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
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 […]
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.
Lilies of the Midwest
3/14/2025
The trio returns to the Midday to perform traditional Irish music and celebrate the release of their new CD.