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
| Day | Date | Time | Artist/Event (Location) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thursday | January 23 | 7 pm | FILM: A Band Called Death (Pickford Theater) |
| Thursday | January 30 | 8 pm | CONCERT: Dunedin Consort (Coolidge Auditorium) [6:30 pm, Whittall Pavilion, Preconcert Conversation] |
| Friday | January 31 | 8 pm | CONCERT: Asko/Schonberg I (Coolidge Auditorium) [6:30 pm, Whittall Pavilion, Preconcert Conversation] |
| Saturday | February 1 | 8 pm | CONCERT: Asko/Schonberg II (Coolidge Auditorium) Please note: the 6:30 pm pre-concert conversation has been canceled. |
| Wednesday | February 5 | 8 pm | CONCERT: Skride Piano Concert (Coolidge Auditorium) |
| Thursday | February 6 | 7 pm | FILM: In the Heat of the Night (Pickford Theater) |
| Friday | February 7 | 8 pm | CONCERT: Phaeton Trio (Coolidge Auditorium) |
| Thursday | February 13 | 8 pm | FILM: Bonnie and Clyde (Pickford Theater) |
| Saturday | February 15 | 12 pm | FILM: Doctor Doolittle (Pickford Theater) |
| Saturday | February 15 | 2 pm | PANEL/DEMONSTRATION: “Perfection: The Laurent Crystal Flute, 1807-1848” (Coolidge Auditorium) |
| Wednesday | February 19 | 7 pm | Lecture: “Diversity and the Birth of Broadway: Early Black Authors of the American Musical”with Ben West, musical theater artist, historian and founder of Unsung Musicals Co. (Montpelier Room) |
| Thursday | February 20 | 7 pm | FILM: Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (Pickford Theater) |
| Friday | February 21 | 8 pm | CONCERT: Miranda Cuckson & Friends (Coolidge Auditorium) |
| Saturday | February 22 | 11 am | #DECLASSIFIED: Alban Berg at the Library (Whittall Pavilion) |
| Wednesday | February 26 | 7 pm | LECTURE: “A Power Stronger than Itself: the AACM and American Experimental Music” with George Lewis, author (Montpelier Room) |
| Thursday | February 27 | 7 pm | FILM: The Graduate (Pickford Theater) |
| Friday | February 28 | 10:30 am | EDUCATIONAL PERFORMANCE: Sphinx Virtuosi (Coolidge Auditorium) |
| Friday | February 28 | 8 pm | CONCERT: Sphinx Virtuosi (Coolidge Auditorium) [6:30 pm, Whittall Pavilion, Preconcert Conversation] |
| Saturday | February 29 | 8 pm | CONCERT: Concerto Köln (Coolidge Auditorium) |
| Saturday | March 7 | 11 am | #DECLASSIFIED: “Rare & Rediscovered: Unearthing 300 Years of Musical Treasures at the Library of Congress” with Susan Clermont and Paul Sommerfeld, Music Division (Whittall Pavilion) |
| Thursday | March 12 | 7 pm | PANEL: Bartók Ballet: a New Life Onstage for a Landmark Coolidge Commission (Montpelier Room) - POSTPONED |
| Saturday | March 14 | 2 pm | CONCERT: “Arabesque” Marouan Benabdallah (Coolidge Auditorium) - POSTPONED |
| Tuesday | March 17 | 8 pm | CONCERT: Takács Quartet - Edward Dusinberre and Harumi Rhodes, violins Geraldine Walther, viola András Fejér, cello (Coolidge Auditorium) - POSTPONED |
| Wednesday | March 18 | 8 pm | CONCERT: Tabea Zimmermann, viola and Javier Perianes, piano (Coolidge Auditorium) - POSTPONED |
| Saturday | March 28 | 11 am | #DECLASSIFIED/CONCERT: “Manuscript Music for Men’s Chorus” with Washington Men’s Camerata, Frank Albinder, Music Director and James Wintle, Music Division - POSTPONED |
| Tuesday | March 31 | 7 pm | LECTURE: “The Uncommon ‘Gift to be Simple:’ Japanese American Influence in Appalachian Spring” with Marta Robertson, PhD, Professor of Music, Gettysburg College - POSTPONED |
