Roman Carnival Overture
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On this week's Prairie Performances, Friday at 7 pm on WILL-FM 90.9, we hear a concert with the University of Illinois Symphony Orchestra with music director and conductor, Donald Schleicher and graduate conducting assistant, Cameron May. On the program we will hear Hector Berlioz’ “Roman Carnival Overture”; a work by U of I composer, Stephen Andrew Taylor, “Transfigurations for vocal soloists and orchestra”; the concert concludes with the first symphony by Johannes Brahms, the C minor, Op. 68.
University of Illinois Symphony Orchestra
Donald Schleicher, music director and conductor
Cameron May, graduate assistant conductor
Berlioz | Roman Carnival Overture
Stephen Andrew Taylor | Transfiguration, for vocal soloists and orchestra
Ruth Kenney, soprano
Kasey Stewart, mezzo-soprano
Jerold Siena, tenor
Ricardo Herrera, bass
Brahms | Symphony No. 1