Simone Dinnerstein, Jennifer Johnson Cano, Katherine Needleman and the Baroklyn ensemble perform an evening of chamber works by J.S. Bach to open a special Founder's Day 2025 celebration marking the Library’s illustrious century-long history as a concert presenter. This concert and the following day’s performance by the percussion ensemble Tambuco are an homage to Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge’s forward-looking stance in championing music both very oldand very new. Baroklyn’s arresting new arrangements and transcriptions of the chorales, concerto and cantata on the program were chosen by Dinnerstein, “a unique voice in the forest of Bach interpretation,” (New York Times). Created for the group’s recent Complicité project, they reveal an intimate and thoughtful reimagining of Bach’s music that allows us to experience his genius through contemporary ears.  Rescheduled from November 6, 2025.

Pre-concert Conversation: Let the People Hear It: Concerts from the Library of Congress at 100 

Program

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH/SIMONE DINNERSTEIN & BAROKLYN 
Herr Gott, nun schleuss den Himmel auf, BWV 617 
Der Leib zwar in der Erden, BWV 161 

J.S. BACH  
Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr
Keyboard Concerto in E major, BWV 1053 

J.S. BACH/PHILIP LASSER 
Vergnügte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust, BWV 170 
In the Air