Event Videos

In addition to Event Videos of Concerts From the Library of Congress, videos of events organized by the Music Division are freely available online.

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    Conversation with the Pacifica Quartet Members of the Pacifica Quartet speak with Carol Lynn Ward Bamford and David Plylar about their program. Topics include the music of George Walker, Charles Ives, Samuel Barber, George Crumb, and Antonín Dvorák, as well as the experience of playing with the Library's Stradivari instruments.
    • Contributor: Ward Bamford, Carol Lynn - Pylar, David - Vamos, Brandon - Holloway, Mark - Hartman, Austin
    • Date: 2024-12-18
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    Conversation with Julius Rodriguez Claudia Morales sits down with multi-instrumentalist, composer and producer Julius Rodriguez to discuss his musical journey and reflect on the music collection items he explored. Later that day, Rodriguez performed selections from his recent album "Ever Green" at the Coolidge Auditorium.
    • Contributor: Rodriguez, Julius - Morales, Claudia
    • Date: 2024-12-13
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    Conversation with Experiential Orchestra and Curtis Stewart Leaders of the Experiential Orchestra -- including conductor James Blachly, director of artistic planning Pauline Kim Harris and concertmaster Henry Wang -- joined violin soloist Curtis Stewart and the Library's David Plylar for a discussion covering the development of the Experiential Orchestra's performance program at the Library of Congress. This program featured the music of Julia Perry (on the occasion of her centennial), Alan…
    • Contributor: Plylar, David - Wang, Henry - Harris, Kim - Blachly, James - Stewart, Curtis
    • Date: 2024-12-06
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    Morton Subotnick and the Buchla 100 Composer and electronic music pioneer Morton Subotnick offers some background and insights into his work with the famed Buchla 100, which he used to create the genre-defining album "Silver Apples of the Moon." Recently restored, Subotnick's original Buchla 100 will be on display and some of its many possible sounds demonstrated by the members of the MEMS Project. The Buchla 100 was restored as…
    • Contributor: Milanovich, Mark - Flynn, Chip - Subotnick, Morton - Antosca, Steve - Northrop, Andrew
    • Date: 2024-12-05
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    Recovering the Extraordinary Life and Songs of Carrie Jacobs-Bond Christopher Reynolds, distinguished professor emeritus at the University of California discussed Davis Carrie Jacobs-Bond (1861-1946), one of the most successful songwriters in the first half of the 20th century. Her most popular songs sold millions of copies of sheet music and records and were sung around the world, translated into dozens of languages. Critics often thought of her music either as "semi-classical," as "high-class…
    • Contributor: Reynolds, Christopher
    • Date: 2024-12-04
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    Conversation with Tyshawn Sorey Trio and Sandbox Percussion Composer and percussionist Tyshawn Sorey of the Tyshawn Sorey Trio and Ian Rosenbaum of Sandbox Percussion speak with the Library's Mike Turpin and David Plylar. The conversation opens with a brief presentation on Max Roach, whose centennial is being celebrated by their performance, including a clip of Roach speaking about his first gig with Duke Ellington. The artists speak about their different sets inspired…
    • Contributor: Plylar, David - Sorey, Tyshawn - Turpin, Mike - Rosenbaum, Ian
    • Date: 2024-11-22
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    Teen Eighngst: Early String Octet Powerhouses by Mendelssohn and Enescu The Library's David Plylar speaks about two remarkable works created by young composers. Felix Mendelssohn and George Enescu both composed their string octets while still in their teens, and each piece offers a fresh take on cyclical/self-referential musical structures, in addition to being landmark works in the history of the string octet. The lecture preceded a performance in the Coolidge Auditorium of both octets…
    • Contributor: Plylar, David
    • Date: 2024-11-16
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    Conversation with Amarcord Singers Daniel Knauft and Wolfram Lattke of the vocal ensemble amarcord speak with the Library's David Plylar about their performance at the Library of Congress. Starting with a discussion of amarcord's origins in the Thomanerchor, topics also cover the wide range of vocal music on the program and the special place of contemporary music in their repertoire. Richard Wagner's "An Webers Grabe," held in…
    • Contributor: Plylar, David - Knauft, Daniel - Lattke, Wolfram - Amarcord
    • Date: 2024-11-15
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    Leslie Odom Jr. in Conversation with Ken Biberaj Tony and Grammy award-winner Leslie Odom Jr. joined host Ken Biberaj for a live taping of "Coffee with Ken," presented by the Library of Congress, CAA and "Coffee with Ken." Odom is widely renowned for his stage and screen work, including as Aaron Burr in "Hamilton," where he won the Tony for Best Actor and a Grammy for the original cast recording. The interview…
    • Contributor: Biberaj, Ken - Odom Jr., Leslie
    • Date: 2024-11-13
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    Conversation with Hiromi Uehara Renowned Japanese jazz pianist, composer and bandleader Hiromi Uehara talks with the Library's Claudia Morales about her musical journey. They delve into her reactions to treasures from the Library's music collections and the lasting influence of George Gershwin on her artistry. Don't miss the unforgettable moment when Hiromi plays Gershwin's original piano.
