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Sounds Classical Playlist Vol. 2

March 15, 2025, 7:00 pm

Janelle Monae (Photo: Myles Kalus Anak Jihem, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons); Philip Glass (Photo: Pasquale Salerno, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons); Jon Batiste (Photo: Montclair Film, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons)

Join hosts LaRob K. Rafael and Kristina Lynn as they share the second volume of their “Sounds Classical” Playlist. They explore music where R&B, Jazz, Culture, and Classical collide with selections from Janelle Monáe, Will Gregory, the Kruger Brothers, and more!

Playlist

“Orbit”
Will Gregory
Jess Gillam, sx; Jess Gillam Ensemble
Decca 28948510627

Suite Bergamasque (Debussy)
Claire de Lune
Isao Tomita
Isao Tomita, synths

E Minor Prelude (Chopin)
Paquito D’Rivera
Paquito D’Rivera Sextet

Roan Mountain Suite
Overmountain Men
Kruger Brothers
Kruger Brothers; Kontras Quartet

Sakia*
Anonymous, c.1789
Hindustani Air – Notturno
Uwe Newman, sitar; Shawn Madivetsky, tabla

El Malecon
Orbert Davis
Chicago Jazz Philharmonic/Orbert Davis

Movement 11
Jon Batiste
Jon Batiste, p; Michelle Ross, v’s

Suite Overture II
Janelle Monae
Studio Orchestra
Archandroid

Suite Overture III
Janelle Monae
Studio Orchestra
Archandroid

Butterflies and Hurricanes
Muse
Muse

Movement 1. Low (from the Music of David Bowie and Brian Eno)
Subterraneans
Philip Glass
Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra/David Russell Davies

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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