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Lansing Symphony goes "Into the Heavens" with Holst, Poulenc

LSO conductor Timothy Muffitt.
Courtesy photo

By Melissa Ingells, WKAR News

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wkar/local-wkar-869276.mp3

UNDATED – WKAR's Morning Edition host Melissa Ingells speaks with the conductor of the Lansing Symphony Orchestra, Timothy Muffitt, about the next Masterworks concert at Wharton Center. The program features Holst's "The Planets" and Poulenc's "Gloria." Melissa Ingells first asked Muffitt if the orchestra would perform all of "The Planets," with the caveat that Pluto hadn't been discovered yet when Holst was composing, and has since been demoted:

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