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.

2023 YCA Winners Concert

YCA and the Morgan co-present the winners of the 2023 Young Concert Artists Susan Wadsworth International Auditions in an afternoon of music and conversation. Each artist will perform selections from their winning audition, and engage the audience with a short interview conducted by YCA President, Daniel Kellogg.  Held on Sunday, November 12, 2023.

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.

The George and Nora London Foundation Competition 2023 Winners

The George and Nora London Foundation for Singers offers substantial awards to outstanding young North American opera singers. Watch the George London Award-winning performances by 2023 honorees Erika Baikof, Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen, Ricardo Garcia, Amber Monroe, and Karoline Podolak. Held Friday, February 17, 2023.

Young Concert Artists: Aristo Sham, piano, SooBeen Lee, violin, Tony Appel, viola, Jonathan Swensen, cello

Watch some of the most exciting young musicians today performing Heitor Villa-Lobos's A prole do bebê, Vol. 1; Astor Piazzolla's Adiós Nonino “Tango Rhapsody;” Samuel Barber's Piano Sonata in E-flat minor, Op. 26; and Robert Schumann's Piano Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 47. Held Wednesday, January 18, 2023.

Black Oak Ensemble: Avant l'Orage — French String Trios 1926–1939

Black Oak Ensemble, the Chicago-based string trio, makes their New York debut performing several New York premieres of rarely heard French works for violin, viola, and cello written between the World Wars.

Young Concert Artists: Anthony Trionfo, flute, Albert Cano Smit, piano, Emmanuel Ceysson, harp, Hsin-Yun Huang, viola

Join some of the most exciting young musicians today performing Sergei Prokofiev's Sonata for flute and piano in D Major, Op. 94; a world premiere preview of Katherine Balch's Musica Spolia for flute, viola, and piano; and Claude Debussy's Sonata for flute, viola, and harp. Held Thursday, April 14, 2022.

The George London Foundation Competition 2022 Winners

The George London Foundation for Singers offers substantial awards to outstanding young North American opera singers. Watch the George London Award-winning performances by 2022 honorees Erik Grendahl, Timothy Murray, Blake Denson, Megan Moore, and Eric Ferring. Hosted by soprano Susanna Phillips. Held Friday, February 25, 2022.

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.

Young Concert Artists: Do-Hyun Kim, piano

Join the captivating pianist Do-Hyun Kim in a specially recorded concert from Mixon Hall at Cleveland Institute of Music, featuring Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Sonata No. 12 in F Major, K. 332, Robert Schumann's Fantasiestüke, Op. 12, and Igor Stravinsky's Three Movements from ‘Petrushka.’ Held Thursday, January 28, 2021.

Young Concert Artists: Benjamin Baker, violin, and Daniel Lebhardt, piano

Join the talented young artists Benjamin Baker, violin, and Daniel Lebhardt, piano, in a specially recorded concert from The Menuhin Hall, London, featuring Beethoven's Sonata for Violin & Piano No. 10 in G major, Op. 96.

Carion Wind Quintet

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

The George London Foundation Competition 2020 Winners

The George London Foundation for Singers offers substantial awards to outstanding young North American opera singers. Watch the George London Award-winning performances by 2020 honorees Katherine Beck, Lindsay Kate Brown, Jessica Fasolt, Anne Maguire, and Jana McIntyre. Lydia Brown, pianist. Held Friday, February 21, 2020.

Young Concert Artists: Hanzhi Wang and Omer Quartet

Hanzhi Wang, accordion and Omer Quartet. Held January 29, 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.