Hooray! We made our goal! Now here’s a little something for YOU.

To celebrate the successful conclusion of WWFM’s Autumn Membership Campaign, I will introduce a new recording, which turned up in my mailbox only yesterday afternoon, of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, conducted by Mark Laycock.

Mark Laycock, long-time music director of the Princeton Symphony Orchestra and former associate conductor of the New Jersey Symphony, will be joined by soloists, the Vienna Chamber Orchestra, and the Westminster Symphonic Choir, in this performance that took place at Richardson Auditorium, in Alexander Hall, on the campus of Princeton University.

Beethoven’s symphony was the capstone of a concert given on January 25, 2014, to celebrate the 100th birthday of American scholar, philanthropist, and human rights advocate William H. Scheide, who was in attendance. The event was televised as part of PBS’ “Great Performances” series earlier this year.

Join us as I share this “Ode to Joy” – a new recording of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with Mark Laycock – this afternoon at 4:00, on WWFM – The Classical Network and at wwfm.org. And thank you for making our autumn membership campaign a success!

PHOTOS: Mark Laycock (left) and William H. Scheide, pictured with his wife Judith, accepting a bouquet at his 100th birthday concert at Princeton University’s Richardson Auditorium