Chamber Music Like It Should Be Heard
There’s something special about hearing music in a room specially built for that purpose and at the Library of Congress, the Coolidge Auditorium is that space. This season’s schedule includes Beaux Art Trio, Manderling String Quartet, Steven Isserlis & Friends (and those friends include Joshua Bell), Jerusalem String Quartet, and Opus 21.
Tickets are free – you just have to pay service charges through Ticketmaster. They do tend to go quickly (literally within minutes) so mark your calendars. Tickets for the first three concerts are available on 6 September. You can only get two. A trick that’s worked for me in the past – if you can’t get two, try getting one and one. Sometimes there are two end of the row seats available. And if you have no luck on Ticketmaster, that doesn’t mean you have no chance – if there’s someone you really want to see, just show up anyway. Any unclaimed seats are released about 20 minutes before the curtain.