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Article: For the Heat Of the Moment; NSO Immerses Patrons In the Subtle Pleasures Of Mozart's Many Faces
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- The Washington Post
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- June 24, 1996
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When did Mozart become the quasi-official classical music of the
summertime?
In Europe, his work has been essential to the Salzburg and
Glyndebourne summer festivals since their inceptions; in the United
States, the composer probably donned this particular mantle with the
establishment of the Mostly Mozart festival at Lincoln Center in
1966. For the past four years, the conductor and scholar Christopher
Hogwood has served as artistic director for the National Symphony
Orchestra's own Mozart Summer Festival at the Kennedy Center, which
concluded yesterday afternoon with a performance of Handel's
"Messiah."
No, that's not a typo. Handel in a Mozart festival? Well,
yes. After all, the ...