Home | Programs | Sounds Classical | Seraph Brass & Kristina’s Brass Faves

Seraph Brass & Kristina’s Brass Faves

March 8, 2025, 7:00 pm

The all female brass quintet Seraph Brass recording a performance at WFMT's Levin Studio. The lights are mixed purple and blue. The hosts for Sounds Classical sit in two chairs to the left of the ensemble, observing them.

Seraph Brass Recording at WFMT for Sounds Classical.

Hosts LaRob K. Rafael and Kristina Lynn welcome the all-women brass ensemble, Seraph Brass, to the studio for live performances and conversation about the group’s mission. In addition, Kristina shares some of her favorite brass moments in classical music

Playlist

Richard Strauss: Don Juan, Op. 20
Chicago Sym Orch/Sir Georg Solti
Decca 4758525 (5)

Richard Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks, Op. 28
Chicago Sym Orch/Sir Georg Solti
Decca 436623-2

Richard Strauss: An Alpine Symphony, Op. 64 (clip)
Boston Sym Orch/Andris Nelsons
DG 4862040

Duke Ellington: Harlem (clip)
City of Birmingham Sym Orch/Simon Rattle
EMI CDC5-57014-2

Leonard Bernstein: West Side Story – “Mambo” (clip)
Studio orchestra/Gustavo Dudamel
Hollywood Records D003694602

Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No. 7 in C, Op. 60, “Leningrad”
IV. Allegro Non Troppo (clip)
Chicago Sym Orch/Leonard Bernstein
DG 427632-2 (2)

Anthony DiLorenzo: Go
Seraph Brass
WFMT Live in studio

Kevin Day: Fantasia
III – “Lunaire”
Seraph Brass
WFMT Live in studio

Edvard Grieg: Holberg Suite, Op. 40
I. “Praeludium”
Seraph Brass
WFMT Live in studio

Kevin McKee: Vuelta del Fuego
Seraph Brass
WFMT Live in studio

Reena Esmail: Tuttarana
Seraph Brass
WFMT Live in studio

Catherine McMichael: Asteria
II. “Virgo, Lover of Justice”
Seraph Brass
WFMT Live in studio

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.

Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts

Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts

Seraph Brass & Kristina’s Brass Faves

Playlist