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Classical Music Movie Review

March 1, 2025, 7:00 pm

From left to right: Chicago Tribune film critic Michael Phillips, and freelance culture writer & editor Hannah Edgar (Photo: Micah Gleason)

Hosts Kristina Lynn and LaRob K. Rafael welcome film critic Michael Phillips and music journalist Hannah Edgar to how classical music is portrayed (and received) in recent films like Maestro and Tár.

Playlist

Antonín Dvořák
Humoresque in G-Flat, Op. 101, No. 7
Anne-Sophie Mutter, v; Berlin Phil/Manfred Honeck
DG B0019303-02

Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 3 in D minor
I. “Kräftig, entschieden”
Michelle DeYoung, ms; choirs; Chicago Sym Orch/Bernard Haitink
CSO Resound 901701

Wolfgang Amadeus
Mozart Symphony No. 25 in G minor, K. 183
I. “Allegro con brio”
St Martin’s Academy/Sir Neville Marriner
Decca 4787297

Kris Bowers
Chevalier film score
“Awarded Chevalier”
London Contemporary Orchestra
Hollywood Records D004244601

Joseph Bologne (Chevalier de Saint-Georges)
Violin Concerto in G, Op. 8
III. Finale, Rondeau
Lausanne Chamber Orch/Renaud Capuçon, v
Erato 5419718972

Hildur Guðnadóttir
Tár
2. Allegro
London Contemporary Orchestra/Robert Ames
DG 486 3430

Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 5 in C-sharp minor
Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado
DG 437789-2

Leonard Bernstein
“Fancy Free” & “On the Town” medley
London Symphony Orchestra/Yannick Nézet-Séguin
DG 486 5467

Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 5 in C-sharp minor
Adagietto clip
London Symphony Orchestra/Yannick Nézet-Séguin
DG 486 5467

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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