Illinois Public Media

Tonight at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s Carnegie Hall Live. Pierre-Laurent Aimard is the soloist in Ravel’s “Piano Concerto in G Major” with the Munich Philharmonic.   Also on the program Ravel’s “Daphnis and Chloe, Berlioz’ “The Death of Cleopatra” and Debussy’s “Images” for piano.

Our first John Frayne Classical Music Graduate Student Work Experience fellow, Julia Escobar, guest hosts this very special Prairie Performances, curated by her and featuring the fantastic flute.

Find out how this budding maestro would have the impossible task of filling Arturo Toscanini’s shoes at just 36 years old.

For this year's Opera Gala on Sept. 18, we enjoy a truly phenomenal piece of operatic history brought to life by Opera Southwest’s Artistic Director Anthony Barrese and then brought straight to you, thanks to Afternoon at the Opera.

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