The New York Times – Music:
The third edition of Summer for the City will feature hip-hop, comedy, classical music and more, under the motto “life, liberty and happiness.”
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Henry Timms Wants to Tear Down Walls at Lincoln Center
The New York Times – Music:
With David Geffen Hall open, Lincoln Center’s leader is working to diversify programming, staff and audiences and engage the city. But some worry about what’s being lost.
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Mostly Mozart Festival Has Diverse Crowds, New Programming
The New York Times – Music:
At recent Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra performances, visibly diverse crowds took in programming new to the ensemble.
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Louis Langrée Wraps Up a Quietly Transformative Era of Conducting
The New York Times – Music:
With a new job, Langrée is reaching the end of undersung runs with the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra and the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra.
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Apocalypse Nowish: An Octavia Butler Opera May Be Prophetic
The New York Times – Music:
Toshi Reagon and Bernice Johnson Reagon adapted Butler’s dystopian “Parable of the Sower.” Their opera makes its New York debut at Lincoln Center’s Summer for the City.
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Lincoln Center Revives Summer for the City, Hoping to Draw New Fans
The New York Times – Music:
The festival will include hip-hop, Korean arts, Mostly Mozart and a flock of 200 flamingo lawn ornaments.
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Music, Science and Healing Intersect in an A.I. Opera
The New York Times – Music:
The work-in-progress “Song of the Ambassadors” got a test run at Alice Tully Hall — with Lincoln Center’s artistic director lending her brain.
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The Syncopated Sounds of Old San Juan Hill at the New Geffen Hall
The New York Times – Music:
Etienne Charles’s composition for the reopening of the hall honors the Afro-diasporic musical heritage of the neighborhood razed to build Lincoln Center.
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At Mostly Mozart Concerts, Casual Vibes and High Musical Values
The New York Times – Music:
The Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra offered a series of breezy but focused programs at Lincoln Center, filled with treats big and small.