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An immersion into the psyche of Stockhausen at the Park Avenue Armory
Inside Light, which takes music from Karlheinz Stockhausen's massive, 29-hour opera cycle Licht, adds to the enigma while creating its own spectacle.
Airborne string players and choral wizardry in aus LICHT Part 3
In the final instalment of aus LICHT, the Helicopter String Quartet lives up to the publicity hype and choirs perform marvellous feats.
Hypnotic, diabolical and magical:
The second day of aus LICHT is one mesmerising highlight after another, including the Netherlands Youth and Children’s Choirs in one magical and one sinister procession.
aus LICHT Part 1: Michael only takes flight in the second half
The performers in Part 1 of aus LICHT at the Holland Festival are amazing, but the production doesn’t rev up until the Archangel Michael goes on his dizzying world tour.
Mind-blowing Stockhausen stuns at the Barbican
All credit to the Barbican for showcasing Stimmung and Cosmic Pulses.
Prom 11: Stockhausen's Welt-Parlament makes its London debut
Tonight’s Stockhausen Prom was in equal parts sonic experience and performance.In an introduction to a performance of Gesang der Jünglinge in 2001, Stockhausen proposed that “if you close your eyes every now and then, you might even see these angels”. In a concert performance this isn’t an empty suggestion; Gesang der Jünglinge is a truly acoustic experience.
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Stockhausen’s epic vision and aus LICHT
In anticipation of Dutch National Opera’s production in 2019, we talk to Stockhausen’s muse about the challenges and consequences of the composer’s week-long operatic cycle.