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The Midday with Vicki and Norman

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Norman Gilliland
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Stephanie Elkins

Every weekday, Wisconsin Public Radio hosts Norman Gilliland and Stephanie Elkins share "The Midday" with listeners of the NPR News & Classical Music Service stations.

They play music, interview musicians and hold the popular Midday Quiz at about 12:30pm CT.

The Midday Quiz numbers are:
Toll Free 800-442-7106
or in Madison 263-1236
or email them at Midday@wpr.org.


THE MIDDAY QUIZ


THE MIDDAY INTERVIEWS
Streaming archives of these interviews are available using Windows Media Player.
Before 2009, you must use RealPlayer V8 or later to listen. Download Free RealPlayer Here.
Recorded music played during the interviews has been edited to comply with copyright law.

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Wednesday, July 1, 2009 - Norman and Stephanie welcome two members of the Amelia Piano Trio who will be performing on July 3, 2009 at the Thrasher Opera House as part of the Green Lake Festival. The program will include Haydn's Trio #14 in A flat Major and Trio in G Major, Cowell's Four Combinations of Three Instruments, and the Brahms Piano Quartet in G minor.
View a YouTube Video of the trio playing Beethoven.

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Tuesday, May 12, 2009 - Stephanie and Norman interview Bass-Baritone David Pittsinger. Mr. Pittsinger has just completed a starring role in the revival of South Pacific at Lincoln Center in New York City and is now playing the lead in the Madison Opera production of Charles Gounod's Faust on the stage of Overture Hall in Madison on May 15th and 17th, 2009

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Thursday, May 7, 2009 - Bruce Gladstone is the new Artistic Director of the Festival Choir of Madison. The Choir will be performing a concert they call "Cantate: Sing of Spring" on Saturday, May 9th at 7:30pm in the Atrium Auditorium of the First Unitarian Society of Madison, and also on Sunday, May 10th at the Stoughton Opera House in Stoughton, WI.

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Friday, April 24, 2009 - Norman and Stephanie talk to pianist Paavali Jumppanen who will be performing with the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra tonight at the Capitol Theater in Madison. The program will include Rossini's Overture to II Signor Bruschino, Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major ‘Emperor’, and Haydn's Symphony 104 in D Major. The guest conductor for this "Masterworks" concert program will be Julian Wachner.

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Friday, April 17, 2009 - Norman and Stephanie welcome four members of the UW Russian Folk Orchestra to our studios including Dan Cobb on Prima domra, Fred Middleton on Prima Balalaika, Don Becker on Bayan and Victor Gorodinsky on Guitar. Gorodinsky is the conductor and founder of the orchestra. They're playing on Sunday, April 19th at 7:30pm in the Mills Concert Hall on the UW Campus. See Video Clip.

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Thursday, April 9, 2009 - Norman and Stephanie talk to Trevor Stephenson about the St. Matthew Passion to be performed this Easter weekend in the Atrium Auditorium of the First Unitarian Society of Madison. Stephenson is the Artistic Director of the Madison Bach Musicians using period instruments for the performance, which will also include the Madison Youth Choir. There will also be a lecture at 6:15pm before each performace. Ticket information can be found at www.madisonbachmusicians.org.

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Friday, April 3, 2009 - The Midday welcomes pianist André Watts to the studio. He will be performing with the Madison Symphony Orchestra at Overture Hall on April 3rd, 4th and 5th. The program will include music by Saint-Saëns, Wagner and Brahms. In 1962, at the age of 16, he was chosen by Leonard Bernstein to make his debut with the New York Philharmonic. 24 years later, Mr. Watts received the Avery Fisher Prize. Today he is one of the most celebrated classical musicians in the world.

