Karlheinz Stockhausen

Karlheinz Stockhausen

Asko-Schönberg / Ensemble

Archive 2008
Music
Opéra Bastille
novembernov 14 – 15

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Karlheinz Stockhausen
Der Gesang der Jünglinge (The Song of the Youths)
for electronic and concrete sounds
Glanz  (Brilliance),  tenth hour of the Klang (Sound) cycle for seven musicians
Orchester-Finalisten (scenes from Mittwoch aus Licht / Illuminated Wednesday)
for 13 soloists and electronic sound
Asko-Schönberg Ensemble
Sound Projection, Jan Panis
Co-realized by the Opéra National de Paris and the Festival d'Automne à Paris 
With support from the Sacem and the Pierre Bergé-Yves Saint Laurent Foundation
Created within the context of the France-Norhein-Westfalen season 2008/2009
With the support of the Rhineland of Northern-Westphalia
A concert presented during the European Cultural Season in France (1st of July- 31st of December)

Karlheinz Stockhausen gave the Festival d’Automne some of its most memorable moments.
The program here features his seminal electronic work Gesang der Jünglinge (1956), one of the first performances of Glanz, the tenth hour of his “day cycle” Klang, and Orchester-Finalisten from Mittwoch, from his grand “seven day cycle” Licht.

See also

Cité de la musique – Philharmonie de Paris
octoberoct 26

Karlheinz Stockhausen
Donnerstag aus Licht – Acte 3

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Donnerstag (Thursday), the first opera of the Licht (Light) cycle, to which Karlheinz Stockhausen devoted twenty-five years of his life, is the day of Archangel Michael, his youth, journey around the earth and his return. It is also an autobiographical moment in time, overwhelmingly so, in a spiral that leads to the stars and the harmony of the universe.