The Midday
Wisconsin Public Radio
Host Norman Gilliland provides listeners with a wide variety of classical music, presents a story from "Grace Notes," and holds the popular "Midday Quiz." Musicians traveling through Wisconsin often stop by the studio for live performances, discussions about their most recent works, and upcoming shows.
Location:
United States
Genres:
Music Podcasts
Networks:
Wisconsin Public Radio
Description:
Host Norman Gilliland provides listeners with a wide variety of classical music, presents a story from "Grace Notes," and holds the popular "Midday Quiz." Musicians traveling through Wisconsin often stop by the studio for live performances, discussions about their most recent works, and upcoming shows.
Language:
English
Website:
https://www.wpr.org/shows/midday
Episodes
Jeffrey Sykes and Ken Olsen
6/6/2025
The Bach Dancing and Dynamite pianist and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra cellist stopped by the Midday to perform movements from a sonata by Beethoven and the famous Meditation from Jules […]
Duration:00:26:13
Faith Weigand and Lydia Morency
5/19/2025
The 2025 Racine Symphony Orchestra Young Artist Competition winners share their competition-winning music on the Midday. Faith performs the first movement of Johann Nepomuk Hummel’s Bassoon Concerto and Lydia begins […]
Duration:00:24:18
Tallgrass Chamber Music Performers
5/19/2025
It’s a family affair! Tallgrass Chamber Music performers flutist Emily Seaberry Graef, violinist Kristina Zlatareva, violist Julian Graef, and cellist Anita Graef perform works by Mozart, Kodaly, and Salina Fisher […]
Indre Raghavan
5/12/2025
The First Place 2025 Final Forte winner performs works by Sibelius and Bach and discusses how her civic activities and weight training fit into her musical life.
Duration:00:34:19
Philippe Bianconi
5/8/2025
The world renowned pianist stops by the Midday to provide insights into George Gershwin’s Piano Concerto in F before his performances with the Madison Symphony and introduces four distinctive Debussy […]
Atticus Coen
4/28/2025
2025 Final Forte finalist Atticus Coen talks about the pleasures of playing jazz and classical music and performs familiar and rarely-heard preludes by George Gershwin, Debussy’s L’ile joyeuse, and variations […]
WYSO Ensembles
4/28/2025
The Lelita Honors Woodwind Quintet and the Pondrom Piano Quartet apply their youthful energy to music by Malcolm Arnold, Jacques Ibert, and Luciano Berio. And the Pondrom Piano Quartet play […]
The Ancora String Quartet
4/18/2025
Quartet members Wes Luke, Robin Wright, Benjamin Whitcomb, and Sahada Buckley plus cellist Trace Johnson (center) perform the first two movements of Franz Schubert’s String Quintet in C and a […]
Duration:00:47:59
Time for Three
4/14/2025
Grammy and Emmy-winning ensemble, Time For Three (TF3), defies conventions with genre-bending excellence. They stopped by the Midday to tell about their their dynamic approach to classical music and their […]
Rebecca Zhang
3/21/2025
The poised and talented 13-year-old pianist won the 2025 Milwaukee Concord Chamber Orchestra concerto competition and comes to the Midday to play several works by Mozart.