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It’s an afternoon of thrills and suspense!

I hope you’ll join us on The Classical Network, as David Osenberg and I sprint to meet another member challenge – today in the amount of $2000.

If we reach $2000 in listener donations, BEFORE 6:00 EST, we’ll get to tally in an ADDITIONAL $2000 toward our fall fundraiser. In other words, that’s a TOTAL OF $4000. Anything you contribute toward the $2000 is DOUBLED. $40 becomes $80… $50 becomes $100… You know the drill.

To get in on the action and really make a difference, please call us before 6 p.m. at 1-888-232-1212, or join us online at wwfm.org.

We’re chipping away at this campaign, and by the end of this afternoon, if we’re successful, we should be in position to wrap things up on Monday morning.

Don’t forget, for a contribution of $200, you can pick up an invitation to our Gathering of Gratitude Gala, which will be held at the Mercer County Community College Conference Center, on the West Windsor campus, next Friday (St. Cecilia’s Day), from 6 to 9 p.m. That invitation is good for you and a guest. There will be food, there will be drink, there will be scintillating conversation with our hosts. And there will be music, lots of music.

Our hope is to always be able to bring you plenty of music, but it’s only possible with the support of our generous listeners. When’s the last time you’ve contributed? Has it been a while? Why not toss us a few bucks? Your bones are doubled.

Once we’ve met this challenge (hopefully), we’ll all be able to kick back and enjoy music by Bernard Herrmann composed for the master of suspense, Alfred Hitchcock, on this week’s “Picture Perfect.”

The Herrmann-Hitch partnership, of course, yielded such classics as “Vertigo,” “North by Northwest” and “Psycho.” We won’t be hearing any of those. Instead, we’ll have less frequently-heard music written for some of their other collaborations – “Marnie,” “The Trouble with Harry,” “The Wrong Man,” “Torn Curtain” and “The Man Who Knew Too Much.”

The suspense is killing us! Help us meet this goal! Call us now at 1-888-232-1212, or contribute online (before 6 p.m., please!) at wwfm.org.

Thank you for your support of WWFM – The Classical Network and wwfm.org!!

November 15, 2019
Warm Up Winter with Classical Music Donations

As the temperatures plummet, make our mercury rise!

Wrap yourself in a blanket and join us today on The Classical Network as we start striking our flints. We’ll do our best to keep you glowing with musical selections calibrated to warm the heart. In turn, we’re hoping that you’ll reciprocate by contributing a little fuel of your own.

Cocoa and hot cider are all well and good, but what we’re really looking for is kindling for this furnace that allows us to generate a perpetual bouillabaisse of the world’s great music. Like the taste of our cooking? Do we fill your home, car or workplace with delectable intimations of comfort and satisfaction? It is only made possible thanks to financial gifts from generous listeners like you. Please consider calling us right now at 1-888-232-1212, or donating online at wwfm.org.

We’ve really tried to space out our fundraising this year, so that you’re not besieged by nonstop talk. After all, it is the music that unites us. We hope that in between these special membership dates you’ve been able to enjoy some truly substantial programming – that you have been able to catch up with some old musical friends, been exposed to something new, and been moved by the music in perhaps unexpected ways.

We at The Classical Network try to cover the broadest possible spectrum of classical music. Much of it you are unlikely to encounter anywhere else. Certainly, you won’t find it in such profusion on any other full-time, professional radio station. It’s a luxury from which we all benefit, thanks to the relative autonomy granted WWFM’s hosts. We select our own music; we put together our own programs. We pride ourselves in keeping it lively, while still honoring the canon and all the great music that got us passionate about this exciting and ever-expanding art form in the first place.

So put on your flannels and get ready to enjoy a cozy afternoon. Get to know our hosts and more about our mission. Most of all, enjoy the music. But please do so by becoming a member in good standing.

You can follow our progress by checking the membership thermometer on our website. Every donation makes our mercury rise.

Let’s make it a tropical heatwave. Call us now at 1-888-232-1212, or contribute online at wwfm.org.

