Prairie Performances

Prairie Performances

with Mel Miller

Thursdays at 7 pm on FM 90.9

Ian Hobson Interview

The pianist, conductor, and educator joined John Frayne live in the WILL-FM studios to talk about upcoming performances.

man standing at a piano
ianhobson.net

Masterworks I

An exhibition of virtuosity and some of the greatest storytelling through art and music.

Inside Kirkland Fine Arts Center at Millikin University
millikin.edu/kirkland

Jupiter Plus!

Ollie Watts Davis joins the Jupiter Quartet to perform spirituals from the 2014 Allerton Music Barn Festival. 

Ollie Watts-Davis featured on WILL-TV's Illinois Pioneers.

Soundstage

The Eastern Symphony Orchestra welcomes some very special guests. 

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

Resounding Russians

Alexander Toradze is the featured soloist in this performance with the Illinois Symphony Orchestra.

Black and white photo of a man in a living room
Wikipedia

Elijah

An epic oratorio based on one of the most influential prophets of the Old Testament.

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

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

Songs of Love

The aura of romance will be in the air with this performance by Eastern Illinois University’s Choral Ensembles.

By Infamous Hussy at English Wikipedia (Transferred from en.wikipedia to Commons.) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons