Sounds of Lincoln Center
During this time of social distancing, we are bringing the Sounds of Lincoln Center to you through curated digital playlists. They feature music of joy, beauty, comfort, grief, and hope; music that reminds us of the power of the live arts to speak to our current reality and to help us imagine new futures ahead. All of the organizations at Lincoln Center have contributed to these playlists, as well as staff and community partners. Learn More »Today
Thursday, August 13
Mostly Mozart Festival on WQXR
Mostly Mozart Festival on WQXR, Day 4
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
Today’s robust festival program includes an important conversation about the Black experience in the concert hall led by WQXR’s Terrence McKnight.
Videos for children streamed throughout the day on WQXR’s Facebook page with pop-up classrooms, concerts, crafts, and more. Presented by Lincoln Center Education and WQXR.
Mostly Mozart Festival on WQXR
Black Experience in the Concert Hall: The Mozart Effect
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
Terrance McKnight hosts a conversation about the Black experience in the concert hall with Sanford Allen, Bobby McFerrin, Julia Bullock, Lawrence Brownlee, and Alvin McCall.
Starring Nina Stemme, Anita Hartig, Marco Berti, and Alexander Tsymbalyuk, conducted by Paolo Carignani. From January 30, 2016.
Mostly Mozart Festival on WQXR
Evening Broadcast: Mostly Mozart Debuts
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
The Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra and Louis Langreé perform with Lawrence Brownlee, tenor (2012); Martin Fröst, clarinet (2012); Nelson Freire, piano (2011); Gil Shaham (2017).
Mostly Mozart Festival on WQXR
A Little Night Music: Pekka Kuusisto and Erik Sundquist + Beatrice Rana
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
Classical and folk collide on this late night program featuring violinist Pekka Kuusisto & bassist Erik Sundquist. A recording from pianist Beatrice Rana closes the broadcast.
Mostly Mozart Festival on WQXR
Mostly Mozart Festival on WQXR, Day 5
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
A documentary on Jeanine Tesori and Tazewell Thompson’s opera Blue and an excerpt from The Black Clown featuring Davóne Tines are just a few highlights from today’s program.
Inspector Pulse investigates how musicians can tell stories without saying a single word!
Lincoln Center Pop-Up Classroom
Paper Weaving Workshop with Ms. Taryn (Episode 66)
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
Create multi-dimensional woven works of art using recyclable materials
Starring Deborah Voigt, Michelle DeYoung, Robert Dean Smith, and Matti Salminen, conducted by James Levine. From March 22, 2008.
A documentary on the groundbreaking opera Blue about race and violence in 21st century America, featuring highlights from the opera and commentary from the creative team.
Mostly Mozart Festival on WQXR
A Little Night Music: Juho Pohjonen, Davóne Tines, and the Junction Trio
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
Tonight’s program opens with a performance by pianist Juho Pohjonen and includes highlights from the opera The Black Clown, with bass-baritone Davóne Tines.
Mostly Mozart Festival on WQXR
Mostly Mozart Festival on WQXR, Day 6
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
The festival continues today with a full schedule of Mostly Mozart specials including a Metropolitan Opera broadcast of La Clemenza di Tito and Mozart’s Last Three Symphonies.
Introduce your little ones to the joy of jazz. The WeBop Virtual Summer Term explores everything from Latin jazz to Kansas City Swing. Sign up soon before spots run out!
Starring Kristine Opolais, Susanna Phillips, Vittorio Grigolo, Massimo Cavalletti, Patrick Carfizzi, and Oren Gradus, conducted by Stefano Ranzani. From April 5, 2014.
Mostly Mozart Festival on WQXR
A Little Night Music: Jenny Lin and Dover String Quartet
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
Recorded at the Kaplan Penthouse in 2011, pianist Jenny Lin performs works by Silvestrov, Mozart, & Stravinsky. The Dover String Quartet closes the program with more Mozart.
Mostly Mozart Festival on WQXR
Mostly Mozart Festival on WQXR, Day 7
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
The Mostly Mozart Festival comes to a close with a full day of on-air specials including a 3 ½ hour extravaganza recreating Beethoven’s 1808 Akademie concert in Vienna.
Met Stars Live in Concert: Roberto Alagna and Aleksandra Kurzak with the Vienna Morphing Quintet
The Metropolitan Opera
The dynamic husband-and-wife duo share give a joint performance from the terrace of a chateau overlooking the Mediterranean. Tickets at $20.
Mostly Mozart Festival on WQXR
Closing Night Broadcast: Beethoven Akademie 1808
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
Renée and Robert Belfer Music Director Louis Langrée leads the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra in a recreation of Beethoven’s legendary 1808 Akademie concert.
Joélle Harvey performs Handel’s “Let the Bright Seraphim,“ plus hear Mendelssohn’s Andante and Allegro brillant for Piano, Four Hands and Franck’s Piano Quintet in F minor.
Starring Renata Scotto, Plácido Domingo, Sherrill Milnes, Bonaldo Giaiotti, and James Morris, conducted by James Levine. From January 20, 1979.
Join the artists of New York City Ballet in a series of free, one-hour movement workshops specially designed for teens and adults with disabilities, powered by Zoom.
Join the artists of New York City Ballet in a series of free, 45-minute movement workshops specially designed for children with disabilities, powered by Zoom.
Introduce your little ones to the joy of jazz. The WeBop Virtual Summer Term explores everything from Latin jazz to Kansas City Swing. Sign up soon before spots run out!
Vocalist and bandleader Michael Mwenso and pianist and composer Mathis Picard lead a musical journey through the sounds and history of Harlem.
Ces noms que nous portons
Choreographer Kyle Abraham and New York City Ballet Principal Dancer Taylor Stanley join forces for a powerful collaboration, filmed at the Lincoln Center fountain. At once evocative and tender, this beautiful site-specific performance is not to be missed. Learn More »Series & Programs
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Mostly Mozart Festival on WQXR
Join us for the reimagined Mostly Mozart Festival on WQXR. This seven-day multimedia festival reflects on the meaning of Mozart’s work and reminds audiences of the power of music to bring communities together. Engage with specially curated musical broadcasts, live events, digital content, and a range of programming that illuminates how racism and inequality have shaped classical music, past and present. Listen at 105.9 FM and WQXR.org. Learn More »
#ConcertsForKids
For family audiences, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts is teaming up with a remarkable group of artists who will bring world-class performances and diverse musical perspectives straight from their homes to yours. We’re excited to share these short performances recorded by the artists themselves with your family at home. New concerts are released on Wednesdays at 4:00 pm ET, then become available on demand. Learn More »
