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WWFM Celebrates 40 Years with Kapilow Event

We all catch a break today. We got an extra hour’s sleep (in theory, anyway) – if you remembered to change your clocks – and we get a week off from “The Lost Chord,” as tonight’s show will be preempted, because of a special broadcast.

Rob Kapilow will bring his popular radio program “What Makes It Great” to Mercer County Community College’s Black Box Theatre (adjacent to the WWFM studios) for an invitation-only presentation. I believe the plan is for Rob himself this time to illustrate his lively deconstructions with musical examples and performances on piano and guitar. The event will be broadcast live, beginning at 7:00 EST.

Due to this special event, “The Dress Circle” with Ted Otten and Michael Kownacky will be heard this evening at 9:00, “The Lyric Stage” with Mike Harrah will be heard at 10:00, and probably “The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center” will be heard at 11:00. All I know is that Carl Hemmingsen and I get the boot. So no “The Lost Chord” or “Half Past” this week, which is fine, because you’ll all want to hit the hay early anyway in order to start your work week on the right foot.

Kapilow’s appearance is part of WWFM’s “40 and Forward” membership campaign, celebrating the station’s 40th year. If you haven’t had a chance to show your support, consider tossing us a few acorns. We’ve been enjoying a reprieve from the cold weather, but most assuredly winter is on the way and the larders need to be fortified.

We’ll continue to fiddle for our supper, but we can only do so thanks to the generosity of listeners like you. Help ensure a future of WWFM – The Classical Network sharing great music in our community and around the world with your donation today at wwfm.org.

Enjoy the programming, and thank you, as always for your support!

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November 6, 2022
Princeton Festival: Schubert’s “Death and the Maiden”

The Princeton Festival continues, as commentator Rob Kapilow, host of the popular radio show “What Makes It Great?,” explores Franz Schubert’s String Quartet in D minor, “Death and the Maiden.” Kapilow will deconstruct key passages from the piece with live musical illustrations, to reveal what makes the music so extraordinary. On the second half of the program will be a complete performance of the work by the Signum Quartett. Tonight’s event is presented in partnership with WWFM – The Classical Network, and will be broadcast live at 89.1 FM and wwfm.org.

“Death of the Maiden” stands near the pinnacle of the Romantic string quartet repertoire. If you’re an ardent Schubertophile, you’ll also want to be on hand for tomorrow evening’s concert, which will round out a complete cycle of the composer’s late quartets, with the Signum playing both the “Rosamunde” and the monumental Quartet in G major. Both concerts, tonight and tomorrow, will begin at 7 pm.

This year, nearly all festival events take place in a specially-constructed outdoor 10,000 square foot state-of-the-art performance tent on the grounds of Morven Museum & Garden on Route 206 (55 Stockton Street), not far from the Princeton Battle Monument.

Drop by early, before this evening’s concert to enjoy empanadas, available for purchase from the Hotpanada truck. Tables and chairs will be available for picnicking, or bring your own blanket.

Tomorrow, enjoy a preconcert talk by Schubert scholar Charles Fisk of Wellesley College, who will chat about Schubert’s later years, with a special emphasis on the final quartets. The talk will take place at Morven’s Stockton Education Center, located on the grounds, at 5 pm.

For Schubert, of course, “late” came early, as he died in 1828 at the age of 31. His productivity, and the depth and range of his music, is staggering.

The Princeton Festival runs through June 25, with musical events in a variety of genres presented every evening: opera, jazz, cabaret, musical theater, chamber music, classical and Broadway pops. Baroque music concerts will be presented across the street at Trinity Episcopal Church.

Indulge in free pre-concert talks, a poetry workshop, an on-site bar, and abundant lawn space at Morven for picnicking prior to the concerts. For a complete schedule, visit princetonsymphony.org/festival.

