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Classical Sounds Hip-Hop with Steve Wallace

February 22, 2025, 7:00 pm

Steve Wallace conducts a rehearsal for Undying Love (Photo: Forestt LaFave)

LaRob and Kristina continue their “Classical Sounds” series. On this week’s program, explore how the worlds of hip-hop and classical music intersect with the help of singer, composer, and producer Steve Wallace.

Playlist

Igor Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring
Part 1, “Adoration of the Earth” (clip)
Chicago Sym Orch/Sir Georg Solti
London JVCXR-0225-2

Igor Stravinsky: The Firebird
“Infernal Dance”; “Berceuse”; Finale (clip)
Philadelphia Orch/Riccardo Muti
EMI CDC7-47099-2

Afrika Bambaataa & The Soul Sonic Force: Planet Rock (clip)
Tommy Boy
TBLP 1007

James Brown: The Payback (clip)
Polydor
PD 2-3007

Giacomo Puccini: Turandot
Aria, “Tu che di gel sei cinta”
Leontyne Price, s; Rome Opera Orch/Oliviero de Fabritiis
RCA
68883-2

Ludacris: Coming 2 America (clip)
Def Jam South
31458644622

Wu-Tang Clan: Impossible (clip)
Loud Records
74321 45768 1

Oh No feat. J Dilla: Move (clip)
Stones Throw Records
940.0054.130

Johann Sebastian Bach: Toccata and Fugue in D Minor (clip)
Mike Hankinson, synthesizer
Wistminster Gold
WGS-8182

Georges Bizet: Carmen
Final Duet, “C’est toi? C’est moi” (clip)
Akhmetshina, ms; De Tommaso, t; Philharmonia Orch/Arrivabeni
Decca
4852945

Sergei Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini, Op. 43
Final variation
Daniil Trifonov, p; Philadelphia Orch/Yannick Nézet-Séguin
DG
4794970

Nas: I Can (clip)
Columbia
C2 86930

Steve Wallace: Undying Love
Intermezzo
Thaddeus Tukes, vib; John A. Bitoy, III, p; Jeremiah Hunt, db; D-Composed/Steve Wallace
WFMT

Steve Wallace: Undying Love
Act III, Aria, “These Walls”
Whitney Morrison, s; Thaddeus Tukes, vib; John A. Bitoy, III, p; Jeremiah Hunt, db; D-Composed/Steve Wallace
WFMT

Robert Schumann: Dichterliebe, Op. 48
No. 1, “Im wunderschönen Monat Mai”
Steve Wallace, vocals and beats; Mavis Pan, p
Steve Wallace
Dichterleibe-REMIX

Robert Schumann: Dichterliebe, Op. 48
No. 3, “Die Rose, die Lilie”
Steve Wallace, vocals and beats; Mavis Pan, p
Steve Wallace
Dichterleibe-REMIX

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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 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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