Lydia Kavina "To me, the greatest satisfaction comes from discovering still another role for the theremin in each new piece of music. It is not only mysterious playing technique that fascinates me, but the wondrous, expressive sound, the magical color, the limitless range and diversity, the sweeping glissandy."L.K.


classic (selected)		 up


Arranged for theremin and piano
  • A. Aliabiev
"Nightingail"
  • C. Debussy
"Claire de Lune"
  • C. Frank
"Sonata in a-dur"
  • J.Kern
"Smoke gets in your eyes"
  • M. Moussorgsky
"Pictures at an Exhibition" (fragments)
  • G.Puccini
"Quando me'n vo' soletta" from "La Boheme"
  • J.Raff
"Cavatina"
  • C.Saint-Saens
"The Swan"
  • C.Saint Saens
"The Elephants"
  • J.Svendsen
"Romanze"
  • P.Tschaikovsky
"Valse Santimintale"

Arranged for theremin, voice and piano
  • J.S.Bach
Duet for alt and tenor "Et misericordia"
  • S.Rachmaninoff
"Before my Window"
  • S.Rachmaninoff
"The Storm"

Arranged for theremin and string quartet
  • J.S.Bach
"Air"
  • A. Dvorak
"Humoresque" (with Oboe)
  • G.Gershwin
"Summertime" (with Flute)

Arranged for theremin and organ
  • J.Charpentier
Messe pour tous les Temps
  • L.Vierne
"Cortege"
  • L.Vierne
"Claire de Lune"
  • G.Pierne
Prelude
  • J. Alain
Petite piece
  • L.Boellmann
Priere a Notre-Dame
  • M.Dupre
Symphonie-passion


Original works for theremin (selected)		 up
  • Joseph Schillinger
"First Airfonic Suite" for theremin and orchestra (1929)
  • Joseph Schillinger
Mouvement electrique and patetique" for theremin and piano (1929)
  • Friedrich Wilkens
"Dance in the Moon" for theremin and piano (1933)
  • Edgar Varese
"Ecuatorial" for theremin and orchestra (1934)
  • Percy Granger
"Free Music" for four theremins (1936)
  • Bohuslav Martinu
Fantasia for theremin, string quartet, oboe and piano (1944)
  • Isidor Achron
Improvisation for theremin and piano (1945)
  • Miklos Rosza
"Spelbound Concerto" for theremin and Orchestra) (1945 (also in arrangement for theremin, string quartet, piano and oboe)
  • Charles Paul
"Palestinian Song and Hora" for theremin and piano (194...)
  • T. Nazarova-Methner
"Vietnam Album" for theremin and orchestra (1983)
  • Sergey Kosenko
"Remute Star" for theremin and tape (1987)
  • Valery Beluntsov
"La Fantasie d'Arbat tra i campi della Gubernia Voronez" for theremin and tape (1989)
  • Olga Rayeva
"The Sketch" for theremin and clarinette (1990)
  • Valery Beluntsov
"Selfportry 2" for theremin and organ (1991)
  • Malte Ruehman
"Die gefiederte Schlange" for theremin and piano (1993)
  • Jorge Campos
"Sequencia" for theremin, tape and trompet (1993)
  • Anatoly Kosselev
"Song on Ruins" for theremin and tape (1993)
  • Valery Belunsov
"Long Song" for theremin and radio baton (1995)
  • Jorge Antunes
"Mixolydia" for theremin and tape (1995)
  • Jorge Campos
"Glissandi" for 3 to 6 theremins (1996)
  • Valery Beluntsov
"Reccry 3" for theremin, cello and tape (1996)
  • Vladimir Komarov
"Voice of Theremin" for theremin and tape (1996)
  • Alexander Reichelson
"Six Translations from Villi Melnikov" for theremin and piano (1996)
  • Wolfgang Suppan
"Raum/Beschreibung 1, Klostenneuburg" for theremin and Ensemble (1998)
  • Vladimir Nicolaev
"19 pique" for theremin and string quartet (1999)
  • Alexander Reichelson
"Rocochord" and "The Round"" for theremin and organ (1999)
  • Anthony Rovner
"The moving in the Air" for theremin and CLarinette (1999)
  • Howard Shore
"Ed Wood" Suite for theremin and orchestra. (2000)
  • Christion Wulf
"Exercise for theremin, violine, C-Bass and French Horn". (2000)
  • Olga Neuwirth
 "Baehlamms Fest" for Theremin and orchestra. (2000)
  • Sania Drakulic
 "Waves" for Theremin and string quartet. (2003)


Theater music		 up
  • "Alice"
musical by Tom Waits (1992)
  • "Black Rider"
a musical by Tom Waits (1990) listen
  • "Othello"
a theater play with music by Fred von Hofe (1993)
  • "Odysseus 7"
radio space opera by Andreas Ammer, FM Einheit and Ulrike Haage (1996)
  • "Den Ungeborenen Götern"
the multimedia opera by Kiyoshi Furukawa (1997)
  • "The Sun in Sand"
Opera by Ralf Gothoni (1998)
  • "Baehlams Fest"
opera by Olga Neuwirth(1999)
  • "Music of the Spheres"
Regular performances have taken place since 1993, at the Optical Theatre in Moscow


Compositions by Lydia Kavina(selected)		 up

  • "Improvistation of Stars", for 4 theremins and piano (2001)
  • "Valse" for theremin and string quartet (1998)
  • "The Seasons of the Year", a concerto-fantasyfor theremin and orchestra (1997)listen
  • "The Mirror" and "Transformations" for theremin, Flute, and Cello (1997)
  • "Field Sound" for three theremins (1997)
  • "The Monologue" for theremin solo (1995)
  • "In Whims of the Wind" for theremin, voice and piano (1994)
  • "Swamp Music" for theremin and Digital Sampler (1992)
  • Symphonett for Orchestra (1992)
  • Poem for Flute and Piano (1991)
  • Sonate for Clarinette and Piano (1990)
  • "Chacone" for theremin and Synthesizer (1990)
  • "Requiem" for theremin and Synthesizer (1990)
  • "Landscape" for four theremins (1989)listen
  • "Suite" for theremin and piano (1989)
  • "The Circle" for Voice and Piano (1988)
  • String Variations for string quartet. (1988)
  • Romances after Poems of Russian Writers for Voice and Piano (1987)
  • "Antique Russia", Fantasy for theremin, piano, viola, bassoon and chimes, (1987)
  • "Two Preludes" for theremin and piano (1986)
  • "Romance" for voice, theremin and piano (1985)
  • "The statue of a soldier" for theremin and piano (1984)

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