    • Contributor: Uehara, Hiromi - Morales, Claudia
    • Date: 2024-11-08
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    Conversation with Emi Ferguson and Ruckus Flutist Emi Ferguson and members of Ruckus speak with Anne McLean and Carol Lynn Ward Bamford about their performance at the Library of Congress. Performing on the 160th birthday of the Library's concert series founder Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge, the artists talk about their inspiration for their program "By George," a collection of arrangements for mostly-Baroque ensemble of music by Telemann and Ligeti. Topics include…
    • Contributor: McLean, Anne - Ward Bamford, Carol Lynn - Ruckus - Ferguson, Emi
    • Date: 2024-10-30
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    Conversation with Léo Marillier of Quatuor Diotima Léo Marillier, second violinist with the Quatuor Diotima, joined the Library's David Plylar for a discussion about Diotima's programs at the Library. Capping a week of rehearsal with the Library's Stradivari instruments, Diotima gave two concerts in honor of the sesquicentennial of Arnold Schoenberg's birth. The discussion centers on the principal works performed, including four Schoenberg quartets, Alban Berg's Lyric Suite, and Erich Korngold's…
    • Contributor: Plylar, David - Marillier, Léo
    • Date: 2024-10-26
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    Harvey Sachs on Arnold Schoenberg Harvey Sachs, author of "Schoenberg: Why He Matters," speaks about his book and the public reception of Arnold Schoenberg in modern times. His talk preceded an appearance of Quatuor Diotima as part of the Library's "Schoenberg at 150" celebration.
    • Contributor: Sachs, Harvey - Pylar, David
    • Date: 2024-10-25
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    Conversation with Eddie Palmieri Claudia Morales talks with 10-time Grammy winner, NEA Jazz Master, "El Sonero Mayor," American pianist, composer, arranger, band leader and social activist, Eddie Palmieri. In 1975, Palmieri won the first Grammy in the category of Best Latin Music Recording with his album "The Sun of Latin Music." In 2009, the Library of Congress inducted his album "Azucar Pa' Ti" into the National Recording Registry.…
    • Contributor: Palmieri, Eddie - Morales, Claudia
    • Date: 2024-10-18
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    Conversation: Mancini at 100 In celebration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Henry Mancini, the Library's Susan H. Vita was joined by music producer Gregg Field, pianist Shelly Berg (dean of the Frost School of Music, University of Miami), and the composer's daughter, Felice Mancini, for a conversation about the composer and his music that preceded a concert featuring vocalist Monica Mancini and the Henry Mancini…
    • Contributor: Mancini, Felice - Field, Gregg - Berg, Shelly - Vita, Susan
    • Date: 2024-09-28
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    Music in Jack Arnold's and Henry Mancini's Episodes of 'Peter Gunn' Reba Wissner discusses the music of "Peter Gunn" (1958-1961), the first television series that implemented original scoring rather than library music for every episode. "Peter Gunn" was also the first television score to employ jazz throughout, pioneering a new style of television scoring. Wissner traces Henry Mancini's compositional process vis-à-vis the directorial decisions of Jack Arnold and shows how a study of the music…
    • Contributor: Wissner, Reba
    • Date: 2024-09-28
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    Conversation with Zéphyros Winds and Audrey Andrist Jennifer Grim, flutist with the Zéphyros Winds, pianist Audrey Andrist and composer Jeff Scott speak with the Library's David Plylar about an evening of wind and piano chamber music. The concert included music by Arthur Berger, Margaret Bonds and several composers whose collections are held at the Library: Leonard Bernstein, Ruth Crawford Seeger and Irving Fine. A new transcription by Jeff Scott for wind…
    • Contributor: Andrist, Audrey - Grim, Jennifer - Zéphyros Winds - Scott, Jeff
    • Date: 2024-06-15
