Reaching beyond the romantic, the program features works that explore the depth and complexity of love's expressions, including unrequited love, self-love, friendship, familial bonds, and loss. Robert Schumann’s Widmung, Dvořák’s Songs My Mother Taught Me, and Liszt’s Liebestraum No. 3 will be featured alongside other music centered on the experience of receiving and sharing love.
To mark the occasion, rare love songs and historic valentines from the Sheridan Libraries’ Special Collections will be on display for one night only. Join us to celebrate love in one of the world’s most beautiful libraries.
The In the Stacks Concert Series at the Johns Hopkins Sheridan Libraries and University Museums offers an informal, dynamic way for audiences to engage with music and performance art. Throughout the year, this concert series activates Baltimore’s iconic George Peabody Library—a glorious space with five tiers of cast-iron balconies that soar up to a latticed spotlight—with art, music, dance, film, drama, and more. Join us for up-close, unforgettable experiences with musicians and performance artists who are thinking outside the box.
Event DateThursday, February 12, 2026Start Time: 6:30pm ESTEnd Time: 7:30pm EST
17 E Mt Vernon PlBaltimore, MD 21202
ContactSheridan Libraries and University MuseumsSam BessenArtistic Director of In the Stacks and Levy Family Curator of Sheet Music and Popular Culture667-208-6715inthestacks@jhu.edu
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Thank you for supporting the In the Stacks concert series, a cultural outreach program of the Johns Hopkins Sheridan Libraries. Your investment will enable us to continue this free community music and performance art series that "Baltimore" magazine says makes classical music “accessible—and relevant—in the 21st century.” When you make a gift, you join the Friends of the Johns Hopkins Sheridan Libraries community, which provides support for acquisitions and conservation, public exhibitions and programming, and resources to help Hopkins scholars stay ahead in a research landscape that is constantly changing.