The Midday

The Midday

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.

Episodes

August 20, 2025
The Avanti Piano Trio visits Buck Studio to play hidden gems from artists Rita Strohl, Mel Bonis, Bedrich Smetana, and Paul Schoenfield.
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The Chicago-based pianist returns to the Midday to perform works by Debussy, Stravinsky, and Mendelssohn and share his experiences with their music and the intricacies behind it.
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June 30, 2025 25 mins
A performer with many ensembles, including the Madison Symphony, the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra, Bach Dancing and Dynamite Society, and the Ancora String Quartet among them, stops by the Midday to preview his newly released CD of works by 20th century and contemporary composers.
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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May 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.
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May 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 […]
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April 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 […]
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April 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 […]
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