The Dynamic Duo, Michael Kownacky and I, are on the air right now, and we’re trying to vacuum up the remaining dollars of an unfulfilled challenge. Make us look good – call now (BEFORE 1 PM)! Your contribution will be doubled when you make a commitment at 1-888-232-1212 or online at wwfm.org. Thank you for your support of WWFM – The Classical Network!
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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.
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Veterans Day Remembrance on The Classical Network
November 11. On the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month in 1918 (Paris time), the Armistice went into effect that formalized Allied victory and the end of WWI.
In 1954, at the urging of U.S. veterans, Armistice Day was renamed Veterans Day. Though the intent of the holiday is frequently confused with that of Memorial Day, Veterans Day is a time to honor all military veterans, not just those who died in service to their country.
This afternoon on The Classical Network, we’ll honor several composers who served – including Samuel Barber, whose Second Symphony and “Commando March” were dedicated to the U.S. Army Air Forces – alongside other musical salutes.
We’ll also celebrate conductors Ernest Ansermet and Vernon Handley on their birthdays and remember Werner Andreas Albert, who died yesterday at the age of 84.
In addition, there will be a Cello Sonata in E-flat major by Bernhard Romberg, born on this date in 1767, performed by the late Anner Bylsma.
Join me on this 11th day of the 11th month, from 1600 to 1900 (4 to 7 p.m. EST), on WWFM – The Classical Network and wwfm.org.
PHOTOS: (counterclockwise from top) Corporal Samuel Barber, U.S. Army Air Force; John Philip Sousa in his Marine Band uniform; Sergeant Romeo Cascarino conducting an Army orchestra; and William Grant Still, U.S. Navy
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Rachmaninoff Rarities: Lost Chord Broadcast
Don’t fear the Reaper!
This Sunday night on “The Lost Chord,” listen in for historic recordings of Sergei Rachmaninoff, including a newly discovered demo of his “Symphonic Dances,” with the composer playing, humming, and singing at Eugene Ormandy’s piano in 1940.
Ormandy will introduce “Isle of the Dead” and conduct a special memorial performance with the Philadelphia Orchestra, given only days after Rachmaninoff’s death in 1943.
And the pianist will make a meal out of the Ukrainian folk song, “Bublichki,” or “Bagels,” at a party in 1942.
That’s “Rach of Ages” – Sergei Rachmaninoff in rare, vintage recordings. I’ll present a random harvest, this Sunday night at 10:00 EST, on WWFM – The Classical Network and wwfm.org.
Some rare home movies, with a personal reminiscence by Alexander Greiner, manager of the concert and artist department at Steinway & Sons from 1928 to 1958.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=506&v=QB6-gT-dt18&feature=emb_logo
LIFE OF THE PARTY: Depending on the source, Igor Stravinsky described him as either “six-foot-six of Russian gloom” or “a six-and-a-half foot scowl.”
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Fredric March A Cinematic Mark Twain
Fredric March as Mark Twain? Well, it ain’t Hal Holbrook.
This week on “Picture Perfect,” the focus is on real-life writers as characters in the movies.
Good writers captivate so completely with their words, it’s easy to imagine that they must lead very colorful lives – all the more so when they are given the big screen treatment.
Music lends an extra dimension to the fictionalized Brontë sisters, in “Devotion” (Erich Wolfgang Korngold); Iris Murdoch, in “Iris” (James Horner); the Bard of Avon, in “Shakespeare in Love” (Stephen Warbeck); and Samuel Clemens, in “The Adventures of Mark Twain” (Max Steiner).
Writers are such characters, aren’t they? Join me for an hour of cinematic scribes. Everything’s writ large, this Friday evening at 6:00 EST, on WWFM – The Classical Network and wwfm.org.
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