Alternating Currents

How lucky are we to live at the same time as this extraordinary artist and person.

Stephen Foster (1826-1864)
"Hard Times Come Again No More" 1855
Performed by Yo Yo Ma & James Taylor
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2u3uwz

HAPPY 71st BIRTHDAY to Yo Yo Ma!!!

Yo-Yo Ma is an American cellist. Born to and partially raised by Chinese parents in Paris and educated in New York City, he was a child prodigy, performing from the age of four and a half. He graduated from the Juilliard School and Harvard University, attended Columbia University, and has performed as a soloist with orchestras around the world. He has recorded more than 92 albums and received 19 Grammy Awards.

In addition to recordings of the standard classical repertoire, Ma has recorded a wide variety of folk music, such as American bluegrass music, traditional Chinese melodies, the tangos of Argentine composer Astor Piazzolla, and Brazilian music. He has also collaborated with artists from a diverse range of genres, including Bobby McFerrin, Carlos Santana, Chris Botti, Diana Krall, James Taylor, Miley Cyrus, and Sting.

Ma has been a United Nations Messenger of Peace since 2006. He has received numerous awards, including the Avery Fisher Prize in 1978, The Glenn Gould Prize in 1999, the National Medal of Arts in 2001, the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2011, Kennedy Center Honors in 2011, the Polar Music Prize in 2012, and the Birgit Nilsson Prize in 2022. He was named as one of Time's 100 Most Influential People of 2020.

Ma's primary performance instrument is the Davidov cello, made in 1712 by Antonio Stradivari.

Celebrating the 100th anniversary of John Coltrane's birth.
John Coltrane Centennial Celebration Concert Excerpt | Marcus Shelby Quartet ft Howard Wiley at Oakland's incomparable Sound Room.
with a brilliant 6m50s drum solo,
RT: ~17m
https://youtu.be/JmUM0c12wEY

NB: forthcoming - name of drummer

To pals and colleagues in the Heartland and East:- and Europe and anywhere else experiencing this climate event: we are having a heatwave. HYDRATE + SPF50!! And as Susan recommennds - make sure your pets and anmals have access to shade and water.

Irving Berlin
“Heatwave”
Performed by James White & The Blacks
https://youtu.be/vUVSRqZ8Daw?si=sTD4y2v6Wt0JTn9
Performed by Ethel Waters — 1933
https://youtu.be/3nKWg7p4roE?si=AalcbpUlL6lml4ZN
Take care, Be safe.

Ethel Waters - Heat Wave 1933 (Irving Berlin Songs) (Columbia – 2826-D)From "As Thousands Cheer."Vocal Orchestra Acco...

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More: https://www.alternating-currents.net/orly-cahill

[Note that reservations for Sarah Cahill's free show are no longer being accepted by the Orly Museum of Hungarian Culture as all seats are spoken for.]

What a great pleasure to immerse myself in these Hungarian composers to perform them next week at the Örly Museum of Hungarian Culture in Berkeley! The free concert, co-presented by Alternating Currents, is on Saturday afternoon, July 11th, and limited tickets are still available at https://www.orlymuseum.org/new-events.

Special thanks to great friend and wonderful pianist AnnaLotte Smith for sharing scores by the wondrous composer Dora Pejačević!

Shout out to Local Hero Composer Terry Riley on the occasion of his 91st trip around the sun.

Pictured here, with Sarah Cahill, who will be presenting a free concert of Hungarian composeres on Saturday, July at 2:30 pm at the Orly Museum of Hungarian Culture iin Berkelley.

https://www.alternating-currents.net/orly-cahill

[Note: reservations are now full The [free] show is sold out ]

Father's Day Greetings.

Wishing all fathers, sons and daughters a celebratory Father's Day.

Billy Strings with his father Terry Barber
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6U6NCvOfl8&t=5794s See less

In something of a relaunch, Alternating Currents is chuffed to present a a free Sarah Cahill concert of Hungarian composers at the Örly Museum of Hugarian Culture-Sat. July 11, 2:30 pm.

Reservations are required due to limited space:
https://www.alternating-currents.net

Egyfajta újraindításként az Alternating Currents örömmel mutatja be Sarah Cahill zongoraművész ingyenes magyar zeneszerzői koncertjét az Örlyi Magyar Kultúra Múzeumában július 11-én, szombaton 14:30-kor.

A korlátozott férőhely miatt regisztráció szükséges:
https://www.alternating-currents.net

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