Hamilton/Brahms on the Radio

Hamilton/Brahms on the Radio

The Trio in B Major by Brahms is marked Opus 8, but it was edited and shortened by Brahms later in his life, which resulted in a vastly improved masterpiece.  The opening cello melody is one of the most gorgeous creations in all of music.  KQAC, allclassical.org, will...
Lusana Sings Angel Eyes

Lusana Sings Angel Eyes

By Lusana Giamella Erekson My joy, love and adoration for black soul music and Jazz led me to want to sing it~ so I started with singing Jazz standards. This was the result of a Latihan experience one evening, hearing a voice not my own, of such quality and depth that...
Tea with Cookie

Tea with Cookie

Tea with Cookie A short post-pandemic visit with Michael Cooke and Harlan Gleeson. One minute and forty seven seconds....

Hamilton on the Radio

KQAC, also known as All Classical, is broadcasting two of my live concert recordings this month.  The first one aired today: Rachmaninoff Sonata in G minor, his last chamber music piece, with my dear friend Janet Guggenheim.  It is a tour de force for the piano, of...

Three Allemandes by Bach with Hamilton Cheifetz

The Allemandes from the Bach Cello Suites are engaging and astounding and reflect the character and key of the Suites in which they occur. They are the first of several pieces with dance titles which follow the Preludes to the Suites, and some are melodious and...