Theremin master Carolina Eyck and The American Contemporary Music Ensemble (ACME) perform Eyck’s minimalist Fantasias for string quartet and theremin, using electronic effects to bring an authentically fresh sonic pallet to the forefront. At times reverent to traditional melody, harmony, and tone, while at other times as defiant as the most eccentric Musique Concrete, the Fantasias bears the mark of a true virtuoso in her prime.
Listen to the opening track from Fantasias: Oakunar Lynntuja (Strange Birds).
Program
Bryce Dessner: Little Blue Something for string quartet
Carolina Eyck: Fantasias for theremin and string quartet (World Premiere)
Composed specifically for the LP format, Eyck and ACME have recorded the Fantasias for release in October 2016 on Butterscotch Records.
BAC Salon is a series of concerts performed in an intimate salon setting.
Leadership support for music programming in 2016 provided by the Anne and Chris Flowers Foundation and the Thompson Family Foundation.

Carolina Eyck
German-born performer and composer Carolina Eyck is widely considered the world’s foremost theremin virtuosa. A childhood prodigy, Eyck developed an innovative theremin technique by age 14 and published The Art of Playing the Theremin, which teaches her technique, while just 17 years old.

ACME
The American Contemporary Music Ensemble (ACME) was honored by ASCAP during its 10th anniversary season in 2015 for the “virtuosity, passion, and commitment with which it performs and champions American composers.”