Direct link to tickets for tonight’s concert

https://princetonsymphony.org/performances/what-makes-it-great/2022-06-13

With the balance of the quartet cycle tomorrow evening

https://princetonsymphony.org/performances/schuberts-late-string-quartets/2022-06-14

Signum in concert with “Death and the Maiden”

Empanadas in the truck from Hotpanada

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June 13, 2022
Live Music Today WWFM Classical Network

It’s a refreshing change of pace to be able to enjoy any live music these days. All the more reason to savor two special events, which will take place at Mercer County Community College’s Black Box Theatre and will be shared today over WWFM The Classical Network.

First, pianist Clipper Erickson will perform works by R. Nathaniel Dett, Beethoven, and Laurie Altman, at 12:00 EDT.

Then Rob Kapilow will present an all-new “What Makes It Great?” playing and deconstructing music by Beethoven, Sondheim, and composers of the Great American Songbook, at 8:00 EDT.

Enjoy a sense of connection, with genuine live performances, presented in real-time. The seating is in your living room, today on WWFM – The Classical Network and wwfm.org.

July 24, 2020
Classical Music Halloween Treat WWFM

“Music… GOOD!”

On this Halloween, join us, if you dare, for a playlist of frights and delights, as we continue to solicit treats from our generous listeners. Candy bars or fast food gift certificates are all well and good, but what we’re really hoping for are your dimes.

Please support the classical music that binds us with a donation in any amount, by calling The Classical Network at 1-888-232-1212, or by visiting our website, wwfm.org.

Your contribution puts the fuel in our ghoul.

As a show of thanks for our strongest contributors, we are offering a special Gratitude Gala on November 22. The gala will be studded with celebrity hosts like Rob Kapilow (“What Makes It Great”), Jed Distler (“Between the Keys”) and David Dubal (“The Piano Matters”). Music will be an integral part of the experience, and yes, there will be food.

If you’ve already received an invitation, please RSVP as soon as you can. If you haven’t received an invitation and would still like to attend (with up to one guest), a gift of $200 during our fall fundraiser is just the ticket. The event will be held at the Conference Center on the West Windsor campus of Mercer County Community College, from 6 to 9 p.m.

If you can’t afford the $200, do NOT think your contribution doesn’t matter! We offer gifts at all levels. CDs, travel mugs, vehicle magnets, tote bags – we’d love to send you something. But these are all as mere tokens of our gratitude for your being there for us when we need you the most. The real thanks come in the form of the kind of quality music we offer you every day, at the touch of a button or the click of a mouse.

We’re furiously cutting eye holes in our parents’ sheets, rubbing burnt cork on our cheeks, and blacking out our teeth. Trick or treat! Our music is scary good, on WWFM – The Classical Network and wwfm.org.

Thank you for your support of The Classical Network!

October 31, 2019
Schubert’s Unfinished Symphony Live Tonight

Be there for the B minor.

Join The Classical Network for a live broadcast of “What Makes It Great,” featuring composer, conductor, author, and commentator Rob Kapilow. The event will take place tonight at 8:00 at Princeton High School, where select young musicians from three area youth orchestras – the Youth Orchestra of Central Jersey, the Greater Princeton Youth Orchestra, and the Youth Orchestra of Bucks County – will combine into an All-Star Youth Orchestra to perform Franz Schubert’s Symphony No. 8 in B minor, the so-called “Unfinished.”

Kapilow will discuss what makes the symphony “great,” his observations illustrated with passages played by the orchestra, and then the orchestra will perform the symphony in its entirety. A Q&A session will follow. The concert will be broadcast and also streamed live on the station’s Facebook page:

https://www.facebook.com/wwfmtheclassicalnetwork/.

Admission is free. For directions and additional venue details, see the WWFM events calendar:

http://wwfm.org/community-calendar/event/147952

Please note: because the concert will be broadcast live, The Classical Network requests that members of the audience be in their seats by 7:50 pm.

“Exploring Music” will not be heard tonight. Tune in on Tuesday at 6 p.m. for a double-dollop of Bill McGlaughlin.

Today, yours truly will host into the early evening hours, providing music for your afternoon commute and getting you primed for the 8 p.m. broadcast of “What Makes It Great.” I’ll be spinning the discs, beginning at 4 p.m. EDT, on WWFM – The Classical Network and wwfm.org.

May 8, 2017

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