The Midday

Pianist Terrence Wilson, in Wisconsin to perform Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue with the Madison Symphony Orchestra, gives Norman some insights into the piece that “made a lady out of jazz” […]

New York-based Madison native Ariela Bohrod performed works by Frédéric Chopin, Claude Debussy, Maurice Ravel, Ólafur Arnalds, and Alexander Scriabin on the Midday and shared some of her experiences as […]

Michigan-based saxophonist Joseph Lulloff and pianist Yu-Lien The join Norman on the Midday to perform works by Carter Pann, Claude Debussy, Dorothy Chang, Stacy Garrop, and Cesar Franck.

Members of the Madison Savoyards stop by the Midday to sing some songs from their upcoming production of the Gilbert & Sullivan favorite The Pirates of Penzance..

Stefanie Jacob, Emmy Tisdel and Scott Tisdel play works by J.S. Bach, Joseph Haydn, Johannes Brahms, Sergei Rachmaninoff, and Astor Piazzolla and fill us in about this summer’s Washington Island Music Festival.

Madison Memorial Hight School senior and 2021 Final Forte winner Sophia Jiang performs works by Bach, Liszt, Chopin, Beethoven, and Margaret Bonds and tells us how she approaches each piece.

Chicago-based pianist Mark Valenti plays preludes by Debussy. How literally should we take those titles?) plus an Intermezzo and a Rhapsody by Brahms.

On Friday, June 20, Joshua Bell will perform two works with the Milwaukee Symphony–Ernest Chausson’s Poem for Violin and Orchestra and Max Bruch’s Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor. He shares some insights into both works.

Composer John Wineglass joins Bach Dancing and Dynamite members Axel Strauss and Jeffrey Sykes as the BDDS prepares to launch their summer season.

Julian and Anita Graef stopped by the Midday to tell us about the Tallgrass Chamber Music Festival and performed works by Caroline Shaw, Astor Piazzolla, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.