Tag: Holiday Music

  • Beethoven Bash Success Thanks to WWFM Listeners

    Beethoven Bash Success Thanks to WWFM Listeners

    You know how it is, I hope. Personal and holiday obligations have a way of burning through dates on an Advent calendar.

    Nearly two days after the fact, I wanted to take a break from attempted Christmas shopping in order to thank those of you who supported The Classical Network during our annual Beethoven Bash. Thanks to you, and listeners just like you, we were able to reach our fundraising goal of $8,000 before the end of the day on Friday.

    I hope you will take especial pleasure in the music this time of year, knowing that you did your part to make it possible. Personally, I always take extra care when putting together my playlists in the days leading up to Christmas. Enjoy holiday favorites, both jolly and meditative, during the course of my air shifts in the coming afternoons (4:00-7:00 pm M, W, F, and 12:00-4:00 p.m. Tues.). It is my gift to you, brought to you courtesy of the generous support of WWFM listener-members.

    What’s that, you say? Didn’t have a chance to pledge? Still looking for a gift for that certain music-lover? We’ve still got some of those 12-CD box sets of Beethoven’s orchestral works, all eager for a last-minute ride in Santa’s sleigh, for your donation of $120. You’ll find it, and a list of other options, by clicking on our “Thank You Gift” drop-box here:

    https://wwwfm.secureallegiance.com/wwfm/WebModule/Donate.aspx?P=DEFAULT&PAGETYPE=PLG&CHECK=vOU2bz5JCWmgCDbf53nm9ezWDeZ%2beA1M

    Happy birthday, Beethoven! Thanks again, all the warmth and good cheer of the season, and best wishes for a new year of great music from WWFM – The Classical Network and wwfm.org.

  • Unusual Holiday Music on WPRB This Week

    Unusual Holiday Music on WPRB This Week

    In this season of miracles, the gift of music burns long. We’ll light some candles and follow some stars, this Thursday morning on WPRB, with unusual music for the midwinter holidays.

    Highlights will include Conrad Susa’s “Carols & Lullabies: Christmas in the Southwest,” a suite from Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s opera “Christmas Eve” (which naturally features the devil – love them Slavs), Latvian composer Juris Karlsons’ “Christmas Cantata,” Argentinean composer Ariel Ramirez’s “Navidad Nuestra,” Philadelphia composer William Henry Fry’s “Santa Claus Symphony,” Samuel Adler’s Hanukkah medley “To Celebrate a Miracle,” Christopher Rouse’s postmodern invention “Karolju,” and John Adams’ Nativity oratorio “El Niño.”

    There will be plenty of surprises along the way. Leave out some milk and cookies. I’ll be playing multi-cultural Santa, this Thursday morning from 6 to 11 EST, on WPRB 103.3 FM and wprb.com. That’s no fat suit on Classic Ross Amico.

  • Unearthing Unique Holiday Music on WPRB

    Unearthing Unique Holiday Music on WPRB

    Tired of the same old, same old?

    Join me this Thursday morning on WPRB, as we tread the overgrown path of forgotten, overlooked, or neglected Christmas music (at least on the radio).

    We’ll be all over the globe, touching on many traditions. Among the highlights will be a complete performance of John Adams’ Nativity oratorio “El Niño.” The texts are taken or adapted from poems by Rosario Castellanos, Gabriela Mistral, Hildegard von Bingen, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, Rubén Darío, and Vicente Huidobro, as well as anonymous verses and passages from the Bible, the New Testament Apocrypha, and the Wakefield Mystery Plays.

    In my opinion, this is one of Adams’ most consistently inspired works. And what a cast! We’ll hear soprano Dawn Upshaw, mezzo-soprano Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, and baritone Willard White. Listen to it for the first ten minutes, and you’ll be hooked.

    I may even drop in a couple of pieces for Hanukkah, if I have anything worthwhile to contribute.

    However you celebrate, enjoy this season of light. The music will be our beacon, this Thursday morning from 6 to 11 EST, on WPRB 103.3 FM and wprb.com. We’ll have plenty of batteries, bulbs, and candles on hand, on Classic Ross Amico.


    The striking artwork of Yreina Cervantez that graces the cover of the Nonesuch recording of Adams’ “El Niño”

  • Festive Holiday Music on WWFM This Week

    Festive Holiday Music on WWFM This Week

    Season’s greetings!

    The elves have nearly finished piling high my sleigh with unique and festive Christmas packages for all you deserving girls and boys. Join me during my air shifts this week – Monday, Wednesday and Friday, from 4 to 7 p.m., and Tuesday from noon to 4 p.m. – for plentiful music of the season.

    We’ll have selections for the solstice, music evocative of midwinter sport, and plenty of garland and tinsel to go around. Highlights this afternoon will include Ariel Ramirez’s “Navidad Nuestra” and Camille Saint-Saens’ “Christmas Oratorio.”

    My heart grows three sizes this day. It all begins at 4:00 EST, on WWFM – The Classical Network and at wwfm.org.

  • Beethoven Birthday Bash on WWFM!

    Beethoven Birthday Bash on WWFM!

    With nine days to go until Christmas, Beethoven’s birthday is the only day on which you reliably won’t be slammed with ho ho ho. Tune in to WWFM – The Classical Network to celebrate “Ludwig van” with nine hours of his music, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. EST.

    While you’re there, consider supporting the station and, in the process, pick up a nice boxed set of Beethoven’s complete works on 86 CDs. Details available on the station’s home page, at wwfm.org, or by calling 1-800-232-1212.

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