Prairie Performances

Prairie Performances

with Mel Miller

Thursdays at 7 pm on FM 90.9

Classically Black: William Grant Still

Often referred to as the dean of AfroAmerican composers, he brought a fresh perspective to the concert hall.

Portrait of William Grant Still
By Carl Van Vechten - Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons

Classically Black + Lilacs in Bloom

Enjoy back-to-back Prairie Performances. 

"Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy - Aquarell von James Warren Childe 1830" by Eckart Kleßmann. Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.

Classically Black: William Warfield

Learn more about his life and his music.

William Warfield
By Carl Van Vechten - Van Vechten Collection at Library of Congress, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2766732

An Anniversary Celebration

From Debussy to Bernstein, Sinfonia da Camera performs your favorites. 

Claude Debussy in 1908
By Nadar, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=983139

Roman Carnival Overture

The premier university orchestra performs a variety of pieces, including this favorite from Hector Berlioz.

Picture of Hector Berlioz
Wikimedia Commons

Windless Winter

The Sinfonia strings and percussion are showcased in an evening of “windless” favorites that spans three centuries.

Windbeeches, Germany
By Richardfabi - Own work, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=236450

Messiah and Mozart

Treat yourself to Mozart’s arrangement of Handel’s Messiah.

Portrait of Wolfgang Amadeusz Mozart
Wikimedia Commons

Judas Maccabeus

Baroque Artists of Champaign-Urbana performs 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.

George Frideric Handel by Balthasar Denner
By attributed to Balthasar Denner - National Portrait Gallery. Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=6364709