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  • March Music Madness on WPRB This Morning

    March Music Madness on WPRB This Morning

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    An all-march morning? That’s the fact, Jack!

    Marches for band. Symphonic marches. Light music marches. Marches for piano. Marches for string quartet. Funeral marches. Coronation marches. Circus marches.

    I hope you’ll join me this morning on WPRB, as we are seized by March Madness. That’s right, five blessed hours of marches. Fear not, it won’t be all march-or-die, an incessant barrage of three-minute quick marches in 4/4 time. Some of the marches will be embedded in larger works. Some of the works will merely suggest marches.

    It’s a beautiful morning for a brisk March. I’ll be banging a ladle against the trash can lid at 6:00. Join me for a good stretch of the legs, from 6 to 11 EDT, on WPRB 103.3 FM and at wprb.com. We’ll be sounding off – left, left, left, right, left – on Classic Ross Amico.

  • March Madness on WPRB Radio

    March Madness on WPRB Radio

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    Can’t… stop… the MADNESS!

    Join me tomorrow morning on WPRB, as we’re overtaken by March Madness. We’ll have a full morning of marches. That’s right. It’s so mad a concept, it hardly seems feasible. Yet we will work miracles in an attempt to avoid a rigid playlist of 3-minute pieces in 4/4 time.

    I’ve already got sets of marches piling up for two pianos by Beethoven and Schubert, a symphony for band (and marching machine) by Morton Gould, and works in larger forms that incorporate notable march movements by some of the 19th and 20th centuries’ greatest composers.

    We rise at oh-dark-thirty to begin marching at 6. I hope you’ll join me from 6 to 11 EDT, on WPRB 103.3 FM and at wprb.com. These boots are made for marching, on Classic Ross Amico.

  • Classical Music Thanks & Hamish MacCunn Birthday

    Classical Music Thanks & Hamish MacCunn Birthday

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    Thanks to all of you who helped us along this month on the “Bach 500” (and I did see some of your names on the computer screen yesterday). We’re still a little shy of the desired 500 contributions, so if you haven’t given yet, it’s not too late. Remember, you set the amount. It doesn’t matter how much you pledge, just that we receive 500 donations, from listeners just like you. Call during regular business hours, at 1-888-232-1212, or support us any time at wwfm.org. Again, thank you for all that you do for The Classical Network!

    For today, we move beyond Bach, with musical stops in Scotland, as we celebrate the birthday of Hamish MacCunn, and Finland, as we observe the anniversary of the birth of Tauno Pylkkänen. We’ll also have music by Pulitzer Prize winner Joseph Schwantner, a selection from the Requiem of musical theatre superstar Andrew Lloyd Webber, and some musical jokes courtesy of Gerard Hoffnung.

    Join me today, from 4 to 7 EDT, to hear what your support hath wrought, on WWFM – The Classical Network and at wwfm.org.

    Gerard Hoffnung and two of his creations

  • Happy Birthday Bach Celebrate & Support WWFM

    Happy Birthday Bach Celebrate & Support WWFM

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    Happy birthday, Bach!

    The day of reckoning is upon us. Join us as we celebrate Bach’s music and attempt to restock the station’s larder for another season.

    Our annual “Bach 500” was designed to encourage 500 listeners just like you to support us in any amount. Once we hit 500 contributions, we will be able to tally in additional money, solicited in advance, from the “Bach Pot,” and then we can all just kick back and enjoy the music.

    As a show of thanks, The Classical Network will present a free concert made up of Bach cantatas and organ works, performed by musicians from New York’s Trinity Wall Street. These are the same musicians you enjoy every Monday afternoon on “Bach at 1.” The concert will take place tonight at Miller Chapel on the campus of Princeton Theological Seminary. The program will be broadcast live at 8 p.m., so if you plan to go, please arrive no later than 7:50.

    In the meantime, join us for music and membership, today from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. I’ll be sharing the air waves and programming duties from noon to 3:00 and again from 6:00 to 8:00. I’ll also be manning the board in the studio for the duration of the concert.

    We hope you’ll be as generous as you can, but please do donate in whatever amount. Like you, we all prefer Bach to fundraising!

    Call now at 1-888-232-1212, or contribute online at wwfm.org. Thank you, as always, for your support of Bach, Beethoven, Britten, and all the rest, on WWFM – The Classical Network.

  • Bach Birthday on The Classical Network Donate Now

    Bach Birthday on The Classical Network Donate Now

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    Celebrating Bach’s birthday on The Classical Network, while trying to reach our goal of 500 listener donations IN ANY AMOUNT. Be one of the 500 – help us reach that magic number, and we will stop the on-air pitching and enjoy just Bach’s music.

    Furthermore, we’ll be sharing a free concert of Bach’s cantatas and organ works, performed by musicians from New York’s Trinity Wall Street, at Miller Chapel on the campus of Princeton Theological Seminary. The concert will be broadcast tonight at 8. If you’re planning to attend, please be there by 7:50!

    At 1:00, we’ll have a special guest: Christopher Houlihan, organist, will join us by telephone to talk about Bach. We’ll also share selections from his brand new album on the Azica label, “Christopher Houlihan Plays Bach.”

    Just a few of the treats in store for us when you join us today. I hope you’ll join us as one of the 500. Support WWFM – The Classical Network by calling 1-888-232-1212 or contributing online at wwfm.org. And thank you!

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