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.

Verdi
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The Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival

Friday night April 25 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on W-I-L-L 90.9 FMHD1 it’s the “Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival”. You'll hear string quartets by Verdi and Bartok. Broadcasting this program here permits us to collect new recordings for use on future Prairie Performances.

Michael Tilson Thomas
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WFMT Orchestra Series: San Francisco Symphony

Wednesday night April 23 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on W-I-L-L 90.9 FMHD1 it’s the San Francisco Symphony. Music Director Laureate Michael Tilson Thomas conducts the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra and Chorus and vocal soloists Angel Blue, Tamara Mumford, Ben Bliss and Dashon Burton in Beethoven’s “9th Symphony”.

Julian Rachlin
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Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcast

Tuesday night April 22 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on W-I-L-L 90.9 FMHD1 it’s the “Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcast”. Julian Rachlin guest conducts the CSO in Mozart’s “Sinfonia Concertante” and “Linz” Symphony. Also on the program Beethoven’s “Overture to The Creatures of Prometheus”.

Janacek
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The New York Philharmonic This Week

Monday night April 21 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on W-I-L-L 90.9 FMHD1 it’s “The New York Philharmonic This Week”. You’ll hear Janacek’s “Glagolitic Mass”.  Also on the program Alban Berg’s “Violin Concerto” with soloist Pinchas Zukerman, his “Lyric Suite,” and Act III of “Wozzeck”.

Johannes Brahms
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The Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival

Friday night April 18 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on W-I-L-L 90.9 FMHD1 it’s the “Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival”. You'll hear Brahms’ “A Major Violin Sonata” and Mozart’s “Clarinet Quintet”. Broadcasting this program here permits us to collect new recordings for use on future Prairie Performances.

Johannes Brahms
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WFMT Orchestra Series: San Francisco Symphony

Wednesday night April 16 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on W-I-L-L 90.9 FMHD1 it’s the San Francisco Symphony. You’ll hear Brahms’ “Variations on a Theme by Haydn”, Anders Hillborg’s “2nd Piano Concerto” with soloist Emanuel Ax and Beethoven’s “2nd Symphony”. Music Director Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts.

Chicago Symphony Chorus
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Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcast

Tuesday night April 15 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on W-I-L-L 90.9 FMHD1 it’s the “Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcast” with a program focusing on the CSO Chorus. You’ll hear Bruckner’s “Psalm 150”, Bartok’s “Cantata profana” and Brahms’ “A German Requiem”.

Illinois Arts Council Agency

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