Tonight is a particularly special event not only does it mark the 10th anniversary of stockhausens death which falls next month, but also the 40th anniversary of singcircles first performance of the work in the round house. Its average length is seventyfour minutes, and it bears the work number 24 in the composers catalog. The music published in our channel is exclusively dedicated to. Stimmung singcircle, karlheinz stockhausen on allmusic 1986 stimmung, translatable as tuning or being in. In the two years following karlheinzs birth, gertrud gave birth to a daughter. Karlheinz stockhausen august 22, 1928 december 5, 2007 was a german composer, widely acknowledged by critics as one of the most important but also controversial composers of the 20th and early 21st centuries. A recording of klavierstucke ixiv performed by ellen corver is available on cd 56 of the stockhausen complete edition. Stimmung, for six vocalists and six microphones, is a piece by karlheinz stockhausen, written in 1968 and commissioned by the city of cologne for the. After stimmung came cosmic pulses, a work from the very end of stockhausens life and his last purely electronic score. Karlheinz stockhausens stimmung and vowel overtone singing. Karlheinz stockhausen 19282007 stimmung 1968 pour six vocalistes accord. Supplementary text 1997 about stimmung karlheinz stockhausen. Karlheinz stockhausen music, videos, stats, and photos. In case you prefer additional air mail, please send us an email and we.
It is a tonal, and yet also a serial composition toop 2005, 39. Karlheinz stockhausen stimmung datenbank neue musik. Dagmar apel soprano i, gaby rodens soprano ii, helga albrecht alto mezzosoprano, wolfgang fromme tenor, georg steinhoff baritone, hansalderich billig bass. The fundamental tone of stimmung is bflat sung by the bass, and in combinations 1 and 21 also by tenor ii. Agp101 features the first eleven klavierstucke piano pieces by karlheinz stockhausen, performed by aloys kontarsky in 1965 and transcribed from an outofprint 2cd set. Karlheinz stockhausen albums, songs, and news pitchfork. Media in category karlheinz stockhausen the following 38 files are in this category, out of 38 total. More albums of karlheinz karlheinz stockhausen kontakte version nr. After feasting 3 days in a buddhist monastery, werner dafeldecker berlin, kai fagaschinski berlin, barbara romen innsbruck, eva reiter wien, manonliu winter wien play goldstaub karlheinz stockhausen. Karlheinz stockhausen stimmung universal edition datenbank. Composers, interpreters, musicologists, sound projectionists and music lovers are cordially invited to attend the stockhausen concerts. It is the first vocal work in western serious music with explicitly notated vocal overtones2, and is therefore the first classic composition for overtone singing. Karlheinz stockhausen, paul hillier, thatre of voices stockhausen. Stockhausen verlag edition scores click on the score cover to see complete image.
Im puzzled that paul hillier, after doing such great work with theatre of voices and the hilliard ensemble, would release a recording of karlheinz stockhausens music. Stockhausen, arguably the most controversial modernist composer, has written serial and modern music that. Fundamental achievements in music since 1950 are indelibly. Please note that surface mail which is included in our prices can take longer to some countries. Karlheinz stockhausen biography, albums, streaming links. Paul hillier, the director of the renowned vocal group. Download youtube to karlheinz stockhausen strahlen. It is the face of karlheinz stockhausen, the german composer of over 350 pieces of classical music, in his mid30s in this photo, who died on december 5th at the age of 79. When it first appeared, in 1968, karlheinz stockhausens stimmung must have seemed like the ultimate in aquarian high culture. While it may take a while to get really into stimmung, something will grab you right away. Klein 1968, 117 but also controversial power 1990, 30 composers of the 20th and early 21st centuries.
December 8, 2007 avantgarde composer karlheinz stockhausen died at his home in western germany on wednesday. If you are prepared to get into a mindworld journey you should try to hear this record. Karlheinz stockhausens music, works and history of the famous 20th century composer. Stockhausens chamberchoral masterpiece stimmung the. It is also the lastever performance of stimmung by singcircle. Mark richardson discusses the music that has shaded his memories of 911, and why putting an aesthetic layer on top of suffering can feel wrong. See all 6 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. Covid19 update despite the problems caused by the coronavirus our webshop and the contact forms on our website are fully available. Stream adfree or purchase cds and mp3s now on amazon. Get a special offer and listen to over 60 million songs, anywhere with amazon music unlimited.
Buy a cd or vinyl record and get 90 days free amazon music unlimited with the. For over 50 years, stockhausen was a giant of the classical music world. Welcome to hyperion records, an independent british classical label devoted to presenting highquality recordings of music of all styles and from all periods from the twelfth century to the twentyfirst. Why avantgardist composer karlheinz stockhausens stimmung, an hour chant of the b flat ninth chord, is a significant piece of music. Here, stockhausen uses voices but he also used electronic sounds sounds generated by electricity which he can manipulate to get different. Karlheinz stockhausen stimmung 1970, vinyl discogs. The first compositions of point music such as kreuzspiel crossplay in 1951, spiel play for orchestra in 1952, and kontrapunkte counterpoints in 195253, brought stockhausen international fame. Collegium vocale koln diretto da karlheinz stockhausen. These blogs function not so much as web diaries but more like online books ive written or am writing, with each post being analogous to a book chapter. All other pitches must be overtones of the natural harmonic series above this bflat in the preface of the score, annotation number 10, which reads, depending on the average range of the singers, this overtone series may also be slightly transposed upwards or downwards applies to a. Paspels, the village where stockhausen began work on gruppen. Karlheinz stockhausen started composing in the early 1950s and over the course of his lifetime he wrote over 350 works. Karlheinz music by 19 composers, we are waiting for the others. Karlheinz stockhausen was born in the town of modrath, on the suburbs of cologne, in germany, on august 22, 1928, to simon and gertrud stockhausen.
Karlheinz stockhausen collegium vocale colone, director. Simon was a school teacher while gertrud was an amateur pianist. He is known for his groundbreaking work in electronic music, aleatory controlled chance in serial composition, and musical. Compact discs konnen beim stockhausen verlag bestellt werden. Stimmung, for six vocalists and six microphones, is a piece by karlheinz stockhausen, written in 1968 and commissioned by the city of cologne for the collegium vocale koln.
Karlheinz stockhausen 19282007 stimmung 1968 fur sechs vokalisten pariser version gare du nord basel, 25. He wrote it in 2007 as part of klang, a cycle of 24 works, one for each. Stockhausen stimmung ensemble solovoices trailer kurz. The disruption of the dutch premiere of stockhausens stimmung in june 1969 has become an oftentold aspect of the pieces early history, but existing accountsincluding stockhausens ownsignificantly misrepresent the event.
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