Randy George, Theremin
excerpt of Franck Sonata for Violin mvmt. 2 
piano accomp from piano-accompaniments[doit]com

Here's a really crap quality recording I made (with my MacBookPro's built-in mic) of a kind of dirty practice session from September of 2009.  It's been a long time since I posted anything new... so I decided to throw this up.  It's of course not a new recording, but since I don't have my theremin with me at the moment. (It's in another part of the country) this is the best thing I could dig up on my computer that has never really been heard before, and that I deemed just slightly above the too crappy to upload level.  Hope you find some joy in listening.

Franck Sonata mvt.2 excerpt Practice by Randy George theremin

Selections from 3 July concert at Kulturni Dom Gorje, Near Bled, Slovenia

Randy George, theremin

Camille Saint-Saens - The Swan

Yoko Kanno - Field of Love

Charles Gounod - Ave Maria

Live Recording of Clair de Lune by Debussy - Kulturni Dom, Gorje, Bled, Slovenia. 
Randy George, theremin 

 - Recorded July 3, 2011 -
Three more tracks from the same concert: 
http://soundcloud.com/randygeorge/sets/selections-gorje-concert/

Claude Debussy - Clair de Lune

Back when I played the bassoon, I had many opportunities to play some great orchestra pieces. This was one of those great moments.  Normally performed as an alternating line for two players, on this occasion, I was asked to play the parts as a continuous solo. The recording quality isn't the best, but the moment was captured at least. UNT Symphony Orchestra - Anshel Brusilow, conductor - Pamela Mia Paul, piano.  Recorded October 18, 2000.

Ravel - Piano Concerto in G - III - 20 seconds of adrenaline for bassoon

Concert Excerpt from Feb 20, 2015 Live Theremin Concert at the Rosch Recital Hall at SUNY Fredonia as part of The 2014-15 Ethos New Music Society Guest Residency program.  

Randy George, theremin
(recorded - Rob Schwimmer, piano)

recorded/mixed by Tim Bausch

Waltz for Clara - by Rob Schwimmer - Randy George, theremin

Concert Excerpt from Feb 20, 2015 Live Theremin Concert at the Rosch Recital Hall at SUNY Fredonia as part of The 2014-15 Ethos New Music Society Guest Residency program.  

Randy George, theremin
(piano track precomposed via MIDI performance through Ivory Italian Grand by Kristian Banatzianou and edited by Randy George)

recorded/mixed by Tim Bausch

Jules Massenet - Meditation from "Thaïs"

Concert Excerpt from Feb 20, 2015 Live Theremin Concert at the Rosch Recital Hall at SUNY Fredonia as part of The 2014-15 Ethos New Music Society Guest Residency program.  

Randy George, theremin
(ooh where'd I get that backing track)

recorded/mixed by Tim Bausch

Yoko Kanno - Stella by Moor - Randy George, theremin

This is the second recording I published after embarking on the epic quest to master the most challenging instrument in the world, the theremin.   This file was dated June 5, 2006 which was about four months after I first learned of the existence of the theremin and began playing it.

Since I originally published it for 'listening only' on Myspace .com, since it has been 10 years, and since there is a good possibility that not many people have ever heard it, I'm publishing it again for amusement, historical value on Soundcloud. Cheers.  

If you appreciate the existence of this recording and you also know where the image artwork was photographed by looking at it, you get bonus points.

John Williams - Schindler's List Theme - Randy George, theremin

Cosmos by Yoko Kanno performed by Randy George on theremin.

I recorded this in June of 2006 about three months after I began playing the theremin. The instrument is a Moog Etherwave Standard theremin. 

Yoko Kanno - Cosmos

Studio Recording of Clair de Lune by Claude Debussy.
Randy George, theremin.
Recorded January 29, 2010

Claude Debussy - Clair de Lune [2010]

Romance by Edward Elgar
performed by Randy George, bassoon
Mikhail Safarian, piano

This recording was made to complete the CD of my Senior Recital for the degree requirements of my Bachelor of Music Performance. 