| Saturday | April 4 | 8 pm | CONCERT: Conrad Tao, piano and Caleb Teicher, dancer (Coolidge Auditorium) - POSTPONED |
| Thursday | April 9 | 7 pm | FILM: Miles Davis: The Birth of the Cool (Pickford Theater) - POSTPONED |
| Thursday | April 16 | 7 pm | FILM: The Ballad of Fred Hersch (Pickford Theater) - POSTPONED |
| Friday | April 17 | 8 pm | CONCERT: Bang on a Can All-Stars (Coolidge Auditorium) - POSTPONED |
| Thursday | April 23 | 7 pm | FILM: The Jazz Loft According to W. Eugene Smith (Pickford Theater) - POSTPONED |
| Saturday | April 25 | 11 am | #DECLASSIFIED: “The Beethoven Complex: Finding Their Light in the Shadow of Beethoven, from A.P. Heinrich to Johannes Brahms” with David Plylar, Music Division (Whittall Pavilion) - POSTPONED |
| Friday | May 1 | 9 pm | LIBRARY LATE: Flux Quartet with Oliver Lake and Donal Fox, Program 1 (Coolidge Auditorium) - POSTPONED |
| Saturday | May 2 | 2 pm | CONCERT: Flux Quartet with Donal Fox, Program 2 (Coolidge Auditorium) [12:30 pm, Whittall Pavilion, Preconcert Conversation] - POSTPONED |
| Friday | May 8 | 8 pm | CONCERT: International Contemporary Ensemble with Suzanne Farrin, ondes Martenot (Coolidge Auditorium) - POSTPONED [6:30 pm, Whittall Pavilion, Preconcert Conversation] |
| Wednesday | May 13 | 3 pm | WORKSHOP: Drumming Workshop with Terri Lyne Carrington (Coolidge Auditorium) - POSTPONED |
| Wednesday | May 13 | 7 pm | LECTURE: "Jazz and Gender Equality," with Terri Lyne Carrington (Montpelior Room) - POSTPONED |
| Thursday | May 14 | 8 pm | CONCERT: Fly Higher: Charlie Parker @ 100 (Coolidge Auditorium) - POSTPONED |
| Friday | May 15 | 8 pm | CONCERT: Beethoven’s Hammerklavier Sonata: Two Visions (Coolidge Auditorium) - POSTPONED [6:30 pm, Whittall Pavilion, Preconcert Conversation] |
| Saturday | May 16 | 11 am | #DECLASSIFIED: “Fly Space 3: Attack of the Stacks” with Solomon HaileSelassie (Whittall Pavilion) - POSTPONED |
| Thursday | May 21 | 6:30 pm | PANEL + PERFORMANCE: Preview of "Castor and Patience" (Coolidge Auditorium) - POSTPONED |
| Thursday | May 28 | 7 pm | VIRTUAL CONCERT: International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE), World premieres of new works by Suzanne Farrin and Ashley Fure |
| Thursday | May 28 | 8 pm | CONCERT: Big Band Evening: Strayhorn Known and Unknown with Loren Schoenberg, conductor (Coolildge Auditorium) - Salute to Strayhorn - POSTPONED |
| Friday | May 29 | 7 pm | FILM: Paris Blues (Pickford Theater) - Salute to Strayhorn - POSTPONED |
| Saturday | May 30 | 11 am | FILM: Anatomy of a Murder (Pickford Theater) - Salute to Strayhorn - POSTPONED |
| Saturday | May 30 | 5 pm | SYMPOSIUM: Billy Strayhorn (Whittall Pavilion) - Salute to Strayhorn - POSTPONED |
| Saturday | May 30 | 8 pm | CONCERT: The Bill Charlap Trio with Jon Faddis featuring special guest Cécile McLorin Salvant (Coolildge Auditorium) - Salute to Strayhorn - POSTPONED |
| Weeknights | June 15-26 | 8 pm | The Boccaccio Project: A series of responses to the COVID-19 pandemic |
| Friday | July 24 | 8 pm | CONCERT: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra with Kristian Bezuidenhout, fortepiano and Isabelle Faust, violin (Coolidge Auditorium) - CANCELED [6:30 pm, Whittall Pavilion, Preconcert Conversation] |
