Sung by magic names group at the new museum of contemporary art, may 14 2009 daisy press soprano i gisburg soprano ii silvie jensen alto nick hallett tenor i peter sciscioli. Cosmic pulses is the last electronic composition by karlheinz stockhausen, and it is number 93 in his catalog of works. Though karlheinz stockhausens stimmung tuning for six solo voices may be one of his most accessible pieces, relatively few commercial recordings of the hourlong meditation on a chord exist. 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. Karlheinz stockhausen stimmung veroffentlichungen discogs. The latest version of itunes now comes installed with macos mojave. Update to the latest version of itunes apple support. This is internet archive avant garde project installment agp101 karlheinz stockhausen, klavierstucke ixi. Supplementary text 1997 about stimmung karlheinz stockhausen. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. The great experimenter karlheinz stockhausen has left behind him a legacy of bizarre music, great thinking and with this a guide on how to. Collegium vocale premiered the work in 1968, and subsequently took their interpretation known now as the paris version on the road and into the studio. Still, it is quite a different version of stimmung, it seems to have dramatically distanced itself from its origns, so i am not exactly astounded that elsewhere it has been greeted with some cynicism.
Stockhausen often worked with massive and complex forces, but here, all we find are six unadorned voices, gradually chanting their way through a litany of sacred names, erotic verse, meditative intonations, all utilizing only the harmonics of a single root bflat tone that can be produced by the human voice. Stockhausen stimmung download free sheet music and scores. Paul hillier, theatre of voices karlheinz stockhausen. Born outside the city of koln aka cologne on august 22, 1928, stockhausen. Stockhausen at the osaka worlds fair in 1970, where stimmung was performed 72 times in this spherical hall that seated 550 people. Stockhausen had lived in california in the midsixties, and, although stimmung is organized in a very germanic, mathematical manner, the pieces effect can be as lulling and hallucinatory. This series of sonic sequences, entirely built on the overtones of b flat in multiple combinations, embraces new musical techniques and explores the inner world of speech and song. Stimmung hillier, theatre of voices with skovbach, louise, torp, else on superaudio cd. To help you organize your developing familiarity with twentieth century music, i ask that you keep a journal of your listening, and hand it in to me once a week.
The piece has been described as a sonic roller coaster, a copernican asylum, and a tornado watch. Agp101 features the first eleven klavierstucke piano pieces by karlheinz. Two pieces which need to be experienced live for maximum impact. The fundamental tone of stimmung is bflat sung by the bass, and in combinations 1 and 21 also by tenor ii. 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. Complete your stockhausen singcircle, gregory rose collection. If you update your mac to macos catalina, your itunes media library can be accessed in the apple music app, apple tv app, apple books app, and apple podcasts app. Topics hunger, stockhausen, concert, audio, live, music, avantgarde. Karlheinz stockhausens stimmung and vowel overtone singing. Stockhausen singcircle, gregory rose stimmung discogs. Musically, the piece explores the relationship between voice production and the physics of sung overtones, and how these are affected by the text or, more specifically, the vowel sung. Download stockhausen metronome and enjoy it on your iphone, ipad, and ipod touch. 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.
Though karlheinz stockhausen s stimmung tuning for six solo voices may be one of his most accessible pieces, relatively few commercial recordings of the hourlong meditation on a chord exist. Universal edition receives german music edition award best edition for gustav mahlers titan adieu a special event with composer david ianni in honour of the grand duke jean of luxembourg. I think a human work should always be related to the model of the universe. 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. What is remarkable about this recording is that there is. Karlheinz stockhausens stimmung and vowel overtone singing wolfgang saus, 27. Watch karlheinz stockhausen completely shut down this interviewer. 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. Stimmung singcircle version hyperion records cds, mp3 and. Helikopterstreichquartett by arditti string quartet on. Stream tracks and playlists from stock24 on your desktop or mobile device. Karlheinz stockhausen cap and tshirts michaels sign design.
Listen to stock24 soundcloud is an audio platform that lets you listen to what you love and share the sounds you create berlin. Collegium vocale premiered the work in 1968, and subsequently. Stream or download our barbican classical music podcasts. To manually back up, restore, or sync your iphone, ipad, or ipod touch. Grab a cushion or a seat and immerse yourself in seventy minutes of stockhausens sound world.
Karlheinz stockhausen stimmung universal edition datenbank. For the previous internet archive avant garde project installment, here. Find more information about itunes for windows in the itunes user guide. Collegium vocale premiered the work in 1968, and subsequently took their interpretation known now as the paris version on the road and into. Karlheinz stockhausen biography, albums, streaming links. Stockhausen designed it in conjunction with an architect and he placed fifty speakers around the hall so that the audience was surrounded with a circle of sound. Cosmic pulses and stimmung create musical spaces of rapturous, visionary beauty and intensity, and these performers are profoundly committed every stockhausen performance is a major event, of course not many composers born in the 20th century. Take me to the internet archive avant garde project home, morpheus. The most influential, unique voice in the musical avantgarde, with a keen sensitivity to the acoustical realities and possibilities of sound. Each journal submission should deal with at least two new. Your music, tv shows, movies, podcasts, and audiobooks will transfer automatically to the apple music, apple tv, apple podcasts, and apple books apps where youll still have access to your favorite itunes features, including purchases, rentals, and imports. Despite this, his influence has remained important, not only for classical.
This is only the third commercial recording of stimmung. Copenhagen version, conducted by paul hiller theatre of voices. This is an astounding work by one of the true masters of the postwwii avantgarde. Included in the mix was a performance of karlheinz stockhausens work for six amplified voices, stimmung.
Karlheinz stockhausen music, videos, stats, and photos. Flashwebstudio is completely responsible and liable for the production, sale, handling and distribution of the stockhausen tshirts and caps advertised on this site. Cosmic pulses and stimmung at the barbican hall, london. Barbican, london a rare performance of stockhausens legendary stimmung, replete with terrible. On a mac with the latest version of macos, use the apple music app, apple tv app, apple podcasts, apple books, or finder instead of itunes. Stockhausens chamberchoral masterpiece stimmung the. Order from your preferred classical music cd store arkivmusic. How much do we understand now about karlheinz stockhausen, fifty years on from his glory days in the 1960s. For the next internet archive avant garde project installment, here. The music published in our channel is exclusively dedicated to.
For the 18 th year, the music of karlheinz stockhausen will be the focal point of nine days of concerts, interpretation courses, seminars, lectures and discussions. He is known for his groundbreaking work in electronic music, aleatory controlled chance in serial composition, and musical. Stimmung, study score by karlheinz stockhausen 19282007. Despite its name, the building is not actually a castle at all, but rather was a manor house built in 1830 by a local businessman named arend. In the score stockhausen simply states that sternklang is sacred music. It is a tonal, and yet also a serial composition toop 2005, 39. Six singers sit in a circle and for more than an hour chant. Available on itunes, soundcloud and the barbican website. Listening music composition music and theater arts. If the word alternative were ever to be used appropriately, it would be for the great karlheinz stockhausen. The village, located near kerpen in the cologne region, was displaced in 1956 to make way for lignite strip mining, but the castle itself still stands. Its average length is seventyfour minutes, and it bears the work number 24 in the composers catalog. Ten years ago, karlheinz stockhausen ceased composing on a physical plane but his music always reached beyond the merely visible.
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