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Audra McDonald Confirmed for Saturday, February 1, 2014 at 8pm

Posted by: Nicholas A. Brown-Cáceres

Audra McDonald’s concert at the Library of Congress has been confirmed for Saturday, February 1, 2014 at 8:00pm in the Coolidge Auditorium. This concert was originally scheduled for October 10, 2013, and was affected by the partial shutdown of the federal government. All tickets for the original date will be honored on February 1. We …

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Winter/Spring 2014 Concert Tickets Available January 8* at 10am EST

Posted by: Nicholas A. Brown-Cáceres

Happy New Year! The 2013-2014 Concerts from the Library of Congress season of “Extraordinary Artists—Extraordinary Audiences” resumes this January. Our Winter/Spring season features a wide array of artists and genres, from hip new music (JACK Quartet, Koussevitzky Legacy Celebration, Oliver Knussen Residency) to bluegrass played by Steep Canyon Rangers and Dailey & Vincent. WINTER/SPRING 2014 …

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Calling all Anglophiles!

Posted by: Nicholas A. Brown-Cáceres

Anglophiles and British ex-pats will have a home this Friday in the Coolidge Auditorium at 12pm. The Library of Congress Chorale will perform “Britannia,” a concert celebrating the choral traditions of Great Britain. I happen to be the conductor of said ensemble and am an Anglophile through and through. I had the opportunity to complete …

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Podcast: Song Travels | Michael Feinstein Interviews Rosanne Cash

Posted by: Nicholas A. Brown-Cáceres

Michael Feinstein, host of NPR Music’s “Song Travels,” recently interviewed Rosanne Cash and John Leventhal about Cash’s new album The River and the Thread. Rosanne Cash, in-residence at the Library of Congress from December 5-7, 2013, will perform in two concerts and present a talk with U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey. Here’s a special preview …

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#Britten100: Benjamin Britten & Peter Pears at the Library

Posted by: Nicholas A. Brown-Cáceres

Friday, November 22, 2013 marks the hundredth birthday of British composer Benjamin Britten, OM, CH (1913-1976), who is known for revolutionizing opera and British art music in the twentieth century. Britten holds a special place in the heart of the Music Division at the Library of Congress, as we house the manuscripts of two of …

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Wagnerds Unite!

Posted by: David Plylar

There comes a time in every anniversary year when the candles must be blown out—this year it is a necessity, as 200 candles each for Richard Wagner and Giuseppe Verdi constitute a fire hazard, and the Library does not want to host its own “immolation” scene. But Wotan to your seats—Concerts from the Library of …

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Wagner Mania Podcast & Preview

Posted by: Nicholas A. Brown-Cáceres

Concerts from the Library of Congress is gearing up for a month full of events that pay homage to the great German opera composer, Richard Wagner (1813-1883), who would have turned 200 years-young in 2013. Since we cannot present a full production of Der Ring des Nibelungen in the Coolidge Auditorium, we thought we would …

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Party Like It’s 1587 for Mrs. Coolidge

Posted by: Nicholas A. Brown-Cáceres

Every year at Concerts from the Library of Congress we pay homage to our founding patron, Mrs. Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge. A mover and shaker, Mrs. Coolidge convinced Congress in 1925 to allow her to build a concert hall (the Coolidge Auditorium) within the Library of Congress.  She also established the Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge Foundation, administered …