The original performance of this piece on my Senior Recital at the University of North Texas College of Music in the Spring of 2001 was something else. I felt it was the best performance I have ever made of anything I had ever played in my whole life. It was unfortunately not recorded because I forgot to hit the record button after the short intermission. Because I had to record this piece separately, I added applause to the end. It was recorded in the same hall, just with no people in in. The air definitely feels different with an audience.

Edward Elgar - Romance

Studio Recording of Valse Sentimentale by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. 

Randy George, theremin
- Recorded January 29, 2008

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Valse Sentimentale

The track is "Field" from the anime, Brain Powered composed by the one and only, Yoko Kanno. I'm doubling the melody with the theremin.

Yoko Kanno - Field - 2017 - Randy George, theremin

Andante and Hunagrian Rondo by Carl Maria von Weber
performed by Randy George, bassoon 
Mikhail Safarian, piano

This was a recording from my Senior Recital in the Spring of 2001 for the degree requirements of Bachelor of Music Performance at the University of North Texas College of Music.

Senior Recital - Randy George, bassoon

Andante and Hungarian Rondo - C.M. von Weber

Basically Beethoven Festival - Texas Discovery Gardens at Fair Park in Dallas, TX - Summer 2002

Hyperion Winds Woodwind Quintet - Denton/Dallas, Texas -- Amy Ctibor, flute; Sharon Lacey, oboe; Eddie Garza, clarinet; Randy George, bassoon; Mike Garza, horn

Basically Beethoven Festival

Trois Pièces brèves, 1. Allegro - Jacques Ibert

Recording of the bassoon solo variation of the 4th movement of the Carl Nielsen Wind Quintet.

Carl Nielsen Wind Quintet m.4 bassoon variation

Concertino by Marcel Bitsch
performed by Randy George, bassoon 
Mikhail Safarian, piano

This recording was from my Senior Recital in the Spring of 2001 for the degree requirements of my Bachelor of Music Performance at the University of North Texas College of Music.  The rarely performed Concertino written by French composer Marcel Bitsch in 1948 is among the most technically demanding pieces in the entire bassoon repertoire.

Concertino - Marcel Bitsch

performance made on a Moog Etherwave Pro theremin and Haken ContinuuMini via MIDI Merlin - Audio-MIDI tracking software - Eagan Matrix preset used in the performance: "Wind"

Maurice Ravel - Bolero - opening flute solo - theremin and Haken ContinuuMini

The beautiful melody from Sergei Rachmaninoff's orchestral composition, Symphonic Dances, movement 1.  

Randy George, theremin

recorded November 15, 2012

Sergei Rachmaninoff - Melody from Symphonic Dances

Summer Music for Wind Quintet by Samuel Barber

Recording, Summer 2001 at the Texas Discover Gardens for the Basically Beethoven Festival. Performed by wind quintet, Hyperion Winds: Amy Ctibor-Leininger, flute ; Eddie Garza, clarinet ; Sharon Lacey, oboe ; Randy George, bassoon ; Mike Garza, horn.
Recorded and Produced by Randy George Summer 2001

Samuel Barber : Summer Music

The Opening movement of Quintet for Winds by Carl Nielsen, constructed from an almost 20 year old rehearsal recording of my woodwind quintet. Recorded summer 2000. Produced spring 2020.

Hyperion Winds Quintet
Crystal Safarian, flute; Eddie Garza, clarinet; 
Erica Casanova, oboe; Randy George, bassoon; 
Mike Garza, horn

Quintet for Winds, 1. Allegro ben moderato - Carl Nielsen

Randy George here, one of a small handful of humans that live and breathe melodic theremin playing. Years before discovering the theremin my main musical voice was the bassoon. Here you'll find recordings from my musical adventures. Have a nice listen.

Randy George

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