On October 31st, the theremin was featured in BBC Radio Two's "Friday night is Music Night".
For almost as long as I can remember I've listened to this concert every Friday evening ... and last night, at the start, the host announced that the programme would include performances by thereminist Celia Sheen. Perhaps owing to the date, all the music had a theme of "Murder, Mystery & Suspense". Celia Sheen played two pieces: the first, the theme from Hitchcock's "Spellbound" at the end of the first half; the second, the theme from TV's "Midsommer Murders" about two thirds of the way through the second half. Both very enjoyable. The host also included some information about the theremin and its history - although this was very brief and, inevitably, not entirely accurate (ie as used by Beach Boys in "Good Vibrations").
You should be able to hear the concert for the next week or so at the BBC Radio Two website:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/shows/fridaynight/
On this page you should be able to click to see the list of music played, or click to hear the entire programme in a pop-up player, (you can usually skip to specific bits if desired).
For almost as long as I can remember I've listened to this concert every Friday evening ... and last night, at the start, the host announced that the programme would include performances by thereminist Celia Sheen. Perhaps owing to the date, all the music had a theme of "Murder, Mystery & Suspense". Celia Sheen played two pieces: the first, the theme from Hitchcock's "Spellbound" at the end of the first half; the second, the theme from TV's "Midsommer Murders" about two thirds of the way through the second half. Both very enjoyable. The host also included some information about the theremin and its history - although this was very brief and, inevitably, not entirely accurate (ie as used by Beach Boys in "Good Vibrations").
You should be able to hear the concert for the next week or so at the BBC Radio Two website:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/shows/fridaynight/
On this page you should be able to click to see the list of music played, or click to hear the entire programme in a pop-up player, (you can usually skip to specific bits if desired).
