Consider classical music a late bloomer. A concert in May doesn’t look so different from one in January. But then comes summer. Around early June, orchestras and opera companies close out their seasons, and music making begins to take on new, liberated forms. Instruments that seem so precious onstage make their way outdoors, suddenly looking as casual as the artists wielding them, who sometimes swap their formal concert attire for, well, whatever they want.

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Locations: bloomer, New York