Our sincere thanks to YOU for supporting WWFM – The Classical Network. YOU are what makes us great.

November 12, 2019
Support Classical Music This Halloween

It’s nice to know there’s someone out there in cyberspace who ponders the same questions.

What’s even nicer is when our kindred spirits donate to The Classical Network. Make this Halloween a real treat by calling us at 1-888-232-1212 or by making a contribution online at wwfm.org.

I don’t have to tell you, our music is out of this world. AaaaOOOOOO!!!!!!!

Thank you for supporting WWFM – The Classical Network!

October 31, 2019
Support Classical Music on The Classical Network

The grasshoppers are about to put away their fiddles and the birds take their songs south, but you can count on The Classical Network to continue to provide a stable home for beautiful music throughout the year.

At the touch of a button or the click of a mouse, you’ll be able to enjoy the artistry of the great composers, performers and ensembles, both of the past and of the present day, through cherished recordings and the latest releases, exclusive interviews and broadcast concerts.

This bounty is made possible only through the generous support of loyal listeners just like you. And we never take it for granted. Thanksgiving may still be weeks away, but already we are here to express our gratitude to you, our friends, for keeping classical music available in our community for the past 37 years.

Help us celebrate the abundance of wonderful programming we all rely on every day to enrich the quality of our lives by helping us to meet our financial goals. Our hosts will be popping up occasionally with on-air reminders, beginning today from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. EDT. Call us now at 1-888-232-1212 or make a donation online at wwfm.org.

Renewed memberships, first-time contributions, additional pledges, vehicle donations, and estate planning – all are gratefully received and acknowledged. Please help us to fortify ourselves against the colder months by guaranteeing the security and enjoyment of uninterrupted classical music.

Thank you for your ongoing support, from all of us at WWFM – The Classical Network and wwfm.org!

October 14, 2019
Ryland Angel Bach on The Classical Network

On today’s Noontime Concert on The Classical Network, it’s the Second Coming of Ryland Angel.

You may recall, violent thunderstorms swept through the region on a Monday night two weeks ago, leaving many of us without power. While the station was able to continue to broadcast, thanks to a back-up generator, certain aspects of our daily operations, which we all generally take for granted – such niceties as light, air conditioning, phones, and internet – were out.

Unfortunately, this meant that relevant sound files were temporarily inaccessible, so the Tuesday concert had to be postponed. But we’ll give it another shot today. Of course, there are more storms in the forecast, but at this point they don’t appear to be all that threatening. Famous last words?

As for content, just to refresh your memory:

Countertenor Ryland Angel will be joined by organist Richard Erickson in works by Johann Sebastian Bach, Johann Anastasius Freylinghausen, and Johann Rudolf Ahle, collected in the “Schemellis Gesangbuch.” Georg Christian Schemelli published his songbook in Leipzig in 1736. His son, Christian Friedrich, had been a student at the Thomasschule from 1733 to 1735 and later continued his studies at Leipzig University. Bach, of course, served as Thomaskantor from 1723 until his death in 1750.

The concert was recorded in October at the chapel of Saint Bartholomew’s Church, 325 Park Avenue, in New York City. Free Midtown Concerts are held at St. Bart’s every Thursday at 1:15 p.m. during the regular season, brought to you in part to Gotham Early Music Scene, or GEMS. GEMS is a nonprofit organization that promotes and supports artists in New York City devoted to Early Music. You can learn more about Gotham Early Music Scene at gemsny.org.

Following today’s concert broadcast, stick around for one of Anton Bruckner’s spiritually-infused symphonies, with the Vienna Philharmonic conducted by Bruckner pioneer Carl Schuricht.

Hopefully I am not again tempting Fate by appropriating this image of Blake’s “Angel of the Revelation.” Ryland Angel was born on Saint Cecilia’s Day, so here’s hoping the patron saint of music is in our corner.

The music will be heavenly, the performances revelatory, between 12 and 4 p.m. EDT, on WWFM – The Classical Network and wwfm.org.

August 6, 2019

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