Second Inversion
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Second Inversion is a music project dedicated to rethinking classical music. The project is built on a foundation of classical music with intent to explore the vast range of music in and beyond the genre. It curates music for listeners who find inspiration in a wide variety of genres, delivering a diverse, rich, and user-centered listening experience.
Second Inversion
4M ago
New Year, new site! Second Inversion is merging our website with our parent station, Classical KING. Starting in 2024, you’ll find all future episodes of Second Inversion through www.ClassicalKING.org. Our show webpage will be your access point for all things ..read more
Second Inversion
4M ago
There are a few key ingredients you need for any great New Year’s Eve. Some shimmer, some sparkle, a little champagne for your midnight toast—and of course, FIREWORKS. We’ve got all those things and more on a New Year’s Eve ..read more
Second Inversion
4M ago
After years of the same old Christmas carols, the holiday hymns do start to run together. But whether you’re the world’s biggest Santa-fan or a grouchy Ebenezer Scrooge, there’s still a little magic to be found in every classical Christmas ..read more
Second Inversion
4M ago
Day and night, darkness and light. This Saturday on Second Inversion: music inspired by the solstice. We’ll hear melodies of shimmering sun and glowing moon. One composer traces the mythic struggle between the sun lion and the moon bull—the long ..read more
Second Inversion
4M ago
Do you believe in aliens? Life forms from another planet? What do you think they look like? What do you think they sound like? We’ve got some ideas… This Saturday on Second Inversion: Alien Encounters. Hop aboard the spaceship and ..read more
Second Inversion
6M ago
Love, betrayal, corruption, murder—all crucial ingredients in any great film noir. And so is a swingin’ soundtrack. On this Saturday’s episode of Second Inversion: New Music Noir! We’ll hear cinematic sounds that beckon us to a world of black and ..read more
Second Inversion
6M ago
Do you believe in ghosts? Not the Halloween kind of ghosts—but spirits of the past…and maybe, spirits of the future, too. This Saturday on Second Inversion: Ghost Opera. The Chinese composer Tan Dun takes us back in time, to the shamanistic ..read more
Second Inversion
6M ago
Vampires never die—and there’s one in particular who keeps coming back to bite us. When Bram Stoker first penned the immortal tale of Dracula back in 1897, even he probably couldn’t have imagined the coffin he was opening. The vampire novel has ..read more
Second Inversion
6M ago
When the lights go out, your ears open to the orchestra of sounds around you. On a dark night, you hear things that escape you during the day. The rustle of the leaves outside your window, the wind whipping through ..read more