Franz Liszt's Sardanapalo
Saturday
April 27, 2019
2:00 pm -
3:00 pm
EDT
It is exceptionally rare that we have the opportunity to hear a previously unknown work by a major composer, but that is precisely what the Library will offer in its presentation of the piano/vocal version of Franz Liszt’s Sardanapalo.
Coolidge Auditorium (LJ-G45A)
Saturday, May 4, 2019
Event
| concerts and performances
Tetzlaff-Tetzlaff-Vogt Trio
Saturday
May 4, 2019
8:00 pm -
9:00 pm
EDT
The dynamic sibling duo of Tanja and Christian Tetzlaff is joined by pianist Lars Vogt to form a superstar trio.
Coolidge Auditorium & Whittall Pavilion
Thursday, May 9, 2019
Event
| concerts and performances
Cora Harvey Armstrong
Thursday
May 9, 2019
12:00 pm -
1:00 pm
EDT
Cora Harvey Armstrong is a gospel singer, piano player, songwriter, choir director, and bandleader born and raised in King and Queen County, Virginia.
Coolidge Auditorium (LJ-G45A)
Thursday, May 16, 2019
Event
| concerts and performances
Eva Salina and Peter Stan-Serbian and Roma music
Thursday
May 16, 2019
12:00 pm -
1:00 pm
EDT
California-grown, Brooklyn-based Eva Salina is a groundbreaking interpreter of Balkan Romani songs.
Whittall Pavilion (LJ-G45E)
Saturday, June 1, 2019
Event
| concerts and performances
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Saturday
June 1, 2019
8:00 pm -
10:00 pm
EDT
Wrapping up our wonderful 2018-2019 season is the excellent, standard-setting Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, performing music of Felix Mendelssohn with the young Canadian pianist Jan Lisiecki.
Coolidge Auditorium & Whittall Pavilion
Thursday, June 13, 2019
Event
| concerts and performances
African Sons of God
Thursday
June 13, 2019
12:00 pm -
1:00 pm
EDT
African Sons of God is a choral singing group from South Africa, formed in 2009.
Coolidge Auditorium (LJ-G45A)
Tuesday, June 25, 2019
Event
| concerts and performances
Los Cenzontles
Tuesday
June 25, 2019
12:00 pm -
1:00 pm
EDT
Los Cenzontles (Nahuatl for The Mockingbirds) is a Mexican American group, cultural arts academy, and media production studio based in San Pablo, California.
Coolidge Auditorium (LJ-G45A)
Thursday, July 25, 2019
Event
| concerts and performances
Cedric Watson
Thursday
July 25, 2019
12:00 pm -
1:00 pm
EDT
Cedric Watson, a four-time Grammy-nominated fiddler, singer, accordionist, and songwriter, is one of the brightest contemporary talents to emerge in Cajun, Creole and Zydeco music over the last decade.
Coolidge Auditorium (LJ-G45A)
Wednesday, August 7, 2019
Event
| concerts and performances
Lakota John Locklear
Wednesday
August 7, 2019
12:00 pm -
1:00 pm
EDT
Lakota John Locklear blends traditional styles of the Delta and Piedmont acoustic blues with bottleneck slide guitar. He grew up listening to his father’s music collection and learned to love the blues.
Coolidge Auditorium (LJ-G45A)
Thursday, August 15, 2019
Event
| concerts and performances
The Murphy Beds
Thursday
August 15, 2019
12:00 pm -
1:00 pm
EDT
The Murphy Beds is the duo of Eamon O’Leary and Jefferson Hamer, who present traditional and original folk songs with close harmonies and deft instrumental arrangements on bouzouki, guitar, and mandolin.
Whittall Pavilion (LJ-G45E)
Wednesday, August 21, 2019
Event
| concerts and performances
Archive Challenge Sampler Concert
Wednesday
August 21, 2019
12:00 pm -
1:00 pm
EDT
For this edition, AFC has invited 4 distinguished artists to dig deep into our archive and put their own creative stamp on the songs and tunes they found here. Each of the artists will perform a few songs from the archive to show what a tremendous resource it is for creative work.
Whittall Pavilion (LJ-G45E)
Thursday, September 19, 2019
Event
| concerts and performances
Les Filles de Illighadad
Thursday
September 19, 2019
12:00 pm -
1:00 pm
EDT
Fatou Seidi Ghali, lead vocalist and guitarist of Les Filles de Illighadad, is one of the only Tuareg female guitarists in Niger.
Coolidge Auditorium (LJ-G45A)
