Alternating Currents

07/03/2026

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.

(Columbia – 2826-D)From "As Thousands Cheer."Vocal Orchestra Acco...

07/01/2026

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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!

06/24/2026

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 ]

06/21/2026

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

05/30/2026

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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