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18 May 2025 Melbourne (Australia)
Theremin & Beyond
The Australian Chamber Orchestra (ACO) conducted by Richard Tognetti - Arts Centre Melbourne, Hamer Hall
Program Info: The Australian Chamber Orchestra Richard Tognetti, Director & Violin Carolina Eyck, Theremin
Take a deep dive into the thrilling soundworld of the theremin. Explore new musical frontiers as you experience the world’s first electronic instrument.
The Australian Chamber Orchestra (ACO) is celebrating fifty years in 2025 and is one of the most acclaimed chamber orchestras in the world, renowned for their inspired programming, unrivalled virtuosity, energy and individuality. Under the direction of Artistic Director Richard Tognetti, they take audiences on an adventure to create truly transformative experiences.
The theremin is utterly unique. It’s a sound you’ve definitely heard, even if you’ve never heard of it. Experience the range and power of the world’s first electronic instrument, live at Hamer Hall.
Richard Tognetti directs an eclectic program starring Carolina Eyck, the internationally renowned star of the theremin. When Eyck plays, she stands poised, hands aloft, making intricate moves but touching nothing. It looks, and sounds, like magic.
The theremin can create a thousand different colours and moods: serenity and beauty, longing and danger, mystery and wonder. From the swinging sounds of The Beach Boys and the unmistakable Star Trek theme, to a new commission from Australian composer Holly Harrison, and closing with the riotous thrumming of the Flight of the Bumblebee, this is a concert full of fun that will take you to other worlds.
Johann Sebastian Bach - Orchestral Suite No.3 in D major, BWV1068: II. Air Holly Harrison - New work (World Premiere)* Jacques Offenbach - Orpheus in the Underworld: Can-can Camille Saint-Saëns - The Carnival of the Animals: Selections; Danse macabre, Op.40 Brett Dean - Short Stories: IV. Komarov’s Last Words* Mikhail Glinka - A Farewell to St Petersburg: X. The Lark Erwin Schulhoff - Five Pieces for String Quartet Jörg Widmann - 180 beats per minute (Australian Premiere) Carolina Eyck - Fantasias: Oakunar Lynntuja (Strange Birds) (Australian Premiere) Brian Wilson - Good Vibrations Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov - Flight of the Bumblebee
And selections from the soundtracks to: Miklós Rózsa - Spellbound Jonny Greenwood - There Will Be Blood Alexander Courage - Star Trek Ennio Morricone - The Good, The Bad and The Ugly Jim Parker - Midsomer Murders
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