LIVE BROADCAST: ETHEL with Robert Mirabal

Posted on October 5, 2015 by maestrobeats

This Thursday, October 8, at 8pm PT tune in to Second Inversion for a LIVE broadcast featuring the critically acclaimed (and incredibly fun) string quartet ETHEL with Native American flutist and two-time Grammy winner Robert Mirabal! They have been collaborating for over six years, using rivers as inspiration for collaboration, and exploring water as the embodiment of spirit and its essential role in life on earth in a cross-cultural concert experience. Through music, narrative and ritual, their performance evokes timeless Native American traditions. Their program on Thursday includes works by Robert Mirabal, Phil Kline, and members of Ethel, themselves (see below for full program)!

We hope that if you’re in Seattle, you’ll come hear the concert in person at Meany Hall on the UW World Series (and say “Hi!” to KING FM and Second Inversion at the table in the lobby). For ETHEL and Robert Mirabal lovers worldwide, tune in on Thursday, October 8 at 8pm PT! On the go? Be sure to download our mobile app to listen anywhere.

We will also broadcast a bonus post-performance Q&A with artists immediately after the performance, so stay tuned for that, too!

Program:

Sky River Suite / music by ETHEL, words by Robert Mirabal
An Kha Na / Robert Mirabal
The River / Phil Kline
Kalimba Waterfall, Tsintskaro Memory and Rana Run / Ralph Farris
Gat’te / Dorothy Lawson
Jay-Red, Tsoma, and Clean Dirge, Dirty Dirge / Kip Jones
Tuvan Ride, In the Eyes of E, Wi-wa (traditional) and Peace Calls / ETHEL + Robert Mirabal

LIVE BROADCAST: Johnny Gandelsman, violin

Posted on September 23, 2015 by maestrobeats

Our first LIVE broadcast of the season is coming up on Wednesday, September 30 at 7:30pm PT! Brooklyn Rider‘s Johnny Gandelsman performs Bach’s “Complete Sonatas and Partitas” on the Town Music at Town Hall season opener. Hold up. All Bach… on Second Inversion?!

As Joshua Roman explains in his post on Programming a Classical Season at Town Hall… “Every season includes music by J.S. Bach, whether it’s a concert of Bach or mixed in other programs. I love Bach, and find it an ideal anchor for explorations of many kinds of music. In past seasons, Bach has been played by Baroque specialists like Catharina Meints and paired with other music, like Karen Gomyo’s evening of Bach and Piazzolla. This season, Johnny Gandelsman plays all six Sonatas and Partitas. Yesss…”

It’s a good reminder that all music was new once and who better present Bach than Johnny Gandelsman, a violinist in one of the most forward-thinking, innovative, new-music embracing string quartets, Brooklyn Rider?

We hope that if you’re in Seattle, you’ll come hear the concert in person (and say “Hi!” to KING FM and Second Inversion at the broadcast table in the lobby). For Johnny & Bach lovers worldwide, tune in on Wednesday, September 30 at 7:30pm PT! On the go? Be sure to download our mobile app to listen anywhere.

LIVE BROADCAST: Timo Andres World Premiere at Town Hall

Posted on June 16, 2015 by maestrobeats

Join Second Inversion, Joshua Roman, and Seattle Youth Symphony (current members and alums!) for a LIVE BROADCAST of the Town Music at Town Hall Season Finale on Saturday, June 27 at 7:30 PDT!

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Tune in to this exciting broadcast at bit.ly/SI-stream

This talented group of musicians will present the world premiere of a new work by Timo Andres, John Adams’ Shaker Loops, and Bartok’s Divertimento for Strings.

Composed in 1978, “Shaker Loops” has been called a “bona fide contemporary classic” by The New York Times, been highlighted in feature films, and performed worldwide. The concert also features Bartok’s “Divertimento” for strings and an original work, commissioned by Town Hall from Timo Andres, about whose work The New Yorker says “achieves an unhurried grandeur that has rarely been felt in American music since John Adams came on the scene.” The ensemble, conducted by Town Music Curator Joshua Roman, will be comprised of members and alumni from Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestras.

LIVE BROADCAST: Joshua Roman plays Bach

Posted on April 22, 2015 by maestrobeats

J.S. Bach is not an obvious association with Second Inversion, most often streaming new music and rethinking classical. But, as Joshua Roman says, “All music was new once,” and we’re celebrating our Artistic Advisor in a very special live broadcast from Town Hall Seattle tonight, Wednesday, April 22 at 7pm.

Town Hall took a very 21st century approach this concert, crowdsourcing the programming by asking fans to vote for their favorite Bach Cello Suite. The polls are closed, the votes are tallied, and you’ll find out tonight which suites won during Joshua’s performance! You can listen live (audio-only) or watch the action below at 7pm PDT!