Monday night January 6 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL 90.9 FMHD1 it’s “The New York Philharmonic This Week”. You’ll hear Copland’s “Suite from Appalachian Spring” and Gershwin’s “An American in Paris”. Also on the program Thomas Hampson sings selections from Copland’s “Old American Songs”.

Sunday night February 5 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL-FM 90.9 you’ll hear selections from George Crumb’s American Songbook. He earned his Master of Music from the University of Illinois in 1952.  At 8:00 you’ll hear “Great Brazilian Pianist” on “Fiesta”.

Monday night January 9 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s “The New York Philharmonic This Week” with “An All-American New Year’s Program”. Thomas Hampson sings selections from Copland’s “Old American Songs” and standards by Cole Porter.

Also on the program other "Americana": "Appalachian Spring" and "An American in Paris".

Bramwell Tovey guest conducts music by Elgar, Ives and others.