Upcoming Performance and Recording with the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

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I will be flying to Cincinnati on Thursday, January 30 to do four performances and a Telarc recording of Milkos Rósza's Spellbound Concerto with the highly acclaimed Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, Erich Kunzel, conductor, at the Cincinnati Music Hall.

I will rehearse with the orchestra Friday morning; play Friday and Saturday evening concerts; then Sunday afternoon and evening concerts; the recording session will be Monday morning from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., then return to Los Angeles that afternoon.

This recording is a follow-up to an earlier Pops/Kunzell/Rósza recording released in 2005: "MIKLOS ROZSA: Three Choral Suites (Ben-Hur; Quo Vadis; King of Kings) on Telarc SACD-60631.

This is another of those amazing theremin opportunities that just came out of nowhere. Obviously, I am quite thrilled!
 
Well I'll be damned!! eerrily fascinating. Now I know where some of those eerie tones in horror and space (campy) movies from the 40s and 50s probably came from. Hmm, maybe part of the original Star Trek tv series them song. Congratulations!!!
 
Yes, the "dark side" of the theremin is what we call "Hollywood oooEEEooo." But just as the organ is capable of far more than subterranean phantom dirges, so too is the theremin capable of much more than creepy spine-tingling sounds!

I have made a sideline career out of concertizing on the theremin and I can tell you, audiences would not sit still for 90 minutes of "oooEEEEEEEooo!" Depending on the venue and the crowd, I play classical music, light pops, show tunes and ballads.

Used the right way and in the right hands, the theremin has a beautiful and enchanting sound. You can hear an example in the link below -- look for "Song for Theremin and Piano" by Harry T. Burleigh and scroll down to the audio link.

(But also note that I do have a sense of humor about the theremin and do not deny its rightful place as musical fare for "Chiller Thriller Theatre!" If you scroll further down the Audio page, you'll see what I mean.......)

 
I have to agree

with the one critic on your site....You do make that thing sing!!! It sounded like a soprano singing, vibrato and all. I listened to the Piano and Theremin piece. I really had only heard the movie version of the Theremin before. Wasn't so keen on it. You've opened my ears!!!

Thank you very much!

Rick
 
Thanks - that's the sort of comment that a thereminist really cherishes. Most of us do the "oooeeeoo" stuff because it pays the bills, but we're really happier on the concert stage playing classical music.

btw, this coming April I have a mini-tour [four concerts] of Western Maryland and Southern Pennsylvania with my brother, concert pianist Noel Lester.

 

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