Prairie Performances

Fiery Fiddlin’

 
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On this week's Prairie Performances, Friday at 7 pm on WILL-FM 90.9: Feel the fire of sensational fiddler Jeremy Kittel in Evan Chambers' "Concerto for Fiddle and Violin" joined by ISO’s concertmaster Violetta Todorova and the enchanting orchestral wizardry of Stravinsky’s Firebird Suite. Brahms’ pastoral Third Symphony opens the evening, directed by ISO’s Conductor Laureate Kenneth Kiesler.

Fiery Fiddlin'  (5/11-12/16)
Illinois Symphony Orchestra
Alastair Willis, conductor
Jeremy Kittel, fiddle
Violetta Todorova, violin

Johannes Brahms | Symphony No. 3 in F, Op 90
Evan Chambers | Concerto for Fiddle and Violin

                                      Jeremy Kittel, fiddle
                                      Violetta Todorova, vln

Igor Stravinsky | Firebird Suite