Prairie Performances

Prairie Performances

with Mel Miller

Thursdays at 7 pm on FM 90.9

Music of Titans

Explore Gustav Mahler’s music with the autobiographical Symphony No. 1.

Gustav Mahler in 1892
By E. Bieber - Kohut, Adolph (1900) "Gustav Mahler.” Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.

Unfinished Business

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

man standing at a piano
ianhobson.net

“Ovations”

Enjoy this concert with the Eastern Symphony Orchestra of Eastern Illinois University.

The Eastern Symphony Orchestra (ESO)
www.eiu.edu

Swing! Swing! Swing!

Celebration of the Allerton Music Barn Festival continues with a tribute to legendary clarinetist and band leader Benny Goodman. 

Benny Goodman
By Photo by James Kreigsmann, New York - Original text : eBayfrontback), Public Domain,

Jazz from Allerton Park

Enjoy this tribute to Oliver Nelson’s “The Blues and the Abstract Truth.”

The Allerton Barn
Michael Owen Thomas

Jazz from Allerton Park

The UI Jazz Faculty Artists celebrate Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers.

The Allerton Barn
Michael Owen Thomas

April in Paris

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

The Eiffel Tower at night. Paris, France
By Sergey Ashmarin. Public domain via Wikimedia Commons.

Music of Destiny

An exciting offering of acclaimed masterworks and engaging discoveries.

By Eckart Kleßmann. Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.