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
The Ancora String Quartet
4/20/2026
Wes Luke and Robin Ryan, violins, Sahada Buckley, viola, and Benjamin Whitcomb, cello, with violist Kayla Schultz perform an all-English program of music by Arnold Bax, Benjamin Britten, and Ralph […]
Duration:00:51:45
Ying Li
4/16/2026
Ying Li stops by the Midday to describe the love letter that Robert Schumann wrote in the form of his one and only piano concerto. She’ll be playing the Piano […]
Duration:00:10:43
Martin Luther Clark
4/16/2026
In Mozart’s comic opera Cosi fan Tutte tenor Martin Luther Clark sings the role of Ferrando, who bets that his beloved will remain faithful. A good deal of confusion and […]
Duration:00:12:47
The Midday: The Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
4/10/2026
In advance of their performances with the Madison Symphony, the globe-trotting foursome, John Dearman, Matt Grief, Bill Kanengiser and Douglas Lora, played their arrangements of popular pieces by Aaron Copland […]
Duration:00:27:02
Eric Silberger
3/26/2026
The charismatic virtuoso discusses the upcoming “Dueling Violins” he’ll perform with Gilles Apap and the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra and shares insights into his recordings of works by Astor Piazzolla and […]
Duration:00:10:31
Lilies of the Midwest
3/18/2026
For St. Patrick’s Day the trio returns to the Midday to perform several traditional Irish songs and dances, including “Two Sisters,” “Battering Ram,” “Leitrim Fancy,” “Butlers of Glen Ave,” “Kitty […]
Duration:00:27:44
Rachel Barton Pine
2/20/2026
The famed violinist returns to the Midday to tell us about performing one of the 20th century’s greatest works–the Violin Concerto of Erich Wolfgang Korngold. The composer wrote some of […]
Duration:00:19:36
Madison Opera to Premiere “Everlasting Faint” Feb. 13–15 at the Capitol Theater
2/3/2026
Scott Gendel, composer of “Everlasting Faint,” played music from the new opera, and spoke of the inspiration behind it. The Madison Opera will perform world debut of “Everlasting Faint” takes […]
Duration:00:26:15
Colin Welford and Friends
12/9/2025
Ephraim Wisconsin-based organist and music director Colin Welford brings St. Norbert College soprano Yi-Lan Nui, 16-year-old Milwaukee violinist Salvador Stein, and 18-year-old Milwaukee cellist Collin Ramoe to the Midday to […]
Duration:00:49:00
Robert Moody and Alban Gehardt
11/24/2025
The celebrated conductor and world-renowned cellist stop by the Midday to discuss their upcoming concerts with the Madison Symphony, including Maurice Ravel’s richly orchestrated version of Modest Mussorgsky’s Pictures at […]
Duration:00:16:26