrative for String Orchestra”.

Smetana
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Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcast

Tuesday night April 30 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL-FM 90.9 it’s the “Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcast”. You’ll hear the complete symphonic poem cycle “Ma Vlast” (My Fatherland) by Bedrich Smetana with guest conductor Jakub Hrůša’s from his CSO debut concert program.

Beethoven
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The New York Philharmonic This Week

Monday night April 29 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL-FM 90.9 it’s “The New York Philharmonic This Week”. You’ll hear an encore presentation of the program that concluded Alan Gilbert’s first season as Music Director of the Philharmonic with the world premiere of Magnus Lindberg’s “Al Largo” followed by Beethoven’s “Missa Solemnis”.

The Sound of 13 logo
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The “Sound of 13” and “The Middle”

Thursday night April 25 at 7:00 on WILL-FM 90.9 you’ll hear another episode of “The Sound of 13”, a program that investigates the intersection between the 13th Amendment and classical music. At 8:00 it’s “The Middle”: a weekly, non-partisan call-in talk show on politics.  

Illinois Arts Council Agency

These programs are partially sponsored by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency.