SEASON-AT-A-GLANCE
The Library of Congress presents a season of special celebrations highlighting the riches of its extraordinary music archives—a Franz Liszt Bicentenary Project; a 6-part BachFest; and a sparkling, exuberant tribute to two American entertainment legends, Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz. Concerts by Leon Fleisher and the Cygnus Ensemble, and a production of Samuel Beckett's Ohio Impromptu inaugurate a new Library of Congress endowment, the Dina Koston and Roger Shapiro Fund for New Music. The Talking about Music series shares the knowledge and insight of scholars, performers, composers, and others. And Thursday Noontime Lectures by expert staff curators produce intriguing snapshots from the Library's collections—spotlighting just a few of over 22 million individual items—more music per square foot than anywhere else in the world. Season Announcement (PDF, 160KB)
| Event Date/Time | Artist/Description | Tickets Available |
|---|---|---|
| Saturday, Sept. 10 (12:00noon) | American Musicological Society Lecture Demonstration: "What the Autograph Can Tell Us: Beethoven's Sonata in E Major, op. 109," William Meredith (Ira F. Brilliant Center for Beethoven Studies) with pianist, Shin Hwang. | no tickets required |
| Saturday, Oct. 1 (1:00-4:30pm) | Dvořák in the New World: Symposium and Lecture-Recital, Dr. Michael Beckerman, chair - In collaboration with the Embassy of the Czech Republic | no tickets required |
| Saturday, Oct. 15 (8:00pm) | Babalu! – Celebrating the Library’s Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz Collection | September 7 |
| Wednesday, Oct. 19 (8:00pm) | Louis Lortie, piano – Franz Liszt Bicentenary Project | September 14 |
| Saturday, Oct. 22 (8:00pm) | Martin Bruns, baritone & Christoph Hammer, fortepiano – Franz Liszt Bicentenary Project | September 14 |
| Tuesday, Oct. 25 (8:00pm) | Bartók and the Liszt Legacy: Soloists from the Budapest Festival Orchestra, with Jenő Jandó, piano – Franz Liszt Bicentenary Project | September 21 |
| Friday, Oct. 28 (8:00pm) | Daniel Hope – East Meets West | September 21 |
| Saturday, Oct. 29 (2:00pm) | Tamás Zétényi, cello - "Gray Clouds: Late Chamber Music of Franz Liszt" | no tickets required |
| Saturday, Oct. 29 (8:00pm) | Genova & Dimitrov, piano duo – Founder's Day Concert | September 21 |
| Friday, Nov. 4 (8:00pm) | Mozart Piano Quartet | September 28 |
| Saturday, Nov. 5 (2:00pm) | Roberto Diaz, viola & Kwan Yi, piano – Franz Liszt Bicentenary Project | September 28 |
| Wednesday, Nov. 16 (8:00pm) | Country Music Association Songwriter Series with Bob DiPiero | October 5 |
| Friday, Dec. 2 (8:00pm) | Gretchen Parlato & Gerald Clayton Trio at the Atlas Performing Arts Center | October 26 |
| Saturday, Dec. 17 (8:00pm) | Borromeo String Quartet with Seymour Lipkin, piano – Stradivari Memorial Concert | November 9 |
| Friday, Jan. 27 (3:00pm) | MASTER CLASS with Paolo Pandolfo, viola da gamba – BachFest Event | no tickets required |
| Saturday, Jan. 28 (2:00pm) | Paolo Pandolfo, viola da gamba – BachFest Event | December 21 |
| Friday, Feb. 3 (8:00pm) | Kreisleriana: Cygnus Ensemble | December 28 |
| Saturday, Feb. 4 (8:00pm) | U.S. Army Band "Pershing's Own" - The Army Blues plays Big Band Classics at the Atlas Performing Arts Center | no tickets required |
| Saturday, Feb. 18 (2:00pm) | Carolina Chocolate Drops - performance/workshop | January 11 |
| Friday, Feb. 24 (8:00pm) | The Saiyuki Trio at the Atlas Performing Arts Center | January 18 |
| Wednesday, Mar. 7 (8:00pm) | Cygnus Ensemble & Samuel Beckett’s Ohio Impromptu, directed by Joy Zinoman | February 1 |
| Thursday, Mar. 8 (8:00pm) | Leon Fleisher: Liebeslieder, Ligeti and Koston, with Katherine Jacobson Fleisher and musicians from the Peabody Institute | February 1 |
| Friday, Mar. 9 (8:00pm) | Con Gioia: Julianne Baird, soprano and Prithee de Silva, harpsichord and fortepiano | February 1 |
| Monday, Mar. 19 (8:00pm) | L'Arpeggiata: Christina Pluhar “La Tarantella” | February 8 |
| Friday, Mar. 23 (8:00pm) | Modigliani Quartet | February 15 |
| Wednesday, Mar. 28 (8:00pm) | Elias Quartet with Jonathan Biss, piano | February 22 |
| Thursday, March 29 (Noon) | Lecture | Louis Armstrong, Composer of King Oliver's "Dipper Mouth Blues," with Thomas Brothers, Professor of Music, Duke University |
no tickets required |
| Tuesday, Apr. 10 (7:00pm) | Arditti Quartet with Stephen Drury, piano | March 7 |
| Friday, Apr. 13 (8:00pm) | Quatuor Diotima | March 7 |
| Saturday, Apr. 14 (8:00pm) | Juilliard Baroque (special pre-concert performance at 6:15pm - Pius Cheung, marimba, Goldberg Variations) – BachFest Event | March 7 |
| Friday, Apr. 20 (8:00pm) | Concerto Köln with Jan Freiheit, cello – BachFest Event | March 14 |
| Saturday, Apr. 21 (11:00am) | Special master class with Concerto Köln orchestra members | no tickets required |
| Saturday, Apr. 28 (Noon & 3:00pm) | Tanya Tomkins, Baroque cello – BachFest Event | March 21 |
| Saturday, May 5 (2:00 pm) | U.S. ARMY BAND "Pershing's Own" - American Mavericks (Charles Ives, Alan Hovhaness, Henry Cowell) | no tickets required |
| Saturday, May 12 (8:00pm) | José James at the Atlas Performing Arts Center | April 4 |
| Saturday, May 19 (2:00 pm) | Narek Hakhnazaryan, cello | April 18 |
Concerts are presented in the Library’s historic Coolidge Auditorium, located in the Thomas Jefferson Building, 1st and Independence, S.E., unless otherwise noted. All events are free of charge to the public, but tickets are required, available through TicketMaster for a nominal service charge, and from the Atlas Performing Arts Center box office for onLOCation at the Atlas events. For updated concert listings, and details about repertoire and preconcert presentations, please visit this Web site frequently and subscribe to the concert series mailing list. All programs are subject to change without notice.