Prairie Performances

Prairie Performances

with Mel Miller

Thursdays at 7 pm on FM 90.9

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

Bold and Beautiful

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

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

Resurrection

Hear one Mahler's most popular and successful work.

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

Unfinished Business

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

man standing at a piano
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Inextinguishable

Life, ever growing, ever expanding, life seeking life. 

Portrait photo of Danish composer Carl Nielsen
By Georg Lindstrøm 1866-1923Restored by Adam Cuerden - Historic Dage: Article from August 19, 2014 entitled "Til København med Carl Nielsen og H.C. Andersen", Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?cu

Saint Matthew Passion

The performance features Sinfonia da Camera, the Central Illinois Children’s Chorus, the University of Illinois Chorale, and the UI Oratorio Society.

man standing at a piano
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Inspired by Shakespeare

Enjoy an evening of romantic tragedy inspired by the Bard himself.

William Shakespeare 1609
By Unknown - The Washington Times, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=6099481

Verdi: Requiem

Enjoy this performance of the most moving and memorable works of the choral repertoire, Giuseppe Verdi’s Requiem. 

Picture of Giuseppe Verdi.
By Ferdinand Mulnier - Bonhams, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2772735