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KLANG: Hours 14-21, An Overview
CD Covers (© www.karlheinzstockhausen.org)Work No. 94 - KLANG - 14th Hour: HAVONA (Bass, w. Cosmic Pulses Layers 1-3) Work No. 95 - KLANG - 15th Hour: ORVONTON (Baritone, w. Cosmic Pulses Layers 4-6)...
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COSMIC PULSES
No.93: KLANG 13th Hour: COSMIC PULSES8-Channel Surround Sound Electronic Music 2006-2007 [32 min.]Development COSMIC PULSES is the 13th "hour" of Stockhausen's originally-planned 24-part cycle...
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HIMMELS-TÜR
Arianna Garotti in front of the Heaven's Door. (from CD Booklet)(©www.karlheinzstockhausen.org)No. 84: KLANG 4th Hour: HIMMELS-TÜR(Heaven's Door), for a percussionist and a little girl, (2005) [28...
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KREUZSPIEL, SCHLAGTRIO
In this scene (from "Musical Forming", 1972), Stockhausen describes howeach one of the 12 starting pitches starts at an extremely high or low point(in this case high), oscillates up and down (moving...
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FREITAGS-GRUSS / FREITAGS-ABSCHIED (WELTRAUM)
FREITAG AUS LICHTGreeting&FarewellFREITAGS-GRUSSFREITAGS-ABSCHIED 10REALSCENESFREITAG-VERSUCHUNG12SOUND SCENESCOUPLES vom PAARE No. 62: FREITAGS-GRUSS (Friday Greeting) and FREITAGS-ABSCHIED...
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LITANEI 97
Score cover(©www.karlheinzstockhausen.org)No. 74: LITANEI 97 for choir and conductor(1997) [23']Development LITANEI 97 is basically a reworking of the piece LITANEI (Litany) from Stockhausen's 1968...
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PAARE vom FREITAG
FREITAG AUS LICHTGreeting&FarewellFREITAGS-GRUSSFREITAGS-ABSCHIED 10REALSCENESFREITAG-VERSUCHUNG12SOUND SCENESCOUPLES vom PAARE Couple 1:Woman & Man(©www.karlheinzstockhausen.org)Couple...
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FREITAG-VERSUCHUNG
FREITAG AUS LICHTGreeting&FarewellFREITAGS-GRUSSFREITAGS-ABSCHIED 10REALSCENESFREITAG-VERSUCHUNG12SOUND SCENESCOUPLES vom PAARE The flying, fire-breathing rhinoceros from KINDERKRIEG (Children's...
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STOP
Score Cover(© Universal Edition)Nr. 18: STOP, for Orchestra (as 6 Groups)(1965) [approx. 20 minutes]Other Related Works:Nr. 18 1/2 (ie - 18.2): STOP (Paris Version), for 19 players as 6 Groups(1969)...
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FRESCO
Each of these shapes is a sketch for the placement of 4 orchestral groups (drawn as 4 different colored lines)around the audience in various performance spaces (at bottom right is apparently a spiral...
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DÜFTE - ZEICHEN
The 7 SIGNS of LICHT, Score cover to DÜFTE - ZEICHEN.(© www.karlheinzstockhausen.org)Nr. 78, DÜFTE - ZEICHEN (Scents - Signs)for 7 vocalists, boy’s voice, synthesizer(2002) ['57]Introduction DÜFTE...
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POLE, EXPO
The Process Plan Works (aka - the "plus-minus pieces")PROZESSIONKURZWELLENSPIRALPOLEEXPOThe German pavilion at the Osaka 1970 world's fair where Stockhausen performed 183 shows in a row.Nr. 30 POLE...
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KLAVIERSTÜCKE V - X
Nr. 4: KLAVIERSTÜCKE V–X(PIANO PIECES 5-10)Stockhausen at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, 1988.(© www.karlheinzstockhausen.org)1954, 1955 (IX & X rev.1961)[total time for all 6: ~73']Introduction...
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MITTWOCHS-GRUSS
Stockhausen Edition CD 66 CD coverThe boxes show examples of the spatial mapping notations (as if seeing the room from above).(© www.karlheinzstockhausen.org)Nr. 65: MITTWOCHS-GRUSS (Monday...
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KLAVIERSTÜCK XI
KLAVIERSTÜCK XI(with my color variation of a Lindsay Vickery slide)Nr. 7: KLAVIERSTÜCK XI (Piano Piece 11)(1956) [approx. 14 min.]Introduction In the earlier analysis of Piano Pieces 5-10, I...
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PLUS-MINUS
Symbol Matrix page (1 of 7)(© Universal Edition) Nr. 14: PLUS-MINUSfor any number of instrumentalists(1963, rev. 1974) [duration open, probably well over an hour]Development Developed at the...
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HERBSTMUSIK
The barn used for performances of Péter Eötvös' Oeldorf Group (circa 2013, but "artistically-colored").Nr.40: HERBSTMUSIK (Autumn Music)Musical Theatre for 4 players(1974) [50-70 min.]Also:Nr.40 1/2:...
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HYMNEN
Nr. 22: HYMNEN (Anthems)Electronic and Concrete Music (4-Channel) (1966-67) [~114 min.]Additional Works:Nr. 22 1/2: HYMNEN mit SOLISTEN (Anthems with Soloists)Electronic and Concrete Music with 4...
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The Stockhausen Courses and Concerts in Kürten
Stockhausen at the mixing board during the 2007 Stockhausen Courses(© www.karlheinzstockhausen.org)Introduction This year I was fortunate enough to be able to attend the 2015 Stockhausen Courses...
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Stockhausen on Electronic Music (1952-1960) --------- WDR Electronic Music...
(© www.karlheinzstockhausen.org)Introduction The first half of this post will summarize the main points from a Stockhausen lecture given at the Oxford Union (England) on May 6th 1972, where the...
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