The Evening Concert on Illinois Classical
ILLINOIS CLASSICAL: The Evening Concert: OCT. 25 – 26 – 27 – 28 – 29 – 30, 2026
Sunday, October 25, 6:00 pm: Chamber Mus. Soc. of Lincoln Center (CMS 27-06) Haydn & Mendelssohn
Joseph Haydn: Trio in A major for Piano, Violin, and Cello, Hob. XV:18
Wu Han, Piano; Ani Kavafian, Violin; Nicholas Canellakis, Cello
Felix Mendelssohn: Double Concerto in D minor for Violin, Piano, and Strings
Benjamin Beilman, Violin Solo; Wu Han, Piano; Kristin Lee, Violin; Sean Lee, Violin;
Richard O'Neill, Viola; Nicholas Canellakis, Cello; Blake Hinson, Double Bass
Sunday, October 25, 7:00 pm: Fiesta! With Elbio Barilari (FST 26-31)
Two Spanish Women Composers: Rosa García Ascot and Matilde Salvador
Matilde Salvador was brilliant Spanish composer and painter and was one of the leading figures in Valencian art scene. You’ll hear her solo guitar work Homenatge a Mistral as well as some rarely heard pieces by this amazing artist and her fellow country-woman Rosa Garcia Ascot. (contact trauth@illinois.edu for details)
Monday, October 26, 7:00 pm: The New York Philharmonic (NYP 27-06)
Simone Young and Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello (rec. live 11-11-21) (repeat of NYP 25-11 and 26-09)
Simone Young, conductor
J.S. BACH (arr. Webern): Fuga (Ricercata) from “Musical Offering”
DVOŘÁK: Cello Concerto. Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello
LAKNER: Three-Minute Cello Concerto. Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello
BRAHMS: Symphony No. 1 in C minor
Tuesday, October 27, 7:00 pm: Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO 26-44)
Harding Conducts The Planets (repeat of CSO 26-06)
Robert Schumann: Overture to Manfred, Op. 115
Johannes Brahms: Schicksalslied, Op. 54. Chicago Symphony Chorus; Jenny Wong, director
Gustav Holst: The Planets, Op. 32; Chicago Symphony Chorus; Jenny Wong, director
[CSO fill: Igor Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms. Chicago Symphony Chorus; Duain Wolfe, director
Sir Georg Solti, conductor (London 1997)]
Wed., October 28,7:00 pm: WFMT Orchestra Series: Los Angeles Philharmonic (LAP 26-04)
Matthias Pintscher, Ravel, Mozart, and Emmanuel Ax (rec. live November 13, 14, and 16, 2025)
CONDUCTOR: Matthias Pintscher
Maurice Ravel: Mother Goose Suite
Matthias Pintscher: Neharot (LA Phil commission)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 25 in C major, K. 503. Emanuel Ax, piano
Frédéric Chopin: Nocturne No. 7 in C-sharp minor, Op. 27, No. 1 (encore)
Maurice Ravel: La valse
[LAP fill: Rachmaninoff: Pno Cto No. 3: I. Yuja Wang, piano; LAP/Gustavo Dudamel, conductor]
[Thursday, October 29, 7:00 pm: Prairie Performances with Mel Miller (PP 26-44)]
Friday, October 30, 7:00 pm: Heifetz On Air [181 (141) (65)] Bravo Borromeo (repeat of 12/5/2025)
An hour of string quartet performances by the Borromeo Quartet, the Heifetz Institute’s Ensemble in Residence.
Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in F Major, Op. 74, No. 2: I. Allegro spiritoso
Franz Schubert: Quartettsatz in C minor, D. 703
Bela Bartók: String Quartet No. 4, Sz. 91: IV. Allegretto Pizzicato
Claude Debussy: String Quartet in G minor, Op. 10: IV.
Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet No. 4 in C minor, Op. 18, No. 4