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Friday, March 13, 2009 - Norman and Stephanie welcome violinist Eleanor Bartsch with pianist Stanislava Varshavsky to WPR's Studio One in Madison. At just 19 years old, Bartsch plays with the Perlman Piano Trio, Madison Bach Musicians, Wisconsin Baroque Ensemble and the Madison Symphony. Live in our studio, they play the Brahms Sonata for Violin and Piano in G, the Bach gavotte & rondo from Partita #3 in E Major, Beethoven's Romance in F, and Fritz Kreisler's 'Love's Sorrow'. Studio Photo A   |   Studio Photo B

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Thursday, March 5, 2009 - Norman and Stephanie talked to violinist Julian Rachlin who regularly performs with the Vienna Philharmonic, the London Symphony, the New York Philharmonic, and many others. He will be performing with the Madison Symphony Orchestra at Overture Hall on March 6th-8th, 2009. He will perform Borodin's "Overture to Prince Igor" as well as works by Stravinsky and Dvorák.

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Wednesday, February 18, 2009 - Norman and Stephanie welcomed soprano Danielle de Niese to the WPR studios. She made her professional operatic debut at the age of 15 with Los Angeles Opera and became the youngest singer ever to participate in the Young Artists Studio at the Metropolitan Opera. She performs at the UW-Madison's Wisconsin Union Theater on Thursday, February 19th.

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Friday, February 6, 2009 - Norman and Stephanie talk to pianist Olga Kern who will be performing with the Madison Symphony Orchestra at Overture Hall in Madison on February 6-8, 2009. The program is billed as a "Feast of Beethoven" including his Leonore Overture No. 3, Piano Concerto No. 3 and the Symphony No. 7. In the past year, she made her debut with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra with Leonard Slatkin and presented recitals throughout the U.S.
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Friday, January 23, 2009 - Cellist Amit Peled will play with the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra on Friday evening, January 23rd. The program will include Rautavaara's Cantus Arcticus: Concerto for Birds & Orchestra, Haydn's Cello Concerto No. 1 in C Major and Respighi's Gli Uccelli (The Birds). Peled talks about how he became, at 28, one of the youngest music professors at a music conservatory. His CD "The Jewish Soul" will be released in March. View a YouTube performance of Amit Peled with pianist Daniel Del Pino playing Rachmaninov.
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Thursday, January 15, 2009 - Norman and Stephanie talk to Norwegian violinist Henning Kraggerud who performed with the Madison Symphony Orchestra at Overture Hall on January 16-18, 2009. He played music by Mozart, Sibelius and Prokofiev. Kraggerud performs both on violin (with a 1744 Guarneri del Gesu) and on viola at major international chamber music festivals.
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Friday, November 14, 2008 - Today Norman and Stephanie switch to WPR's performance studio to talk to Austrian pianist Paul Badura-Skoda and hear him play WPR's Mason & Hamlin. Badura-Skoda will be performing the last piano sonatas of Haydn, Beethoven and Schubert at the First Unitarian Society in Madison on Sunday, November 16th at 7:30pm. For ticket information, visit Farley's Pianos.
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Thursday, November 6, 2008 - Norman and Stephanie talk with violinist Sarah Chang who will be performing with the Madison Symphony Orchestra at Overture Hall starting November 7th. The program includes Barber, Brahms, Tormis and Shostakovich. The conductor will be Anu Tali.

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Thursday, October 23, 2008 - Norman and Stephanie talk with organist Samuel Hutchison. Mr. Hutchison and the Rhapsodie String Quartet will be performing works of Handel, Bach, Mozart and Vivaldi at Overture Hall in Madison on Tuesday, October 28th at 7:30pm. He is a graduate of Westminster Choir College in Princeton, New Jersey.

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Friday, October 17, 2008 - Norman and Stephanie talk with composer Philip Rothman, Composer in Residence for the Green Bay Symphony Orchestra. The Symphony will perform his work Morningside Run on October 17th, It had its premiere in 2002 with the New York Youth Symphony at Carnegie Hall. Mr. Rothman holds a Master of Music degree from The Juilliard School.