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    NBC TV, Leontyne Price and Opera Casting in the Civil Rights Era The year 2020 saw the confluence of two important trends in opera: the rise of broadcasting through livestreams and digital productions, and the demand for greater casting of singers of color. Both of these movements were born of necessity as opera companies adapted in the wake of the pandemic and the Black Lives Matter protests. These developments have often been treated as new and…
    • Contributor: Ward-Griffin, Danielle
    • Date: 2024-05-29
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    Octets by Debussy, Loeffler and Schubert Directed by Graeme Steele Johnson Until it was recently revived, the octet of Charles Loeffler is not known to have been played or recorded since the year it was composed, 1897. The manuscript is housed in the Music Division at the Library of Congress, and the work was given new life through the efforts of Graeme Steele Johnson, who assembled the score and a host of top-tier players to…
    • Contributor: Kim, Siwoo - Taghavi, Rémy - Suggs, Sam - Johnson, Graeme Steele - Shifrin, David - Kibbey, Bridget - Chen, Stella - Lipman, Matthew - Decaprio, Samuel - Hochhalter, Anni - Ferguson, Emi
    • Date: 2024-05-22
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    Manuscript Encounter: Charles Loeffler's Octet Clarinetist and editor Graeme Steele Johnson speaks with David Plylar about the manuscript score and parts of Charles Martin Loeffler's Octet, held at the Library of Congress. Johnson edited the music to make a modern edition of the piece, which may not have been performed in the 127 years since its premiere until Johnson's ensemble began touring with it this year. Johnson describes his…
    • Contributor: Plylar, David - Johnson, Graeme Steele
    • Date: 2024-05-22
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    Conversation with Graeme Steele Johnson, David Shifrin and Bridget Kibbey Graeme Steele Johnson, David Shifrin and Bridget Kibbey speak with the Library's David Plylar about their performance of octets by Debussy, Loeffler and Schubert. Topics include Johnson's octet arrangement of Debussy's "Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune," Schubert's monumental octet, and Johnson's new edition of Charles Loeffler's "Octet"--last known to have been performed in 1897 before it was resurrected in performance in 2024. The Library…
    • Contributor: Kibbey, Bridget - Johnson, Graeme Steele - Shifrin, David
    • Date: 2024-05-22
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    Is That Natural? Horn Trios of Brahms and Ligeti The Library's David Plylar speaks about the horn trios of Johannes Brahms and György Ligeti, comparing their approaches and highlighting a few aspects for consideration. The Library of Congress holds the holograph manuscript of Brahms' horn trio.
    • Contributor: Plylar, David
    • Date: 2024-05-18
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    Conversation with Takt Trio Austin Wulliman, violinist with the Takt Trio, and composer Marcos Balter speak with the Library's David Plylar about the music on the first of a pair of concerts by the Takt Trio. Topics focused on repertoire for the horn trio being performed across the two concerts, including two new Library commissions for the Takt Trio: Marcos Balter's "Atlas," co-commissioned by the Verna and Irving…
    • Contributor: Wulliman, Austin - Balter, Marcos
    • Date: 2024-05-17
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    Conversation with the PUBLIQuartet Claudia Morales sits down with PUBLIQuartet and pianist-composer Vijay Iyer to discuss improvisation in classical music, improvisation from the composer's perspective and Iyer's new work, "What Isn't Hard to See," commissioned by the McKim Fund at the Library of Congress and premiered during that evening's performance.
    • Contributor: Publiquartet - Iyer, Vijay
    • Date: 2024-05-09
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    Conversation with Les Violons du Roy Executive director Laurent Patenaude and lead violist Isaac Chalk of Les Violons du Roy speak with the Library's David Plylar about their ensemble and the evening's program. The concert included guitarist Miloŝ in a program of Vivaldi, Marcello, J.S. Bach, Geminiani and others.
    • Contributor: Plylar, David - Patenaude, Laurent - Les Violons Du Roy - Chalk, Isaac
    • Date: 2024-04-30