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Midday Classics with Norman Gilliland

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.

Schedule

WPR Music, Mondays through Fridays, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Hosted by

Norman Gilliland

Note: Some music is removed from recorded interviews due to copyright laws.

Latest Episodes

Trace Johnson
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 […]
June 30, 2025
Jeffrey Sykes and Ken Olsen
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 […]
June 6, 2025

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Faith Weigand and Lydia Morency
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 […]
May 19, 2025

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Tallgrass Chamber Music Performers
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 […]
May 19, 2025

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Indre Raghavan
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.
May 12, 2025

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