It was a pretty tiring day yesterday. You know, after listening to all that Mozart. (Too many notes!) But it would be rude of me, now that my powdered wig is at the cleaners, not to at least take up my quill and scratch out a belated thank you note for your continued support of WWFM – The Classical Network and wwfm.org. You are the strings in our fiddles. You are the buckles on our shoes. Your generous patronage lends extra lift to our mincing minuets. Sirs and Madams, we are your most obedient servants.
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Mozart Anniversary Broadcast on WWFM
Mozart, take me away!
I’m getting ready to hit the air waves with more Mozart – an assortment of symphonies, concertos, operas, orchestral, choral, vocal, chamber and instrumental music – in honor of the 264th anniversary of his birth.
Along the way, we’ll hear selections performed by violinist Jaap Schröder and hornist Barry Tuckwell, both recently deceased, and a recording of Christopher Hogwood playing a clavichord that once actually belonged to the composer.
If you enjoy the programming, please support it, with your contribution at 1-888-232-1212 or online at wwfm.org.
As an added incentive, this time around we’re offering, among our thank you gifts, a 2-CD set, “Quiet Time: The Music of Mozart,” available for your donation of $60.
At 7:30 tonight, I’ll be manning the board for a special broadcast of Westminster Choir’s Homecoming Concert, coming your way live from Princeton University’s Richardson Auditorium. David Osenberg will be your host for that. Then I’ll be back, following the concert, with more music until 10:00 EST.
Forget your cares with Wolfgang. Grab your shades and join the Wolf Pack, on WWFM – The Classical Network and wwfm.org. Thank you for your support!
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Mozart’s Humanity Celebrate His Birthday on WWFM
There’s a lot of art in Mozart. But also a lot of humanity.
Join us today on The Classical Network, as we celebrate the 264th anniversary of the birth of Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart – better known as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Current events got you down? Take the long view. This music from over two centuries ago still has the ability to touch our hearts, soothe our minds, and reach into our souls. Mozart’s music reflects what is best in Man.
Tune in for a broad sampling of his extraordinary output, including symphonies, concertos, operas, orchestral, choral, vocal, chamber and instrumental music. If you enjoy it, please support it, with your contribution at wwfm.org.
While you’re at it, pick up a thank you gift. Of course, we’ve a broad array of music-oriented loot. This time around, we’re adding a 2-CD set of Mozart adagios. This is the perfect collection to insulate yourself from the cares of the world.
The saying goes that the best things in life are free, but it sure does cost money for us to bring you the music. We’ve been able to hang in there for 37 years, thanks to the generosity and perspicacity of listeners just like you.
Please call us at 1-888-232-1212, or make your donation online at wwfm.org. Thank you for your continued support of WWFM – The Classical Network!
FUN FACT: Mozart signed his name “Amadeus” only a few times in his life, when he was playing around in letters written in a kind of mock Latin. In fact, “Amadè,” “Amadé,” or simply “Amade” were his preference (“Amadeo” in Italy). He was fairly cavalier in the placement of the accent. It was only on his death certificate that the form “Amadeus” took root. His widow, Constanze, picked up on it and used it in her appeal to the Emperor for a pension (ultimately successful), citing Mozart’s contributions. As her late husband became increasingly venerated, “Amadeus” became the standard.
Of course, we can be as pedantic as we like. But nothing changes the transcendent quality of the music and its enduring ability to elevate our mood.
Find peace with Mozart on WWFM The Classical Network.
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Kaprálová Remembered on The Classical Network
Vitězslava Kaprálová undoubtedly would be much better known had she not died of tuberculosis at the age of 25. This brilliant musician was poised to become perhaps the best-known woman composer and conductor in all of Europe. Among her teachers were Vitězslav Novák, Václav Talich, Charles Munch, Nadia Boulanger and Bohuslav Martinů.
We’ll remember Kaprálová this afternoon on The Classical Network, on the anniversary of her birth, with a recording of the piece that brought her her greatest success, the “Military Sinfonietta.” Kaprálová herself conducted the work’s first performance, with Czechoslovakia’s president, Edvard Beneš, in attendance, in 1937. The next year, she conducted it again in London, with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, at the Festival of the International Society for Contemporary Music.
Her relationship with Martinů deepened into one of romantic love. We’ll hear some of Martinů’s music, as well, alongside birthday tributes to Liszt pupil William Mason, Pulitzer Prize winners Norman Dello Joio and Leon Kirchner, Austrian composer and arranger Gottfried von Einem, and composer and writer of supernatural fiction E.T.A. Hoffmann.
At 6:00, we’ll get a jump on the Lunar New Year on “Picture Perfect,” with music from movies set along the Silk Road, including “The Adventures of Marco Polo” (Hugo Friedhofer), “Genghis Khan” (Dusan Radic), “Mongol” (Tuomas Kantelinen), and “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” (Tan Dun).
Cap your day with Kaprálová and a swathe of cinematic silk, from 4 to 7 p.m. EST, on WWFM – The Classical Network and wwfm.org.
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Aladdin’s Cave Classical Delights Today
Open sesame!
It’s an Aladdin’s cave of delights this afternoon on The Classical Network.
At 4:00, we’ll have two works inspired by the famous fairy story from the Arabian Nights, both of them by Scandinavian composers. They’ll highlight an hour of music for the young and the young at heart, including Benjamin Britten’s “Simple Symphony,” in a recording conducted by Princeton alumnus Gilbert Levine, on his birthday. We’ll also hear birthday celebrant Myung-Whun Chung conduct Carl Nielsen’s “Aladdin Suite.”
The 5:00 hour will bring a Romantic symphony by Charles Tournemire. In addition, we’ll mark the anniversaries of the births of French composers Claude Balbastre and Henri Dutilleux.
Then we’re off to Tuscany on “Music from Marlboro” at 6:00, with a guitar quintet by Luigi Boccherini and the string sextet “Souvenir de Florence” by Peter Ilych Tchaikovsky.
The musical riches are piled high, from 4 to 6 p.m. EST. Your wish is our command, on WWFM – The Classical Network and wwfm.org.
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