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Classical Faves from 2022!

December 30, 2022, 8:00 pm

In honor of the end of the year, LaRob K. Rafael and Kristina Lynn share some of their favorite musical moments of 2022 including newly released recordings of music by Leonard Bernstein, Jessie Montgomery, and Joseph Bologne. Together they recount the range of musical highlights from the year 2022.

Playlist

Leonard Bernstein: “Lonely Town” from On the Town
Alison Balsom, trumpet; Britten Sinfonia; Scott Stroman, conductor

Trad American arr. Shawn E Okpebholo: Shall We Gather at the River (Beautiful River)
Will Liverman, baritone; Paul Sanchez, piano

Flutronix & Third Coast Percussion: “Go” from Rubix
Flutronix, flutes; Third Coast Percussion, percussion

Anthony Davis X: Overture & Scene 1: “Africa for Africans” from The Life and Times of Malcolm X
Boston Modern Orchestra Project; Odyssey Opera

Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges: 6 Quartetto Concertans, No. 3 in C Major
Arabella String Quartet

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: “Or sai chi l’onore” from Don Giovanni
Rachel Willis-Sorenson, soprano; Teatro Carlo Felice Orchestra Genoa; Fédéric Chaslin, conductor

Jessie Montgomery: Soul Force
New York Symphony; Michael Repper, conductor

Dionne Warwick: I Say a Little Prayer (arr. Burt Bacharach)
Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello

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Sounds Classical is made possible, in part by, Sylvia Furner and the members of the WFMT Fine Arts Circle.

Meet the Hosts

LaRob K. Rafael joined the WFMT announcing staff in 2020 as a fill-in host and became WFMT’s full-time weekend morning host and producer in Fall of 2021. A Bass-Baritone from the DMV area (Maryland), LaRob has been involved with music since childhood and is a graduate of DePaul University, where he studied Vocal Performance. He has since gone on to work with arts organizations including Lyric Opera of Chicago, La Caccina (a professional women’s ensemble), Black Opera Alliance, Black Administrators of Opera, and Sphinx Organization to name a few. He is the Founder and Artistic Director of Hearing in Color and combines his experience and research to change the predominantly white, European, male classical canon.

Kristina Lynn is the Operations Coordinator at WFMT and joined the announcing staff in 2020. She has hosted live performances and artist interviews with the Rush Hour Concerts and has done voiceover work for the WFMT Radio Network. With an easygoing approach, Kristina aims to welcome all types of listeners to classical music and explore the art form from a 21st-century perspective. She holds a Bachelor of Music degree specializing in Trumpet Performance from DePaul University. Before announcing at WFMT, she has previously worked in radio production at both WFMT and at WQXR in New York.

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Classical Faves from 2022!

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