Poster Carolina Eyck, theremin
Carolina Eyck playing theremin
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Performance Today®

Carolina Eyck

Carolina Eyck started playing the theremin when she was seven. Her first audience...was a collection of stuffed animals at her home in Berlin. Now she's considered one of the finest players of the theremin in the world. On today's show, hear Carolina Eyck and the Apollo Chamber Players perform Bohuslav Martinu's Fantasia for theremin, oboe, string quartet and piano.

Episode Playlist

Hour 1

Eduardo di Capua: O sole mio
Apollo Chamber Players
European Folkscapes
Navona Records 5941

Bohuslav Martinu: Fantasia for Theremin, Oboe, String Quartet and Piano
Carolina Eyck, theremin; Elizabeth Priestly Siffert, oboe; Alejandro Barranon, piano; Apollo Chamber Players
Apollo Chamber Players, Midtown Arts and Theater Center Houston (MATCH), Houston, TX

Piano Puzzler: Isabella & Francesca Dawas from Minneapolis, MN

Jean Sibelius: Symphony No. 7 in C, Op. 105
NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra; Alan Gilbert, conductor
Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, DE

Hour 2

Giacomo Meyerbeer: Le Prophete (The Prophet): Coronation March
Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Paul Paray, conductor
Marches And Overtures A La Francaise
Mercury 434332

Giovanni Legrenzi: Sonata 'La cetra'
Il Giardino Armonico; Giovanni Antonini, conductor
Actus Humanus Festival, Artus Court, Gdansk, Poland

Reena Esmail: Jhula Jhule
The Merian Ensemble: Elizabeth Remy Johnson, harp; Emily Brebach, oboe
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Pre-Concert Chamber Music, Symphony Hall, Atlanta, GA

Camille Saint-Saens: Piano Concerto No. 5 In F Major, Op. 103 ("Egyptian")
Joseph Moog, piano; Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Matthias Pintscher, conductor
Interlochen Presents, Kresge Auditorium, Interlochen, MI

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