Prairie Performances

Prairie Performances

with Mel Miller

Thursdays at 7 pm on FM 90.9

Inextinguishable

The idea of life is always expanding is the inspiration behind this performance.

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

Classical Tweets

Exotic bird songs paired with equally exotic rhythms from India and ancient Greece.

Drawing of birds in Greece
By:http://wellcomeimages.org/indexplus/obf_images/32/6c/1c846523201884af9266f457a775.jpgGallery: http://wellcomeimages.org/indexplus/image/V0044517.html, CC BY 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=36657379

Classically Black: Marian Anderson

A celebration of Miss Anderson's 120th birthday anniversary.

Photo of Marian Anderson.
By S. Hurok-classical concert promoter - eBay itemfrontback, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=29137771

August 4, 1964

University of Illinois Oratorio Society performs work from Pulitzer Prize winner Steven Stucky.

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

Classically Black: Leontyne Price

In honor of her 90th birthday, we celebrate her life, her art, and her legacy.

Portrait of Leontyne Price
By Carl Van Vechten - Van Vechten Collection at Library of Congress, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3374598

Spirituals

A celebration led by Ollie Watts-Davis.

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

Voices Unite!

Two outstanding college choirs from separate continents join forces to celebrate the unifying power of music. 

Franz Schubert
By Josef Kriehuber - http://www.portraitindex.de/documents/obj/oai:baa.onb.at:3497513, Public Domain.

Masterworks I

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

Kirkland Fine Arts Center Main Entrance
By Millikin University - Kirkland Fine Arts Center, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=4384439

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