Concerts from the Library of Congress
2019 Tickets Available:
September 11, 2019
2020 Tickets Available:
December 11, 2019
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Our phenomenal 2019-2020 season features the extraordinary music and legendary performers you expect to hear at the Nation’s Library. In our splendid concert hall, nestled in the stunning architectural environment of the Thomas Jefferson Building, you can encounter an impressive range of musical experiences, free of charge.
NOTE: The Library will be closed to the public, including researchers and others with reader identification cards, until further notice to reduce the risk of transmitting COVID-19 coronavirus. In addition, all Library-sponsored public programs, including those part of this series, are postponed or cancelled through July 1. Read news release
2019 EVENTS
| Day | Date | Time | Artist/Event (Location) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wednesday | September 11 | 10 am | GET TICKETS for 2019 Concerts and Events from Eventbrite Beginning at 10 am, you can get tickets for any 2019 event that is part of Concerts from the Library of Congress. PLEASE NOTE: All films, talks and preconcert events this year are general admission with no ticket required, unless otherwise indicated. You can still register for reminders and updates about those events, but seating will be first-come, first-served. |
| Wednesday | September 18 | 12 pm | HOMEGROWN CONCERT: 2019 NEA National Heritage Fellows Las Tesoros de San Antonio (Coolidge Auditorium) |
| Thursday | September 19 | 12 pm | HOMEGROWN CONCERT: Les Filles de Illighadad: Tuareg Music and Song from Niger(Coolidge Auditorium) |
| Saturday | October 12 | 8 pm | CONCERT: Chucho Valdés: Jazz Batá (Coolidge Auditorium) |
| Wednesday | October 16 | 8 pm | CONCERT: Fretwork with Iestyn Davies (Coolidge Auditorium) [6:30 pm, Whittall Pavilion, Preconcert Conversation] |
| Friday | October 18 | 8 pm | CONCERT: Arod Quartet (Coolidge Auditorium) [6:30 pm, Whittall Pavilion, Preconcert Conversation] |
| Wednesday | October 23 | 7 pm | LECTURE: “Diversity and the Birth of Broadway: Early Female Authors of the American Musical” with Ben West, musical theater artist, historian and founder of Unsung Musicals Co. (Montpelier Room) |
| Friday | October 25 | 8 pm | CONCERT: Tank & the Bangas (Coolidge Auditorium) |
| Saturday | October 26 | 11 am | EDUCATIONAL WORKSHOP: Tank & the Bangas (Coolidge Auditorium) |
| Monday | October 28 | 8 pm | CONCERT: “As Ever, Oscar: Letters and Lyrics of Oscar Hammerstein II” (Coolidge Auditorium) [6:30 pm, Whittall Pavilion, Preconcert Lecture: “Inside the Envelope: Behind the Scenes with Oscar Hammerstein Correspondence” with Mark Horowitz, Music Division (and current Kluge Staff Fellow)] |
| Tuesday | October 29 | 7 pm | LECTURE: “Art Kane: Harlem 1958” with Benny Golson, saxophonist and composer; Jonathan Kane, musician and photographer; and Larry Appelbaum, Music Division (Montpelier Room) |
| Wednesdday | October 30 | 8 pm | CONCERT: Quicksilver - "Founders Day Concert" (Coolidge Auditorium) [6:30 pm, Whittall Pavilion, Preconcert Conversation] |
| Saturday | November 2 | 8 pm | CONCERT: Midori, violin and Ieva Jokubaviciute, piano [6:30 pm, Whittall Pavilion, Preconcert Conversation] |
| Thursday | November 7 | 7 pm | LECTURE: “Reminiscing in Tempo: Some Highlights from Nine Decades with Jazz” Dan Morgenstern, Library of Congress Jazz Scholar (Montpelier Room) |
| Tuesday | November 12 | 7 pm | AMS LECTURE: “Recovering the History of the U.S. Immigrant Musical Theater at the Library of Congress” with John Koegel, PhD, Professor of Musicology California State University, Fullerton (Montpelier Room) |
| Thursday | November 14 | 7 pm | CONCERT: A Cabaret Evening with Norm Lewis (Coolidge Auditorium) |
| Saturday | November 16 | 2 pm | LECTURE/CONCERT: “Chopin: the Raphael of the Piano" with Alan Walker, speaker and Valerie Tryon, piano (Coolidge Auditorium) |
| Wednesday |
November 20 | 8 pm | CONCERT: Irish Chamber Orchestra with Jörg Widmann, clarinet and conductor; Claron McFadden, soprano (Coolidge Auditorium) |
| Saturday | November 23 | 8 pm | CONCERT: Leila Josefowicz, violin and John Novacek, piano (Coolidge Auditorium) [6:30 pm, Whittall Pavilion, Preconcert Conversation] |
| Thursday | December 5 | 7 pm | FILM: Twin Spirits (Pickford Theater) |
| Friday | December 6 | 8 pm | CONCERT: Clara Schumann at 200 with Anne-Marie McDermott, piano; Kerry McDermott, violin; Maureen McDermott, cello; Susanna Phillips, soprano (Coolidge Auditorium) [6:30 pm, Whittall Pavilion, Preconcert Lecture: “An Introduction to the Music of Clara Schumann” with David Plylar, Music Division] [Post-concert Conversation with the Artists On Stage] |
| Saturday | December 7 | 11 am | #DECLASSIFIED: “Clara Schumann in the Library’s Collection” with Cait Miller (Whittall Pavilion) |
| Wednesday | December 11 | 10 am | GET TICKETS for 2020 Concerts and Events from Eventbrite Beginning at 10 am, you can get tickets for any 2020 event that is part of Concerts from the Library of Congress. PLEASE NOTE: All films, talks and preconcert events this year are general admission with no ticket required, unless otherwise indicated. You can still register for reminders and updates about those events, but seating will be first-come, first-served. |
| Wednesday | December 18 | 8 pm | CONCERT: Miró Quartet with Daniel Ching and William Fedkenheuer, violins; John Largess, viola; Joshua Gindele, cello; and Rita Sloan, piano (Coolidge Auditorium) [6:30 pm, Whittall Pavilion, Preconcert Conversation] |
2020 EVENTS
NOTE: The Library will be closed to the public, including researchers and others with reader identification cards, until further notice to reduce the risk of transmitting COVID-19 coronavirus. In addition, all Library-sponsored public programs, including those part of this series, are postponed or cancelled through July 1. Read news release
