Lydia Kavina: Music from the Ether - Original works for theremin

The theremin was invented in 1919 and became the first electronic musical instrument that had a career in the XX-century and it is still the only instrument which can be played without any mechanical touching. The theremin-player moves his hands near two antennas. The proximity of the right hand to the vertical antenna changes the electromagnetic field thus changing the pitch of the sound over a six-octave range. Left hand controls the volume. Theremin's sound remembers sometimes the cello or violin, sometime the flute and often the human voice. The instruments circuit uses a beat frequency oscillator, in which an audible musical tone is derived from the beating between two high-frequency oscillators. The frequency of one of the oscillators is fixed. The frequency of the other is altered by the performer's proximity to the pitch antenna.

TRACKLIST

LYDIA KAVINA: MUSIC FROM THE ETHER - ORIGINAL WORKS FOR THEREMIN


Joseph Schillinger (1895-1943)

[01] Melody (1929)
Kavina, Pierce (1:43)

[02] Mouvement électrique et pathétique (1932)
Kavina, Pierce (1:42)

Friedrich Wilckens

[03] Dance in the Moon (1933)
Kavina, Pierce (2:43)

Percy Grainger (1882-1961)

[04] Free Music #1 (1936) for four theremins
Kavina (1:22)

Bohuslav Martinu (1890-1959)

[05] Fantasia (1944)
Kavina, Fox, Elowe, Portland String Quartet (14:17)

Isidor Achron (1892-1948)

[06] Improvisation (1945)
Kavina, Pierce (3:48)

Lydia Kavina (1967-)

Suite (1989)
[07] 1. Andante (3:40)
[08] 2. Moderato (2:10)
[09] 3. Lento (2:56)
Kavina, Pierce

[10] In Whims of the Wind (1994)
Kavina, Parcells, Pierce (11:27)

Jorge Antunes (1942-)

[11] Mixolydia (1995)
Kavina, tape (11:24)

Vladimir Komarov (1940-)

[12] Voice of Theremin (1996)
Kavina, tape (8:12)



Lydia Kavina, theremin
Joshua Pierce, piano
Elizabeth Parcells, soprano
Kristen Fox, oboe
Carol Eaton Elowe, piano
Portland String Quartet: Stephen Kecskemethy, Roland Lantz (violins),
Julia Adams (viola), Paul Ross (cello)


Executive Producer: Olivia Mattis - Produced by: Brian Brandt
Recordings: May/June 1997
24-bit Digital Mastering: Steve Puntolillo, Sonieraft, New Jersey. Remastered July 2005
Art Direction: Brian Brandt - Photos of Lydia Kavina: © Parker Peters

A co-production of New Music Alliance and Mode Records
mode records, PO box 1262, New York, NY 10009 USA (http://www.moderecords.com/)
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