Best Photos of the Day

The tuba player Samantha Lake with Make Music New York on Lexington Avenue in the Manhattan borough of New York, June 21, 2023. Come summer, classical music bursts the bonds of the concert hall and ventures outdoors. (James Estrin/The New York Times).

A New York Philharmonic concert in Central Park, June 14, 2023. Come summer, classical music bursts the bonds of the concert hall and ventures outdoors. (James Estrin/The New York Times).

A Death of Classical concert in the catacombs at Green-Wood Cemetery in the Brooklyn borough of New York, July 6, 2023. Come summer, classical music bursts the bonds of the concert hall and ventures outdoors. (James Estrin/The New York Times).

A Boston Symphony Orchestra concert at its Tanglewood campus in the Berkshires in Stockbridge, Mass., July 15, 2023. Come summer, classical music bursts the bonds of the concert hall and ventures outdoors. (James Estrin/The New York Times).

A violinist heads to the stage for the New York Philharmonic concert in Central Park, June 14, 2023. Come summer, classical music bursts the bonds of the concert hall and ventures outdoors. (James Estrin/The New York Times).

Historic re-enactors fire cannons for the finale of Tchaikovsky’s “1812 Overture” at the Philadelphia Orchestra concert at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., Aug. 2, 2023. Come summer, classical music bursts the bonds of the concert hall and ventures outdoors. (James Estrin/The New York Times).

A Philadelphia Orchestra concert at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., Aug. 2, 2023. Come summer, classical music bursts the bonds of the concert hall and ventures outdoors. (James Estrin/The New York Times).

The Canadian pianist Joan Forsyth with Make Music New York on Lexington Avenue in the Manhattan borough of New York, June 21, 2023. Come summer, classical music bursts the bonds of the concert hall and ventures outdoors. (James Estrin/The New York Times).

A participant on the Metropolitan Opera’s float at the New York City Pride March, which featured a mobile concert sung by the countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo and the mezzo-soprano Stephanie Blythe, June 25, 2023. Come summer, classical music bursts the bonds of the concert hall and ventures outdoors. (James Estrin/The New York Times).

A design on the Metropolitan Opera’s float at the New York City Pride March, which featured a mobile concert sung by the countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo and the mezzo-soprano Stephanie Blythe, June 25, 2023. Come summer, classical music bursts the bonds of the concert hall and ventures outdoors. (James Estrin/The New York Times).