Thereminist Améthyste Spardel performs a haunting rendition of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Pie Jesu on Subscope Theremin, run through an Electro-Harmonix Talking Machine.
The Talking Machine is a programmable formant filter, designed to create vocal effects controlled by the player’s dynamics. In this performance, the Talking Machine is set to a fixed ‘ah’ sound.
See also Peter Pringle’s amazing theremin vocal synthesis of Nessun Dorma.
She demonstrates a tremendous amount of skill and subtlety in her playing! Great stuff!
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Beautiful!
Would like to hear better audio of this – but the camera quality almost makes the performance more haunting.
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That’s great! Hah, that EHX pedal seems like a good fit with the theremin.
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Wow, great performance. Can that EH box do a soprano voice too?
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Duh, play in a higher register.
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Nope, that doesn’t work. (I have a theremin and an EHX too. Here is some playing that goes outside of the range that the EHX gives a human sounding voice… http://youtu.be/RO5jboNY3pk )
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Great playing! Also… I’d love to try that pedal on my Moog Guitar.
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Fantastic playing – although that has to be one of the hardest ways of producing a human vocal.
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Good point. But WOW what intonation! The overall effect is of a vintage recording of a mellow tenor. Kind of haut steampunk.
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Hey there
I am the thereminist in the video 
THank you so much for watching and for the wonderful comments. I am deeply touched! 
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