Illinois Public Media

Tonight at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s the third program in a new series titled “This Week from China’s National Centre for the Performing Arts”. You’ll hear Beethoven’s “2nd Symphony” and Verdi’s “Overture to The Sicilian Vespers”.

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.

It was a first on the eve of the first day of winter.