Prairie Performances

Prairie Performances

with Mel Miller

Thursdays at 7 pm on FM 90.9

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

The Planets

Enjoy this musical observation of the solar eclipse.

Gustav Holst, c. 1921 (photograph by Herbert Lambert)
By Herbert Lambert (1881–1936) - National Portrait Gallery - Portrait NPG Ax7745; Gustav Theodore Holst, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=7667183

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

Second to None

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

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

Of War

It's a cantata for chorus, soloists, and orchestra from the University of Illinois campus. 

University of Illinois

The Mikado

It’s the “love triangle” that has captivated audiences since 1885.

Magnificent Masters

Enjoy this concert presented by the Illinois Symphony Orchestra.

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

Music of the Heartland

Enjoy this program of music that defines our country.

George Gershwin (1898 – 1937), an American composer
By unnamed photographer in employ of Bain News Service - This image is available from the United States Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs division under the digital ID cph.3b02101.This tag does not indicate the copyright status of

Latin Sensations

This concert features lively music sure to set your toes tapping.

Composer George Gershwin at his piano
PBS

Sounds of Youth

This performances draws from the talent of young people in the Champaign-Urbana area.

hand playing piano
By lecates - https://www.flickr.com/photos/lecates/438919948, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=34035793