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After it opened in 1969, Alice Tully Hall developed a reputation for dry acoustics and an unwelcoming entrance that was difficult for newcomers to locate. Now, the Lincoln Center concert venue has undergone a major renovation. We get a tour of a new "old" space from architect Elizabeth Diller of ...

New York magazine classical music and architecture critic Justin Davidson likened Alice Tully Hall original design to "a highbrow speakeasy, as if there were something furtive about all that chamber music going on inside." Davidson joins us to review the design and acoustics of Lincoln Center's overhauled concert venue.

Over a career that spans six decades, pianist, composer and arranger Randy Weston has blended jazz with the rhythmic heritage of Africa. He joins us to share his latest album.

Alice Tully Hall is in exactly the same place as it always was; the renovation was unable to change the "footprint" of the hall within the larger building, or to move walls or even seats. These restrictions make the changes that have been made all the more impressive. The vaguely ...

The Oscar nominees for best original score range from the exotic sounds of "Slumdog Millionaire" to the lush elegance of "Milk" and "Benjamin Button" to the colorful "Wall-E" and the violin-flavored "Defiance" (with soloist Joshua Bell). The Oscars ceremony will be held Sunday. [poll id="6"]

Slumdog Millionaire (“Jai Ho”) ...