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Lansing Symphony on 90.5 WKAR-FM

Two selections from MasterWorks 5: Thunder & Yearning will be aired this Friday, May 9th.

In the 10:00 a.m. hour, they'll play Berlioz's Royal Hunt and Storm.
At 2:00 p.m. they'll play the Brahms Symphony No. 3 in F Major, Op. 90.

Portions of the Lansing Symphony's 2007/2008 MasterWorks Series programs will be broadcast on WKAR-FM this summer. The broadcasts are part of WKAR's Community Concerts Series, aired on Tuesday evenings at 7:00 p.m. on 90.5 FM. Following is a partial schedule:

June 3, 2008 - Felix Mendelssohn: Overture, Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage - Timothy Muffitt, Conductor (from MasterWorks 3: Music for a New Nation on Friday, November 9, 2007)

June 10, 2008 - Josef Haydn: Symphony No. 96, "Miracle" - Timothy Muffitt, Conductor (from MasterWorks 2: Elegance & Ecstasy on Saturday, October 27, 2007)

June 24, 2008 - Carl Orff: Scenic Cantata, Carmina Burana - Tharanga Goonetilleke, soprano; Paul Appleby, tenor; Matthew Worth, baritone; MSU Choral Union; MSU Children's Choir; MSU State Singers; University Chorale - Timothy Muffitt, Conductor (from MasterWorks 2: Elegance & Ecstasy on Saturday, October 27, 2007)

July 15, 2008 - Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Violin Concerto - Pip Clarke, Violin - Timothy Muffitt, Conductor (from MasterWorks 3: Music for a New Nation on Friday, November 9, 2007)

July 22, 2008 - Paul Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphoses on Themes of Weber - Timothy Muffitt, Conductor (from MasterWorks 3: Music for a New Nation on Friday, November 9, 2007)

For more information about WKAR and their programming, please visit them at www.wkar.org.