Prairie Performances

Prairie Performances

with Mel Miller

Thursdays at 7 pm on FM 90.9

Apotheosis of the Dance

Everything is coming up Beethoven in this performance with Sinfonia da Camera.

Painting of Beethoven
"Beethoven" by Joseph Karl Stieler - Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia

Made in the USA

A salute to the armed forces along with music from some of our favorite movies.

John Williams speaks on a microphone
TashTish - CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Second to None

Tune in for this bold, beautiful, and beguiling program of three “B’s."

Portrait of a man from 1889
C. Brasch, Berlin - Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons

The Triumph of Music

The Champaign-Urbana Symphony plays Sibelius and Shostakovich.

A man posing with a violin
Photo courtesy stefanmilenkovich.com

Carmina Burana

Enjoy this performance of Carl Orff’s scenic cantata.

Munich Hall of Fame: Composer Carl Orff (installed in 2009)
Rufus46, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

Brass Blowout

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

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

Magnificent Masters

Enjoy this concert presented by the Illinois Symphony Orchestra.

Portrait of Wolfgang Amadeusz Mozart
Wikimedia Commons

University of Illinois Symphony Orchestra

The premier university orchestra performs a variety of pieces.

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

An Anniversary Celebration

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

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

Fantastic Finale

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

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