The Library of Congress is proud to offer free digital programming from its collections for the enjoyment of audiences that are not able to attend our live events in Washington, D.C. The Music Division works with colleagues throughout the Library to ensure that past events in the Concerts from the Library of Congress series, educational programs, talks, interviews, and select special events are captured and posted online (when permissions permit). These videos add to the Library’s always-growing performing arts collections, while demonstrating how the physical and digital treasures in the collections relate to current performance practice.
This is the first in a new series of posts on “In the Muse” that will highlight recent video releases available for streaming. You may also subscribe to receive email alerts about new videos here. Explore the archive of 830+ event videos at loc.gov/webcasts and on the Library’s YouTube channel. Archival audio recordings of concert series events are available through the Recorded Sound Reference Center.
Concerts, Performances and Special Events
Featured: The Broadway cast of Hadestown and Tony Award winning creator Anaïs Mitchell performed selections from the musical for Washington, D.C. area performing arts students on October 17, 2023.
Featured: The Library and D.C. JazzFest commemorated the 100th birth year and legacy of bassist, bandleader and composer Charles Mingus, whose papers reside at the Library of Congress, with a concert featuring the Mingus Dynasty Quartet on April 14, 2023. (Program)
Recent releases:
- Shakespeare Everywhere Festival Concert – Cafritz Young Artists of the Washington National Opera – November 9, 2023 (Program)
- Signum Quartet Concert – May 16, 2023 (Program)
- Orpheus Chamber Orchestra: Danny Elfman’s Suite for Chamber Orchestra – May 4, 2023 (Program)
- Harlem Quartet with Michael Brown – April 21, 2023 (Program)
- Sir Stephen Hough, piano – March 21, 2023 (Program)
- Quatuor Van Kuijk – February 8, 2023 (Program)
- Klangforum Wien – February 7, 2023 (Program)
- Margaret Leng Tan, piano – November 19, 2022
- Celebrating Hazel Scott: Pianist, Singer, Actress and Activist Panel – September 8, 2022
- Mivos Quartet Concert – June 2, 2022
- Mantra Concert – April 24, 2015
Talks, Interviews & Collections Encounters
Featured: 2024 Grammy nominee and 2023 Library of Congress Jazz Scholar Lakecia Benjamin discusses her work and career as a jazz saxophonist and educator.
Featured: British pianist Sir Stephen Hough discusses Franz Liszt manuscripts in the Music Division’s collections on March 24, 2023.
Recent releases:
- A Love Letter to Leonard Bernstein from Wife Felicia – November 17, 2023
- Conversation with META4 – October 18, 2023
- Conversation with Anaïs Mitchell, Creator of Hadestown – October 17, 2023
- Strayhorn: Known & Unknown Panel – June 10, 2023
- Salute to Strayhorn: Conversation with Bill Charlap and A. Alyce Claerbaut – June 8, 2023
- Conversation with Mivos Quartet – June 2, 2022
- Conversation with Rachel Podger, violin – May 22, 2023
- New Musical Discoveries from the Era of Madame de Pompadour (1745-1764) – May 5, 2023
- AMS Lecture: Jonathan Larson and the Creation of the Musical “Rent” – May 4, 2023
- Conversation with Danny Elfman – May 4, 2023
- Conversation with Aizuri Quartet – May 1, 2023
- Harlem Quartet Educational Video Series – April 21, 2023
- Flutronix: Flute Vault Visit – May 1, 2023
- Experimental Music for Dance: Two Generations of Hawkins and Dlugoszewski Panel – April 21, 2022
- Stanislav Kochanovsky & Stephen Hough: Encounter with Manuscripts of Sergei Rachmaninoff – March 24, 2023
- Conversation with Klangforum Wien – February 7, 2023
- Conversation with Emmanuel Pahud and Alessio Bax – November 14, 2022
- Conversation with Margaret Leng Tan – November 11, 2022
- Peter Phillips Music Collections Interview – December 7, 2016
Please note the Library is unable to release all event videos online due to Copyright and licensing restrictions. Select videos are only available on loc.gov/webcasts and not available on YouTube. Some concert videos only include selections of repertoire from the event. Select videos are posted in perpetuity, while others have limited viewing periods.