• 00:01 Gregorio Paniagua, ‘Anakrousis’, 1978
  • 00:05 Andrey Smirnov on Theremin’s Harmonium (excerpt), 2020
  • 01:34 Marc Wilkinson, ‘Angel Naked’ (excerpt), 1971
  • 02:29 Jamie O'Callahan, ‘Theremin Concerto’ (excerpt), 2004
  • 03:28 Randy George, ‘Something About Us’ (excerpt), 2008
  • 05:08 Fazil Say, ‘Universe Symphony’ (excerpts), 2012
  • 06:57 Louis Febre, ‘Alien Trespass’ (excerpt), 2009
  • 07:41 Harry Lubin, ‘The Duplicate Man (Outer Limits)’ (excerpts), 1964
  • 09:12 Aldo Piga, ‘Il Mostro dell’Opera’, 1964
  • 10:20 Konstantin Kovalsky and Vyacheslav Mescherin's ensemble of electromusical instruments, unidentified television track, 1960
  • 11:36 Roque Baños López, ‘The Machinist Soundtrack’ (excerpts), 2004
  • 13:31 Andrey Smirnov, Rhythmicon demo at Loop 2017
  • 15:02 Masami Takeuchi and Matryomin ensemble Mable and Da play Beethoven’s ‘Ode to Joy’ (excerpt), 2019
  • 16:20 Nikolai Obukhov, ‘Third and Last Testament for 5 voices, La Croix Sonore’ (excerpt), 1946
  • 18:18 Carolina Eyck, ‘Nukkuva Luohla (Sleepy Dragon)’, 2016
  • 19:15 Jonny Greenwood, ‘Open Spaces’ (excerpts), 2007
  • 20:29 Dmitri Shostakovich, ‘Storm Scene, Storm Breaks’, 1931
  • 21:45 Dmitri Shostakovich, ‘L’Internationale’ (excerpt), 1935
  • 23:23 Regis Campo, ‘Dancefloor With Pulsing’ (excerpts), 2018
  • 25:02 Masami Takeuchi, ‘Glissando’ (excerpt), 2021
  • 26:47 Pamelia Kurstin (now Stickney), ‘Autumn Leaves’ (excerpt), 2010]
  • 28:06 Lydia Kavina, ‘The Internationale’ (excerpt), 2008
  • 30:07 Masami Takeuchi, ‘Russian Medley’ (excerpt), 2021
  • 31:13 Gregorio Paniagua, ‘Anakrousis’, 1978
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Lev Theremin and Lydia Kavina, 1976 Photo A. Snegirev

The PROBES AUXILIARIES dig deeper into the main programme topic but are also programmed for your ecstatic listening pleasure; so examples here are edited and sequenced and cut together on the wheels of steal; there’s no talking either (at least not by me), so you need to download the playlist to get the details, backstory and relevance of each of the pieces featured.

In this new Auxiliary by Chris Cutler,  we’ll find the Theremin at work in art ensembles, symphony orchestras, a jazz group, rock bands and on film and television scores – both alone and in quantity –, and there’s a rare sighting of Nikolai Obukhov’s Croix Sonore from his extraordinary Third and Last Testament.

Curated by Chris Cutler.
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