Prairie Performances Archive: English Composers

On this week’s archive episode of Prairie Performances, we open the month of October with a concert programmed entirely with the works of English composers. In the Illinois Symphony Orchestra’s “English Suites and Serenades,” we will hear selections from Henry Purcell’s Suite from Abdelazar or “The Moor’s Revenge,” which was written to accompany a tragic tale of vengeance and betrayal. After that, Hubery Parry’s Suite in F major or “Lady Radnor’s Suite,” Edward Elgar’s Serenade for Strings in E minor Op. 20, and Frank Bridge’s Suite for String Orchestra. One of these works was commissioned for an all-female string orchestra. Want to guess which?

Find out Thursday, October 2 at 7pm CST on Illinois Classical 90.9.