Feb
15
19th Feb
4.45 – 5.15pm
King’s Place, London
On 19th Feb I will be playing a short concert at King’s Place with theremin virtuoso (and my original theremin teacher) Lydia Kavina and a 6-person theremin ensemble. The event is ‘Experimenting with Grainger‘ and is part of the Percy Grainger festival taking place at King’s Place, London.
We’re playing three REALLY short pieces called ‘Free Music’ which are all graphic scores written in (I think) the 1930s which basically looks like a lot of wiggly lines. Our challenge is to convert this into pitch and melody – perfect for the theremin but intricately difficult in practice. They’ll be a video showing what we’re (supposed to be) playing, and a short film about Percy Grainger’s ‘Eye Tone Tool’ invention.
Tickets are £9.50 and going very quickly.
If that really isn’t enough thereminists playing in tandem for you, the very same day in Croydon, the London Theremin Orchestra are playing the Electronic Arts Review festival in Croydon. Contrary to some reports, neither myself nor Lydia will be there as we’ll be at Kings Place.
So there really is no excuse to not enjoy the harmonious, and disharmonious, sounds of a dozen or more theremins then.
Woo, woo – and indeed – woo.
