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THE 2007 INTERVIEWS
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Tuesday, November 13, 2007 - Norman and Vicki interview soprano
Diane Alexander who’s singing the weekend of November 16-18 in the
Florentine Opera’s production of The Merry Widow by Franz Lehar, in Milwaukee's Marcus Center for the Performing Arts.
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Monday, November 5, 2007 - Norman and Vicki interview pianist Valentina Lisitsa who will perform
on Sunday, November 4th, 2007 with violinist Hilary Hahn at the Wisconsin Union Theater and at a recital on November 5th at
Farley’s House of Pianos in Madison. She is a graduate of the famed Kiev Conservatory and has won numerous international prizes.
During this interview, Lisitsa plays several pieces live from WPR's Studio One.
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Thursday, October 18, 2007 - Norman and Vicki interview cellist Steven Isserlis who will be performing with the Madison Symphony
Orchestra at Overture Hall from Friday through Sunday, October 19-21. His program
will include the Berlioz Overture to Benvenuto Cellini, Schumann's Cello Concerto and Brahms' Symphony No. 1.
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Wednesday, September 26, 2007 - Norman and Vicki interview concert organist
Thomas Trotter who’ll perform with the Madison Symphony Orchestra in its season opener in
Overture Hall the weekend of September 28th.
The program will include Barber's Toccata Festiva, the Debussy Nocturnes, the Sibelius Symphony No. 7 and
Guilmant's Symphony No. 2 for Organ and Orchestra.
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Thursday, September 20, 2007 - Norman and Vicki interview Andrew Garland
who talks about living American song composers. The opera baritone will be giving a recital at the UW-Madison School of Music on
Friday, September 21.
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Monday, July 23, 2007 - Norman and Vicki interview Stephen Alltop assistant
conductor of the Peninsula Music Festival in its 55th season taking place August 7-25, 2007
in Door County. He's also conductor with the Green Lake Festival of Music.
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Thursday, July 19, 2007 - Norman and Vicki interview tenor James Schaffner and music director Gary McKercher
discuss the Madison Savoyards double bill production of Burnand & Sullivan's Cox & Box and Gilbert & Sullivan's The Sorcerer
at Music Hall from July 20-29 on the UW-Madison campus. The interview and performances were live from WPR's Buck Studio and included pianist Ted Reinke.
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Thursday, May 17, 2007 - Norman and Vicki interview Richard Gilewitz,
author, composer, guitarist and humorist. Gilewitz demonstrates guitar techniques during this interview. He'll be doing a workshop on
Thursday evening, May 17th at Ward-Brodt in Madison and a concert at the Monroe Street Fine Arts Center in Madison on Friday evening,
May 18th, 2007. The photo (left) is Gilewitz's brand of humor.
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Tuesday, May 8, 2007 - Norman and Vicki interview
Beverly Taylor, Assistant Conductor of the Madison Symphony Orchestra and Director of the Madison Symphony Chorus,
about the Madison Symphony Orchestra’s performance of Carmina Burana by
Carl Orff on May 11-13, 2007.
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Thursday, April 26, 2007 - Norman and Vicki interview conductor
Andrew Sewell and pianist Adam Neiman who will be performing with the
Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra on Friday, April 27, 2007 at 8pm in Madison's Capitol Theater.
Neiman has performed as soloist with symphony orchestras throughout the world.
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Wednesday, April 25, 2007 - Norman and Vicki interview Victor Gorodinsky and Fred Middleton, members of the
UW Russian Folk Orchestra.
The orchestra is playing on Friday, April 27th, 2007 in Mills Concert Hall on the UW-Madison campus.
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Thursday, April 19, 2007 - Norman and Vicki interview conductor Edo de Waart and pianist
Per Tengstrand who will be performing with the Madison Symphony Orchestra April 20, 21 & 22, 2007.
Edo de Waart is currently chief conductor and artistic director of the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra. Swedish Pianist
Per Tengstrand performs with orchestras through the world.
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Wednesday, April 11, 2007 - Norman and Vicki interview trumpet artist Christopher Moore,
professor of trumpet at Florida State University. He holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Performance and Literature from the Eastman
School of Music. Moore will play with the Green Bay Civic Symphony in their final season concert on Saturday, April 14 entitled,
"Trumpeting the Stone," a concerto dedicated to the Oneida People of Wisconsin.
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Friday, March 30, 2007 - Norman and Vicki interview the
Quartet San Francisco who are playing at Lutheran College in Milwaukee on Friday, March 30th, and the Ringling Theatre in
Baraboo on Saturday, March 31st. The Grammy-nominated Quartet delivers a mixture of "genre-bending" chamber music.
View WPR Studio Photo 1 Studio Photo 2
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Wednesday, March 19, 2007 - Norman and Vicki interview pianist
Warren Jones who is holding a master class with student soloists and pianists at the UW-Madison School of Music.
He is a member of the faculty at the Manhattan School of Music in New York City and frequently performs with many of the
world's best-known artists.
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Wednesday, March 14, 2007 - Norman and Vicki interview violinist
Robert McDuffie who is performing with the Madison Symphony Orchestra in Madison the weekend of March 16th.
McDuffie has appeared as soloist with many of the major orchestras of the world. He discusses his background in Georgia, his
recent appearances and how he obtained the famous 1735 Guarneri del Gesu violin that he plays.
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(16:46)
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Friday, February 21, 2007 - Norman Gilliland interviews violinist
Rachel Barton-Pine who is performing with the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra in Madison on February 23, the
Ripon College Symphony on March 30, and the Milwaukee Symphony on March 13-14. Rachel Barton-Pine has appeared with many
prestigious orchestras including the Chicago, Atlanta, St. Louis, Dallas, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Montreal, Vienna, New Zealand and
Iceland Symphonies.
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Thursday, January 25, 2007 - Vicki and Norman interview Internationally renowned violinist
Pinchas Zukerman.
Zukerman will be the guest violin soloist (playing Bach) and conductor of the Madison Symphony Orchestra’s January 26-28, 2007
concerts which will include Tchaikovsky’s Symphony Number 4. View Studio Photos.
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Wednesday, January 17, 2007 - Norman and Vicki talk to saxophonist
Claude Delangle. He'll be the guest soloist with the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra on Friday, January 19th at the
Capitol Theater in Madison. Delangle has appeared with many prestigious orchestras throughout the world including
The BBC, Radio France, Radio Finland and The Berlin Philharmonic.
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