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Classical Sounds: Americana

November 30, 2024, 7:00 pm

Man playing a guitar under the moonlight. (Pexels: Jeremy Bishop)

Kristina and LaRob share a playlist of classical music infused with elements from Americana including traditional musical styles like blues, gospel, folk and country.

Playlist

Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson: Blue/s Forms
No. 3, “Jettin’ Blue/s”
Randall Goosby, v
Decca B0033878-02

Michael Miles: Suite for the Americas
Michael Miles, banjo
WFMT (70 Essential Years)

Aaron Copland: Appalachian Spring
“Simple Gifts”
London Sym Orch/Aaron Copland
Sony SFK-47285

Mark O’Connor: The American Seasons
Mark O’Connor, v; Metamorphosen/Scott Yoo
Sony SK-89660

Bok, Muir & Trickett: John O’ Dreams (Bill Caddick)
Bok, Muir & Trickett
Folk Legacy FSI 104

Conni Ellisor: Blackberry Winter
Movement I
Stephen Seifert, dulcimer; Nashville Chamber Orch/Paul Gambill
Warner Classics 46739-2

Meyer/Thile/Duncan: Attaboy
Stuart Duncan, v; Chris Thile, man; Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Edgar Meyer, db
Sony 84118-2

Rhiannon Giddens: At the Purchaser’s Option
PUBLIQuartet
Bright Shiny Things BSTD-0171

Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125, “Choral”
Ode to Joy
Pete Seeger, banjo & whistling
Smithsonian Folkways SF-40018

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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