a very different sort of base sound and base culture to Broadway musicals with The Band ’ s Visit . I ' ve also admired Adam Guettel and Jason Robert Brown ' s work for quite some time . Of course , we couldn ’ t do it without Lin-Manuel Miranda , because that sound has been so transformative and everybody has seen that show . We ’ re touching on Hamilton , but we ' re also doing songs from In the Heights , which I think is a glorious musical .
Sherman : Do you believe that the sound of the 21st century musical has been defined ?
Lockhart : I ' m not sure it ' s been defined yet . What the Broadway musicals that we ' re presenting all have in common is that they ' re really great artistic statements by very talented people . They go in a lot of different directions , and they use a lot of different musical voices . I think that maybe what defines 21st century musicals is the fact that the field has been opened up . We ' re only two decades in , so it ' s difficult to draw those conclusions .
Sherman : Do you remember your first Tanglewood show ?
Lockhart : Well , it ' s funny , I had a little history with Tanglewood before I came to Boston . I went to high school in Dutchess County , New York , and I used to get together with friends , load up a car , and drive up there for concerts . As an audience member , I was impressed by the immensity of that lawn , the giant Berkshire cottages , and the sweeping views around it . It seemed a very cool place to make music . Who would have thought that a few years later , I would be there ? I don ’ t remember my first performance there . I do remember the first performance I heard there after I got the job , because it allowed me to keep everybody ' s ages straight . They had a BSO celebration of birthdays , and Yo Yo Ma was 40 , Itzhak Perlman was 50 , and Seiji Ozawa was 60 . I remember seeing all of the luminaries in addition to those three just wandering around the grounds , and I remember thinking , “ Wow , this is where classical music spends the summer .” n
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