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What Was Your First Experience with Classical Music?

March 31, 2023, 8:00 pm

In this episode of Sounds Classical, Kristina Lynn and LaRob K. Rafael invite listeners to think about their first experiences with classical music. They share memories of the lasting impact pieces of like Schubert‘s “Erlkönig” and Brahms‘s Symphony No. 3 and conduct a poll on the impression classical music can have on younger listeners!

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Franz Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in C Sharp Minor
Lang Lang, p

Wolfgang Amadeuss Mozart: Two-Piano Sonata in D, K. 448, I. Allegro con spirito
Anderson & Roe, pianos

Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10 in E Minor, II. Allegro
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Sir George Solti, conductor

Franz Schubert: “Der Erlkönig”
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, bass-baritone;

Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 3 in F Major, III. Poco Allegretto
Berlin Philharmonic; Simon Rattle, conductor

Drake: Laugh Now, Cry Later
Canadian Brass

Daniel Caesar: Best Part
Canadian Brass

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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 a producer and host at WFMT, presenting both Sounds Classical with LaRob K. Rafael, and Evening Music on Friday nights. 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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