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Thursday, October 16, 2008 - Norman and Stephanie interview cellist Alban Gerhardt who will play with the Madison Symphony Orchestra this weekend, October 17-19th, 2008. He'll perform Elgar's Cello Concerto, Copland's An Outdoor Overture and Holst's The Planets.

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Friday, October 10, 2008 - Norman and Vicki interview Mimmi Fulmer, associate director of University Opera and Trevor Stephenson, director of Madison Bach Musicians. They will perform Corelli, Bach, and Handel on October 11th and 12th, 2008 at Grace Episcopal Church in Madison.

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Thursday, September 25, 2008 - Norman and Stephanie interview pianist Garrick Ohlsson. Ohlsson will perform Rachmaninoff’s Concerto No. 3 with the Madison Symphony Orchestra in a program that also includes Respighi’s Pines of Rome and the Italian Symphony of Mendelssohn. The performances take place on September 26-28, 2008 in Overture Hall. Garrick Ohlsson won a Grammy Award in 2008 for Best Instrumental Soloist Performance.

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Tuesday, August 19, 2008 - Norman and Stephanie interview John Harbison, composer and Artistic Director of the Token Creek Music Festival which runs from August 23rd through the 31st. He discusses this year's program and plays several selections from their CDs. Mr. Harbison has been the recipient of many prestigious awards in his career including the Pulitzer Prize in 1987.

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Wednesday, July 23, 2008 - Norman and Stephanie interview Christopher Ocasek, Conductor & Music Director of The Savoyards 2008 production of Gilbert & Sullivan's "The Mikado" along with Savoyard's board member Evan Richards. "The Mikado" will be performed Thursday evening July 24th, and this coming weekend in the UW-Madison's Music Hall.

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Monday, July 14, 2008 - Norman and Stephanie talk to Kris Kwapis and Robert Wiemken about the Madison Early Music Festival held this week. Kwapis plays baroque trumpet and is Artistic Director of Spiritus Collective. Wiemken plays recorders and double reed instruments and is co-director of Piffaro.

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Thursday, July 10, 2008 - Norman and Stephanie interview organist Frederick Swann who performs at Madison's Overture Hall as part of the Madison Symphony's third annual Organ Festival on Friday and Saturday, July 11th and 12th. Mr. Swann is president of the American Guild of Organists (2002-2008) and serves as Organist Emeritus of the Crystal Cathedral in Garden Grove, California.

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Thursday, June 27, 2008 - Norman talks with composer and pianist Aaron Jay Kernis who will be appearing this weekend with the Bach Dancing and Dynamite Society. Mr. Kernis is one of the youngest composers ever to be granted the Pulitzer Prize in Music awarded in 1998. He currently serves as New Music Advisor for the Minnesota Orchestra.

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Wednesday, June 25, 2008 - The Midday celebrates Vicki Nonn's retirement after 18 years with The Midday and 38 years with Wisconsin Public Radio with a hour-long studio concert featuring pianist Christopher Taylor and flutist Stephanie Jutt. They are part of this summer's performance series by the Bach Dancing and Dynamite Society.
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Thursday, May 8, 2008 - Vicki and Norman talk with harpsichordist Trevor Stephenson and conductor Bruce Gladstone about the J.S. Bach Mass in b minor, being performed on Saturday, May 10, 2008 at Trinity Lutheran Church by the Madison Bach Musicians with the UW Madrigal Singers.

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Wednesday, April 30, 2008 - Vicki and Norman interview Drew Collins who is the new Artistic Director of the Festival Choir of Madison. They discuss the choir's final performance of the season on Saturday, May 3rd as well as composing choral music and working with children's choirs. Collins is also the Associate Director of Choral Studies and Music Education at Wright State University in Dayton.

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Thursday, April 24, 2008 - Vicki and Norman interview Vladimir Spivakov who is a renowned violinist and also the Artistic Director and Principal Conductor of the National Philharmonic of Russia. He will conduct the Madison Symphony Orchestra in the Shostakovich Festive Overture, Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No. 3 and Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6 (Pathétique).

