THEESatisfaction, the “lo-fi rebel hiphop” duo of Seattle’s Stasia Irons and Catherine Harris-White, has a way with playful rhymes. They also have a way with fans, thanks to a handful of EPs, a headlining gig at the Capitol Hill Block Party, and a featured role on fellow Sub Pop band Shabazz Palaces’ album Black Up.
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Saturday Family Concerts: THEESatisfaction
Saturday, February 18, 2012, 11:00am – 12:00pm
Downstairs at Town Hall; enter on Seneca Street. $5-Free.
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Lake Union Civic Orchestra: Gypsy Nights
Friday, February 17, 2012, 7:30 – 9:00pm
Great Hall; enter on 8th Avenue. $10-$15
The program includes Brahms’ Hungarian Dances No. 5 & 6; Dvořák’s Symphony No. 9, From the New World; and LUCO director Christophe Chagnard’s Opre Roma! (with Neil Andersson, Ron Peters, and Chagnard, guitars), inspired by Django Reinhardt …
Global Rhythms: Accordi-O-Rama V feat. Juan Pablo Jofre
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 2:00 – 5:00pm
Great Hall; enter on 8th Avenue
Global Rhythms’ popular Accordi-O-Rama squeezebox spectacular returns to Town Hall with a rising star atop the bill: hip young bandoneón master/composer Juan Pablo Jofre. Having attracted the attention of the international press and captivated audiences at the Heineken Jazz Festival in Puerto Rico, …
Early Music Guild: Theatre of Early Music: Purcell’s ‘Dido & Aeneas’
Saturday, February 11, 2012, 8:00 – 10:00pm
Great Hall; enter on 8th Avenue. $15-$40.
Comprised of some of the finest musicians in Canada, Theatre of Early Music is led by legendary countertenor Daniel Taylor and has a reputation for holding audiences spellbound with artistry. Honoring the genius of Henry Purcell, this semi-staged baroque opera… More
TownMusic: Brooklyn Rider
Sunday, January 29, 2012, 7:30 – 9:30pm
Great Hall; enter on 8th Avenue. $10-$25.
Formed while working in Yo Yo Ma’s globetrotting ensemble the Silk Road Project, Brooklyn Rider was born out of a desire to use the rich medium of the string quartet as a vehicle for borderless communication. Back for a return TownMusic performance, the group—featuring violinists Johnny Gandelsman and Colin Jacobsen, violist Nicholas Cords, and cellist Eric Jacobson—builds programs that careen from the romantic to the contemporary.
Thalia Symphony Orchestra
Sunday, January 29, 2012, 2:00 – 4:00pm
Great Hall; enter on 8th Avenue. $15-$20.
Thalia Symphony presents its second concert of the 2011-12 season with a program including Stravinsky’s Firebird Suite (1919) and Copland’s The Tender Land: Suite. The concert also features former concertmaster and violin soloist Lauren Roth in a performance of Bruch’s Scottish Fantasy E-flat Major, Op. 46.
3rd Annual Mozart Birthday Toast
Friday, January 27, 2012, 7:30 – 9:00pm
Downstairs at Town Hall; enter on Seneca Street. $13-$18.
Town Hall’s third annual Mozart Birthday Toast features two of the composer’s most beloved chamber works—the Piano Quartet in G Minor, K. 478, and the Sonata in B-flat Major for violin and piano, K. 454—along with his sprightly and youthful Sonata in D Major for piano, four hands, K. 381, and his unusually romantic Adagio in B Minor for piano, K. 540 …
Onyx Chamber Players: Schumann & Brahms Piano Quartets
Sunday, January 15, 2012, 7:00 – 9:00pm
Downstairs at Town Hall; enter on Seneca Street. $10-$20.
Onyx Chamber Players, acclaimed for its vivid, charismatic readings of Classical repertoire perform Schumann and Brahms piano quartets …
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Saturday Family Concerts: THEESatisfaction
Saturday, February 18, 2012, 1:00 – 2:00pm
Downstairs at Town Hall; enter on Seneca Street. $5-Free.
THEESatisfaction, the “lo-fi rebel hiphop” duo of Seattle’s Stasia Irons and Catherine Harris-White, has a way with playful rhymes. They also have a way with fans, thanks to a handful of EPs, a headlining gig at the Capitol Hill Block Party, and a featured role on fellow Sub Pop band Shabazz Palaces’ album Black Up.