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A man posing with a violin
Photo courtesy stefanmilenkovich.com
June 15, 2018

The Triumph of Music

The Champaign-Urbana Symphony plays Sibelius and Shostakovich.


Munich Hall of Fame: Composer Carl Orff (installed in 2009)
By Rufus46 - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=7032318
June 08, 2018

Carmina Burana

Enjoy this performance of Carl Orff’s scenic cantata.


brass instrustments
By Kreuzschnabel (Own work), via Wikimedia Commons
June 01, 2018

Brass Blowout

Champaign-Urbana Symphony Orchestra is literally tooting their own horns in this concert.


Portrait of Wolfgang Amadeusz Mozart
Wikimedia Commons
May 25, 2018

Magnificent Masters

Enjoy this concert presented by the Illinois Symphony Orchestra.


The west facade of the Krannert Center; the amphitheatre is on the left
By Aries Liang - Own work by the original uploader, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=29332296
May 18, 2018

University of Illinois Symphony Orchestra

The premier university orchestra performs a variety of pieces.


Bernstein conducting the New York City Symphony (1945)
By Fred Palumbo, World Telegram staff photographer - Library of Congress. New York World-Telegram & Sun Collection. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3c27783, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1273889
May 11, 2018

An Anniversary Celebration

Sinfonia da Camera is celebrating Bernstein’s 100th birthday with his Symphonic Dances from West Side Story.


Antonín Dvořák
By Unknown - This image comes from Gallica Digital Library and is available under the digital ID btv1b8417521d
April 27, 2018

Fantastic Finale

The Illinois Symphony Orchestra delivers bravura performances of concert hall spectaculars.


Portrait of a man from 1889
By C. Brasch, Berlin - http://www.oberlin.edu/library/graphics/SCP/Brahms.gif, Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons
April 20, 2018

Bold and Beautiful

The Illinois Symphony invites you to bask in brilliance of Beethoven, Barber and Brahms.


Gustav Mahler in 1892
By E. Bieber - Kohut, Adolph (1900) "Gustav Mahler" in Berühmte israelitische Männer und Frauen in der Kulturgeschichte der Menschheit (Volume 1 ed.), Leipzig, Germany: Druck und Verlag von A. H. Payne, pp. p. 143
April 13, 2018

Resurrection

Hear one Mahler's most popular and successful work.


man standing at a piano
ianhobson.net
April 06, 2018

Unfinished Business

Sinfonia da Camera is getting down to business in this week's program. 


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