Achron - Nocturne-Fantasia - Theremin & Piano
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- Опубликовано: 14 окт 2024
- Resurrected from the archives: Isidor Achron's NOCTURNE-FANTASIA (1943) for Theremin and Piano, dedicated to Lucie Bigelow-Rosen, the New York socialite and theremin player who supported Leon Theremin's lab work during his American sojourn, 1927-1938.
Born to a Russian Jewish family in Warsaw, Isidor Achron (1892-1948) was a pianist, composer and music teacher who found fame Jascha Heifetz's accompanist. A virtuoso in his own right, Achron left a small but beautiful collection of works including a Nocturne-Fantasia (op.9) and Improvisation (op. 12) for theremin and piano.
I transcribed this piece from the archives at Caramoor, Lucie's country home in upstate New York. With her Estate's blessing, I've been working to typeset and digitize her scores for wider performance.
This recording was made under coronavirus lockdown in April 2020.
The theremin in the film is a Big Briar 91A, built by Bob Moog.
Piano - Paul Jackson
Theremin - Charlie Draper
BRAVI!
This is wonderful, marvelous, fabulous, (wait a minute…. let me see if I can think of any more superlatives)….. 😀
Thank you Peter, I'm glad you enjoyed it. I was also happy to learn a few months back that your 91 series went to a good home; mine had been sitting in a studio unplayed for nearly 20 years. Its rich and distinctive tone was crying for music!
Beautiful piece, beautiful playing Charlie! I'm in awe.
Thanks Jessica!
Beautiful - soulful & wistful too ! Thank you :)
Thanks Joan, so glad you enjoyed it.
@@CharlieDraper :)
Amazing, amazing, amazing ... instruments and ambiente!
Thank you Stephen! Happy to hear you enjoyed the ambience.
@@CharlieDraper I'm so happy to found your channel. I love the theremin, I wish I could play it ;-)
You are one of a very few perfect players.
Wow !! Beautiful, thank you !
Thanks Marc! The 91A gets a bit of a bad rap but I love the sound of it so much. ❤️🎶😌
Charlie, this was magnificent. What a... twisted, elegant sort of march this feels like at times, with so many questions and such wonder in certain parts. You and Paul Jackson both played this magnificently. Easily one of my new favourite pieces (:
That said, you mentioned you're working to typeset and digitize all those scores from Achron (and thank you for that! It's such a blessing that they see the light once again). Is this one yet available? I would love to try my hand at this piece.
It's not yet available, but I'll get back in touch with Caramoor to ask about the IMSLP route for public domain works.
@@CharlieDraper Fantastic! I'm eager to hear about how that turns out. Best of luck.
grande charlie
Glad you enjoyed it!
This is fantastic, nicely done!
Thank you Jon! Glad you enjoyed it.
Que maravilha!
Thanks!
This is wonderful! The theremin sound is exalted. As I might have told you, I knew Hilton Bailey who was a director at Caramoor.
He knew Rosen and Clara Rockmore.
Hilton unfortunately passed away..
My you tube channel is Nicodemi Soundtrack. I have a piece initially written on theremin but played on solo piano. It's called Untouched.
I hope you will check it out.
Again congrats on this marvelous performance.
Thanks a lot Quiet Mind! I'm going to head over and check out Untouched if it's on your channel.... sounds intriguing. Do you have the original score? 🎶🎶🎶
Charles if you like the piece a full score of it can emerge. I was hoping that I could do the theme on my etherwave but alas I had to record it solo piano. My name is Edmond Nicodemi. Email is eddiepiano1@yahoo.com
Take care and stay safe.