Prairie Performances

Prairie Performances

with Mel Miller

Thursdays at 7 pm on FM 90.9

Judas Maccabeus

Enjoy Baroque Artists of Champaign-Urbana's performance of Handel's Judas Maccabeus, an oratorio written in 1746, drawn from the Apocrypha of the Bible (First Book of the Maccabees) and the historian Josephus.

George Frideric Handel by Balthasar Denner
Wikimedia Commons

Windless Winter

Enjoy these “windless” favorites featuring strings and percussion by the Sinfonia da Camera orchestra. 

Windbeeches, Germany
Wikimedia Commons

Transfigurations

Enjoy classical pieces by the University of Illinois Symphony Orchestra.

University of Illinois

Messiah and Mozart

Enjoy Mozart’s arrangement of Handel’s Messiah.

Portrait of Wolfgang Amadeusz Mozart
Wikimedia Commons

April in Paris

Enjoy familiar French favorites in this light and uplifting concert with the Illinois Symphony. 

The Eiffel Tower at night in Paris, France.
By Sergey Ashmarin. Public domain via Wikimedia Commons.

Voices Unite!

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

Portrait of Franz Schubert.
By Josef Kriehuber - Public Domain

Mahler and Strauss

Join the Champaign-Urbana Symphony in this program of the late Romantic music of Mahler and Strauss.

Black and white photo of composer Richard Strauss.
Photo by Ferdinand Schmutzer/Wikimedia Commons

Windless Winter

Enjoy these “windless” favorites featuring strings and percussion by the Sinfonia da Camera orchestra. 

Windbeeches, Germany
By Richardfabi - Own work, Public Domain

Terra Nostra

Enjoy this new oratorio performed by the Champaign-Urbana Symphony Orchestra and two additional local musical groups.

The Champaign-Urbana Symphony Orchestra performs.
The Champaign-Urbana Symphony Orchestra