Prairie Performances with Roger Cooper

Fiddles and violins abound in this program from the Illinois Symphony Orchestra. 

The local Sinfonia da Camera Chamber Orchestra is getting down to business in this week's program. 

Enjoy this performance of Carl Orff’s scenic cantata celebrating the Champaign-Urbana Symphony's 60th Anniversary.

Enjoy Baroque Artists of Champaign-Urbana's performance of Handel's Judas Maccabeus, an oratorio written in 1746, drawn from the Apocrypha of the Bible (First Book of the Maccabees) and the historian Josephus.

Enjoy these “windless” favorites featuring strings and percussion by the Sinfonia da Camera orchestra. 

Enjoy classical pieces by the University of Illinois Symphony Orchestra.

Enjoy Mozart’s arrangement of Handel’s Messiah.

Enjoy music that is both inspiring and invigorating by Beethoven.

Enjoy familiar French favorites in this light and uplifting concert with the Illinois Symphony. 

Two outstanding college choirs from separate continents join forces to celebrate the unifying power of music.