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Friday, April 18, 2008 - Vicki interviews pianist Anne-Marie McDermott who performs this evening with the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra at the Overture Center's Capitol Theater in Madison starting at 8pm. They will perform Milhaud's La Création du Monde, the Shostakovich Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Minor and Bizet's Symphony No. 1 in C Major.

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Wednesday, April 2, 2008 - Norman and Vicki interview pianist Eugene Alcalay who performs live from Studio One with an audience of WPR staff members. He plays movements from Chopin's Piano Sonata No. 2 and No. 3. Alcalay is an assistant professor of music at University of Wisconsin-Platteville and was named a Steinway Artist in December 2005. SPECIAL FEATURE: View a video of this Interview using Windows Media Player V10 or later.

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Wednesday, March 26, 2008 - Norman and Vicki interview pianist Peter Takács who will be performing at the Morphy Recital Hall on the UW-Madison Campus on March 28th at 8pm. Takács is professor of piano and chair of the piano program at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music.

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Friday, March 14, 2008 - Norman and Vicki interview Korean violinist Chee-Yun who will be performing with the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra on Friday, March 14th at the Capitol Theater in Madison. They'll be performing the Shostakovich Prelude and Scherzo and Prokofiev's Violin Concerto No. 2 in G Minor.

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Thursday, March 6, 2008 - Norman talks with pianist Adam Neiman and Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra conducter Andrew Sewell about the release of their new CD that was recorded in 2007 in the newly remodeled Capitol Theater in the Overture Center for the Arts in Madison.

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Wednesday, March 5, 2008 - Norman and Vicki interview oud player Taiseer Elias and cellist Uri Vardi. They will be performing the world premiere of American composer Joel Hoffman's The Forty Steps - Concerto for Cello and Oud with the Madison Symphony Orchestra from March 7-9, 2008 at Madison's Overture Hall.

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Thursday, February 14, 2008 - Norman and Vicki interview violinist Cho-Liang Lin who will be performing with the Madison Symphony Orchestra the weekend of February 15th - 17th, 2008. His recordings have won several Grammy nominations and The Gramophone’s Record of the Year award. He has been a member of the Juilliard School faculty since 1991 and also teaches at Rice University.

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Thursday, January 24, 2008 - Norman and Vicki interview violinist Jennifer Frautschi and conductor Arild Remmereit. They will be performing Grieg's Peer Gynt Suite and Glazunov's Violin Concerto with the Madison Symphony Orchestra in concerts on Friday, January 25 through Sunday, January 27 at Madison's Overture Center.

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Friday, January 18, 2008 - Norman and Vicki interview violinist Judith Ingolfsson and Cellist Mark Kosower who perform on Friday, January 18, 2008 with the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra at the Overture Center's Capitol Theater in Madison starting at 8pm.

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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, August 21, 2007 - Norman and Vicki interview John Harbison, Artistic Director of the Token Creek Chamber Music Festival.

They discuss and listen to recordings of past festival performances This year's festival runs from August 18-26 and offers music by Bach and Haydn, and an evening of Jazz called "Player's Choice".

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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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Monday, July 9, 2007 - Norman and Vicki interview soprano Ellen Hargis and artistic director Cheryl Bensman Rowe about the Madison Early Music Festival being held July 7-14 at the UW-Madison. The festival consists of seven concerts and features artists-in-residence Fortune's Wheel, The King's Noyse, Piffaro, and recorder virtuoso Marion Verbruggen.
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Friday, May 25, 2007 - Norman interviews the members of the Ancora String Quartet. They are the String Quartet In Residence at the First Unitarian Society of Madison, and will be performing Beethoven, Chadwick and Turina at their closing concert at First Unitarian on June 2nd at 7:30pm.

