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Bach Membership Success! WWFM Celebrates

We made it!

Thanks to all 500 of you who came through for us (and counting), we were finally able to crack open the elusive Bach Pot and tally in the additional $17,740 in challenge money. THANK YOU for making this Bach membership opportunity a success. Now we can turn our focus back to the music. Which means plenty of Vaughan Williams and Sibelius ahead, of course. ; )

You done good. Now join me, won’t you, for a nice, tall tankard of Bach bock.

Here’s to Johann Sebastian, WWFM – The Classical Network, and wwfm.org!

March 22, 2019
Bach Reimagined Electric Metal & More

For those about to Bach, we salute you!

One of the most remarkable qualities of Bach’s music is that it is so adaptable to so many different instruments and idioms. In fact, we are just now listening to recordings of Jacques Loussier and the Swingle Singers.

Here’s a little something that’s both electric and electrifying – Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D minor, performed by an electric guitar orchestra.

Heavy metal!

Just over 100 contributions to go to wrap up the “Bach 500.” Your pledge IN ANY AMOUNT helps us climb ever closer to that $17,000 Bach Pot. Call now at 1-888-232-1212 or click on “donate” at wwfm.org. Let’s put this baby to bed!

Bach on, dudes, and thank you for your support of WWFM – The Classical Network.

March 21, 2019
Support Bach on WWFM

A good record store is hard to find these days, but Bach is yours at the touch of a button or the click of a mouse. Please support us in our quest for the “Bach 500.” We’re looking for your donation – in any amount – right now. Once we reach 500 listener contributions, we’ll be able to unlock the Bach Pot to the tune of $14,000 and bask in the glorious music of Johann Sebastian Bach, unencumbered by fundraising, for the rest of the day. Click on “donate” at wwfm.org, or call us at 1-888-232-1212. Thank you for your generous support of WWFM – The Classical Network. With your help, we’ll be Bach!

March 21, 2019
Happy Birthday Bach Donate to Classical Network

The day is upon us! Happy birthday, Bach!

Before you attempt a Google search today, you had better resign yourself to a marked dip in productivity. This time-sucking, interactive Google Doodle gives a crash course in music theory and employs “artificial intelligence” to harmonize your own instant masterpiece (which you can then share with your friends).

Now if only it would do the additional work of transforming my melody into a fugue!

If you can postpone the instant gratification of A.I. for just a moment, please don’t forget, we at The Classical Network are working hard to wrap up our “Bach 500” campaign.

As soon as we reach 500 listener contributions – contributions IN ANY AMOUNT, mind you; you set the level – we unlock this year’s Bach Pot, which means over $14,000 in challenge money to the station. Then it’s off to our own little Café Zimmerman, metaphorically speaking, for a celebratory marathon of Bach’s music, free from fundraising interruptions.

Can you help us get there ASAP? Become one of the 500 now at our website, by clicking on “donate,” at wwfm.org, or call us (after 9 a.m. EDT) at 1-888-232-1212. We are looking forward to making this goal and giving free rein to all the sonatas, concertos, suites, and cantatas we can lay our hands on.

There was nothing artificial about Bach’s intelligence, or his humanity. Thank you for your continued support of great music on WWFM – The Classical Network and wwfm.org!

More information on the creation of the Bach Google Doodle here:

https://www.google.com/doodles/celebrating-johann-sebastian-bach

March 21, 2019
Spring Equinox Purim Bach & More Today!

I hope you’ll join me this afternoon, as we anticipate the arrival of spring (at 5:58 p.m.), the Jewish festival of Purim (at sunset), and the Super Worm Equinox Moon (full at 9:43 p.m.). We’ll also celebrate the birthdays today of pianist Sviatoslav Richter and heldentenor Lauritz Melchior.

To coincide with the vernal equinox, it will be an all-Bach hour on “Music from Marlboro” at 6 – performances from the legendary Marlboro Music Festival. Don’t forget to join the Bach 500, if you haven’t already. 500 donations IN ANY AMOUNT will allow us to unlock this year’s Bach Pot. It’s worth over $14,000 to us. Call now at 1-888-232-1212 or donate online at wwfm.org.

Remember, it’s listeners just like you who put the spring in our step, from 4 to 7 p.m. EDT, on WWFM – The Classical Network and wwfm.org.

March 20, 2019

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