Prairie Performances

Prairie Performances

with Mel Miller

Thursdays at 7 pm on FM 90.9

No Strings Attached

Violins, the violas, the cellos and the basses take the night off. 

trumpet
By © Guillaume Piolle /, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=9914367

Messiah and Mozart

Treat yourself to Mozart’s arrangement of Handel’s Messiah.

Portrait of a Mozart
Wikimedia Commons

The Immortal Beethoven

Sinfonia da Camera helps us celebrate Ludwig van Beethoven's birthday.

Portrait of Ludwig van Beethoven when composing the Missa Solemnis
By Joseph Karl Stieler - Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=165990

Second to None

Champaign-Urbana Symphony Orchestra brings you this bold and beautiful performance. 

Champaign-Urbana Symphony Orchestra performing
cusymphony.org/gallery

Fiery Fiddlin’

Experience the sensational fire and power of the fiddle. 

two violin scrolls
CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=868621

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?curid=4103

Of War

Enjoy this a cantata for chorus, soloists, and orchestra from the University of Illinois campus. 

University of Illinois

Britain’s Beauty

A look back to 2013, the centennial year of British composer Benjamin Britten. 

Publicity photograph of British composer Benjamin Britten
By photographer Hans Wild for High Fidelity magazine. eBay listing of publicity photograph from London Records, which marketed records to the United States., Public Domain.

The Triumph of Music

The Champaign-Urbana Symphony plays Sibelius and Shostakovich.

A man posing with a violin
Photo courtesy stefanmilenkovich.com