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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.
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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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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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photo of saxophonist Claude Delangle 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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photo of mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves Thursday, November 2nd, 2006 - Norman and Vicki talk to mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves. She made her debut at the Metropolitan Opera in the 1995-96 season in the title role of Carmen. She is currently on tour throughout the United States. She performs with the Madison Symphony Orchestra at Overture Hall in Madison on November 3-5.

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Wednesday, October 19th, 2006 - Norman and Vicki talk to Russian concert pianist Olga Kern. Kern was the Gold Medal winner of the 2001 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition and made her New York City debut in Carnegie's Zankel Hall in 2004. She is currently on tour throughout the U.S including the Wisconsin Union Theatre in Madison.

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photo of Karlos and Melinda Moser Wednesday, October 18th, 2006 - Norman and Vicki talk to pianist, conductor, producer composer and retired UW-Madison professor Karlos Moser. The interview focused on his three song cycles interpreting the love poetry of Cavafy, Rumi and Hafiz. Moser and his wife Melinda are establishing an endowment fund for "opera opportunities" for students.

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photo of double-bassist Edgar Meyer Thursday, October 12th, 2006 - Norman talks with composer and double-bassist Edgar Meyer who is playing with the Madison Symphony Orchestra from October 13-15th. In 2000 Edgar Meyer became the only bassist ever to receive the Avery Fisher Prize. He is currently the Visiting Professor of Double Bass at the Royal Academy of Music and at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia.

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Tuesday, September 7th, 2006 - Vicki and Norman talk with pianist Horacio Gutiérrez who is playing with the Madison Symphony Orchestra from September 8th-10th. Since his professional debut in 1970 with Zubin Mehta and the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Mr. Gutierrez has appeared regularly with the world’s greatest orchestras.

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photo of Christopher Taylor Tuesday, September 5th, 2006 - Vicki and Norman interview pianist Christopher Taylor about balancing the classics, ragtime and the avant-garde. Taylor is currently Assistant Professor of Piano Performance at the University of Wisconsin in Madison.

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photo of composer Nathaniel Bartlett Friday, September 1st, 2006 - Vicki and Norman talk with composer and Marimba soloist Nathaniel Bartlett. Bartlett is a Madison native who has degrees from the Eastman School of Music and the Royal Academy of Music in London.

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photo of composer Jennifer Higdon by Jeff Hurwitz Friday, August 25th, 2006 - Vicki and Norman interview composer Jennifer Higdon along with Green Bay Symphony Orchestra conductor Bridget Reischl. Higdon is the composer-in-residence for the Green Bay Symphony this year.

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photo of pianist Stephen Hough by Christian Steiner Friday, May 5th, 2006 - During our pledge drive, Vicki and Norman interviewed pianist Stephen Hough who performed with the Madison Symphony Orchestra in their last concerts of the 2005/2006 season.

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photo of Pianist Matthias Kirschnereit Thursday, March 31st, 2006 - Vicki and Norman interviewed pianist Matthias Kirschnereit who will perform in the Madison Symphony Orchestra's Mozart Birthday Bash concerts on March 31st, April 1st and 2nd.
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photo of violinist Caitlin Tully Wednesday, March 22nd, 2006 - Vicki and Norman interviewed violinist Caitlin Tully who will perform Vivaldi's The Four Seasons on Friday, March 24th with the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra.
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photo of violinist Angele Dubeau Wednesday, March 22nd, 2006 - Vicki and Norman interviewed violinist Angéle Dubeau along with pianist & arranger Louise-Andre Baril. View a WPR Studio Photo

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photo of Ben Heppner Thursday, January 26th, 2006 - Vicki and Norman interviewed opera tenor Ben Heppner.

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photo of conductor John DeMain Tuesday, January 31st, 2006 - Listen to the interview Bernstein Memories with Madison Symphony Orchestra Music Director John DeMain.

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photo of cellist Alisa Weilerstein Thursday, January 19th, 2006 - Cellist Alisa Weilerstein joined Vicki Nonn on The Midday.

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