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The composer says the center's values"are in direct conflict with the message" of the work, which is based on an Abraham Lincoln speech.Philip Glass withdrew his Symphony No. 15 “Lincoln” from the John F.
Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on Tuesday, telling the center’s board and the National Symphony Orchestra that the work is a “portrait of Abraham Lincoln, and the values of the Kennedy Center today are in direct conflict with the message of the Symphony.” As a result, Glass wrote, “I feel an obligation to withdraw this Symphony premiere from the Kennedy Center under its current leadership.” The commissioned work was scheduled to be performed this June at the Kennedy Center. The center’s board, led by President Trump, slapped Trump’s name on the center’s building last month despite the fact that Congress must approve any change to the memorial to John F. Kennedy. The symphony is rooted in Lincoln’s “ The Kennedy Center has not yet replied to a request for comment. Glass joins an ever-longer list of artists who haveTrump Tries to Demote His Way Out of Minnesota Mess, Norton Remains Silent About Her Campaign’s Apparent End, and an Arlington Schools Official Was Charged With DUI Administration Spins as Nation Reels From Latest Killing, the Washington Post Is in Chaos Again, Potomac Sewage Spill Almost ContainedTrump Tries to Demote His Way Out of Minnesota Mess, Norton Remains Silent About Her Campaign’s Apparent End, and an Arlington Schools Official Was Charged With DUI Administration Spins as Nation Reels From Latest Killing, the Washington Post Is in Chaos Again, Potomac Sewage Spill Almost ContainedAdministration Wants to Hold Grand Prix on National Mall, Minnesotans Stage General Strike, and Squirrel Causes Power Outage in Arlington
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