Bach Archives - WORT 89.9 FM

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How do I get my music played on WORT?

We accept submissions in most genres and styles of music, focusing on noncommercial, out-of-the-mainstream, independent releases (check out our playlists and music charts for more information.) It may take up to a few weeks for us to review and process your submission so we appreciate your patience, and feel free to contact us to follow up. Please send your music, indicating any tracks with language that needs to be aired after 10 pm and including a one-sheet description and any biographical and tour information, to WORT Music Director, 118 S. Bedford St, Madison, WI 53703 and/or to musicdirector@wortfm.org.

We do accept digital files on .wav or mp3, but currently we still prefer CDs to digital submissions because it’s the quickest way to get it into the hands of our programmers and onto the airwaves, though we have a growing digital library. Digital submissions should be .wav or other lossless files, or high quality mp3s [128-320 kbps.]

You can follow up or “track” your submissions by email, or call 608-256-2001 on Wednesdays between 1-4 pm CST to ask if we received it, has it been reviewed, has it been added to our library, and what kind of airplay it’s getting—e.g. light, medium, heavy or charting. Thanks and we look forward to hearing your music!

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What was that song I heard? Who was the artist, what is the album title, where can I get it? Where can I find the entire playlist for a show?

Click on the Playlists button to bring up a calendar where you can choose any date to find the playlists for that day. If you can’t find the right playlist or the song you’re looking for, your best bet is to call the station the next time that program’s on and ask the host yourself. If that’s not possible we may be able to help you, but please have as much information as possible at hand when you contact us, such as: approximate day and time the music was played, what type or genre of music it was, who hosted the show and any other information you remember about the selection and we’ll do our best to track it down.

Once you figure it out, there’s a “Buy It!” link next to each track in online playlists that leads you to a place where you can buy songs and albums, and by doing it that way a small portion of each purchase goes to support WORT.

Just Bach November Concert

November 26, 2018 by WORT 89.9FM

Just Bach is a new monthly concert series in Madison, WI, celebrating the music of Johann Sebastian Bach. The series continues at 1:00 pm on Wednesday, November 28th at Luther Memorial Church, opening with organist Mark Brampton Smith playing the Fantasia in G Major, BWV 572. Soprano Sarah Brailey will be featured in Cantata 82a […]

Sonata à Quattro: The Viola Uprising

October 31, 2018 by WORT 89.9FM

Fresh from successful appearances at the Chazen Museum, Bach Around The Clock, and the Madison Early Music Festival, Sonata à Quattro offers a program focusing on that luscious middle member of the string family, the viola. With works dating from 1602 to 1727, SAQ reveals how Italian and German baroque composers used 1, 2, 3, […]

Just Bach October Concert

October 30, 2018 by WORT Music Department

Just Bach is a new monthly concert series in Madison, WI, celebrating the music of Johann Sebastian Bach. Admission is free, with a goodwill donation accepted. The spooky Hallowe’en program on Oct. 31 will feature the famous Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565, performed by organist Mark Brampton Smith. James Waldo will perform […]

Just Bach Concert Series Launch

September 25, 2018 by WORT 89.9FM

Just Bach is a new monthly concert series in Madison, WI, celebrating the music of Johann Sebastian Bach. The series kicks off at 1:00 pm on Thursday, September 27th at Luther Memorial Church, with the ‘Little’ Fugue in G Minor for solo organ, BWV 578, and two beautiful cantatas, BWV 165: O heilges Geist- und […]

Bach Around The Clock this Saturday!

March 8, 2018 by Musica Antiqua

Bach Around The Clock – a joyous celebration of the music of Johann Sebastian Bach – is this Saturday, March 10, from 10am to 10pm at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, 1833 Regent St., Madison, WI. Join Musica Antiqua hosts Carol Moseson and Alan Muirhead at this day-long extravaganza that will feature more than 200 performers, […]

Eric Miller and Max Yount

September 21, 2017 by WORT 89.9FM

Eric Miller (viola da gamba) and Max Yount (harpsichord) present J.S. Bach – The sonatas for Viola da gamba and Harpsichord, BWV 1027-1029, on Sunday, November 5, 2017 at 3:00pm. Tickets $10 in advance online at http://milleryount.bpt.me or $15 at the door. (Advance sales end 1 hour before the show. Tickets available at the door […]

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