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Classical Music Thanks & Hamish MacCunn Birthday

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

March 22, 2017
Bach Birthday on The Classical Network Donate Now

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!

March 21, 2017
Happy Birthday Bach Celebrate & Support WWFM

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.

March 21, 2017
Spring Music on WWFM & Bach Birthday!

Spring has sprung! Join me this afternoon, as we celebrate the hard-won arrival of this season of renewal with music of vernal inspiration. I’ll be sowing the fields from 4 to 7 p.m. EDT, on WWFM – The Classical Network and at wwfm.org.

Speaking of renewal, have you made your commitment to support The Classical Network yet? Tomorrow is the culmination of our Bach 500. Help us curtail fundraising and to enjoy as much of Bach’s music as possible on his birthday, March 21, by making a donation now at wwfm.org or 1-888-232-1212. Thanks!

March 20, 2017
Rimsky-Korsakov Snow Maiden on WWFM

This Sunday night on “The Lost Chord,” with the lingering evidence of our last winter storm still coating lawns and piled high around parking lots in the Trenton-Princeton area, we welcome spring with selections from Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s “The Snow Maiden.”

Based on an allegorical Russian fairy tale of humans, quasi-mythological creatures, and the eternal forces of nature, “The Snow Maiden” is the story of a star-crossed love that brings about the end of a 15-year winter. The orchestral suite – which climaxes with the “Dance of the Tumblers” – is fairly popular, but the opera, as with all of Rimsky’s 16 efforts in the form, is virtually unknown in the West.

The recording, on the Capriccio label, which features the Bulgarian Radio Symphony conducted by Stoyan Angelov, doesn’t hold a candle to the best Rimsky opera recordings by conductors like Nikolai Golovanov, but it’s enough to give a taste of what American opera lovers are missing.

I hope you’ll join me for “Thaw of the Wild,” tonight at 10:00 EDT, on WWFM – The Classical Network and at wwfm.org.

March 19, 2017

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