Theremin Kaddish For Clara

YouTube via copperleaves
"This is a short kaddish for Clara Rockmore. I wrote it on March 9, 2009, which would have been Clara's 98th birthday. What she achieved during her lifetime continues to be a tremendous inspiration to many people who find they have an affinity with the theremin, the instrument to which she dedicated her life and career. It is because of Clara's efforts, and those of her dear friend the late Robert Moog, that the theremin exists today and is more popular than it has ever been.

I wrote this as a vocal improvisation which I played and sang at the keyboard. I then took the vocal out and replaced it with the theremin which you hear on this video.

The instrument I am playing is the 1929 RCA theremin that once belonged to thereminist Dr. Samuel Hoffman. If you would like to hear this piece without the YouTube audio distortion, you can find it at:

peterpringle.com/thereminmp3s.html"

Theremin Gymnopedie


"The GYMNOPEDIE #1 by French composer Erik Satie (1866 - 1925) transcribed for theremin and piano."

You can find more performances here: http://www.youtube.com/user/copperleaves