Videos

Camerata Trajectina

The Sounds of the City as Heard by Jacob Steendam, the First Poet of New York

The early music ensemble Camerata Trajectina follows in Jacob Steendam’s (1616–1672) footsteps and presents Dutch music that once echoed off the walls of the houses of New Amsterdam.

Touching Leaves Woman by Brent Michael Davids

This new musical work for voice and birdroar instruments by composer Brent Michael Davids honors Nora Thompson Dean (1907–1984), a Lenape teacher and herbalist who dedicated her life to preserving Lenape culture.

"Variety Show" with Nina Katchadourian and Friends

In conjunction with the exhibition Uncommon Denominator: Nina Katchadourian at the Morgan, artists, writers, and musicians will respond to works in the exhibition through short performances. Held Sunday, February 26, 2023.

Young Concert Artists: Hanzhi Wang, accordion, and Steven Banks, saxophone

Watch these exciting young musicians performing George Frideric Handel's Recorder Sonata in G minor, HWV 360; Krzysztof Penderecki's Three Miniatures; Johann Sebastian Bach's Selections from Goldberg Variations, BWV 988; Martin Lohse's Autumn Rain and Winter’s Tale; Johann Sebastian Bach's Partita for flute in A minor, BWV 1013; Mikołaj Majkusiak's The Elements; and Astor Piazzolla's Milonga Del Angel. Held Wednesday, February 22, 2023.

Young Concert Artists: Harmony Zhu, piano, Jonathan Swensen, cello and Paul Huang, violin

This popular lunchtime series features some of the most exciting young musicians performing today. Join pianist Harmony Zhu performing Frédéric Chopin's Fantaisie in F minor, Op. 49, followed by the rarely heard Bedřich Smetana's Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 15 featuring cellist Jonathan Swensen and violinist Paul Huang. Held Wednesday, February 16, 2022.

The Dresden Collection: Jan Vogler, cello, and Mira Wang, violin

To celebrate the exhibition Van Eyck to Mondrian: 300 Years of Collecting in Dresden, join distinguished cellist and director of the Dresden Music Festival Jan Vogler, and accomplished violinist Mira Wang, in highlights of a concert featuring Alessandro Rolla's Duo for violin and cello in B-flat Major, Johann Sebastian Bach's Suite No. 3 for cello solo in C Major, BWV 1009, and Hanns Eisler's Duet for violin and cello, Op. 7/1 (1924). Held Thursday, November 18, 2021.

A Fiddler's Tale

A wonderful lineup of leading musicians perform Igor Stravinsky's iconic work L’Histoire du soldat, Wynton Marsalis' updated parable A Fiddler's Tale, and Ellen Taaffe Zwilich's Romance for violin and piano featuring Tai Murray. The concert was recorded in the Morgan’s Gilder Lehrman Hall and is presented in cooperation with the Library of Congress Music Division. Held Friday, October 8, 2021.

Young Concert Artists: Randall Goosby, violin, and Zhu Wang, piano

The virtuosic violinist Randall Goosby and lyrical pianist Zhu Wang perform Maurice Ravel's Sonata No. 2 in G Major, M. 77, Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson's Blue/s Forms for Solo Violin & Louisiana Blues Strut - A Cakewalk for Solo Violin, and Johannes Brahms's Sonata No. 3 in D minor, Op. 108. Recorded in Gilder Lehrman Hall. Held Wednesday, April 7, 2021.

Young Concert Artists: Jonathan Swensen, cello, and Adam Golka, piano

Recorded in Gilder Lehrman Hall, the outstanding cellist Jonathan Swensen and pianist Adam Golka perform a wide-ranging program of Claude Debussy's Sonata for Cello and Piano in D minor, L. 135, Witold Lutosławski's Metamorphoses: Grave for Cello and Piano, and Sergei Rachmaninoff's Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 19.

Young Concert Artists: Maxim Lando, piano

Recorded in Gilder Lehrman Hall, the exuberant pianist Maxim Lando performs the rarely heard Jean Sibelius Piano Sonata in F Major, Op. 12 and Aram Khachaturian's Piano Sonata in E-flat Major. Held Tuesday, February 23, 2021.

Carion Wind Quintet

The innovative Danish-Latvian wind ensemble performs works by composers from Liszt to Ligeti. Held Tuesday, February 25, 2020.

Carol Wincenc 50th Anniversary Celebration

Internationally acclaimed flutist Carol Wincenc launches a season-long celebration of her five-decade performing career with a concert that features the world premieres of two new works commissioned for the occasion by Jake Heggie and Pierre Jalbert. Carol Wincenc, flute; Jake Heggie, piano; Brook Speltz, cello; Escher String Quartet. Held Tuesday, November 12, 2019.

CelloX4—The Art of Fugue

Rush Hour Concert, Tuesday, February 27, 2018

Celebrated artists perform chamber music from Baroque to contemporary in the intimate and sumptuous surroundings of J. Pierpont Morgan's Library.

Chamber Orchestra of New York: Christmas Concerti

Join music director Salvatore Di Vittorio and the Chamber Orchestra of New York for a Christmas inspired concert of Baroque works to coincide with the exhibition Charles Dickens and the Spirit of Christmas. Featuring Davide Alogna, violin. 
Held Friday, November 17, 2017.

Chamber Orchestra of New York: Respighi & Mozart's Jupiter

The Chamber Orchestra of New York with Music Director Salvatore Di Vittorio perform a musical program inspired by works in the exhibition City of the Soul: Rome and the Romantics. Held Thursday, June 23, 2016.