Klang: A Tribute To Karlheinz Stockhausen
Klang (which means 'sound') is the title for Southbank Centre's festival in honour of Karlheinz Stockhausen.
Under the curatorship of Southbank Centre Associate Artist Oliver Knussen, the festival presents the world premiere of Urantia,
a work commissioned from Stockhausen by Southbank Centre for the festival and the UK premiere of Zodiac.
Also
featured are some of the Klang works, the UK premiere of the gigantic Lucifer's Dance for wind ensemble, and some older
Stockhausen classics. Performers include the London Sinfonietta conducted by Oliver Knussen, the Asko Ensemble from Holland,
a range of soloists who worked closely with Stockhausen and young musicians from the Royal College of Music and the Royal
Northern College of Music.
KLANG: A Tribute to Karlheinz Stockhausen is supported by the Goethe Institute and Reseau
Varese.
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events in this series
Front Room
Michael's Greeting
Saturday 1 November 2008
The opening performance in the festival KLANG: A Tribute to Karlheinz Stockhausen.
Admission free
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Trans and Harmonien
Saturday 1 November 2008
Trans, written in 1971, came to Stockhausen in a dream: an orchestra appears behind a gauze bathed in red-violet light, soloists emerge out of the orchestra and, every now and then, the taped sound of the shuttle of a weaving loom crashes through the texture.
£22 £15 £9
Front Room
Stockhausen and The Beatles Family Workshop
Sunday 2 November 2008
Come and join in with a family workshop on Stockhausen and The Beatles.
Admission free
Purcell Room
Mantra
Sunday 2 November 2008
Composed during his celebrated visit to Japan in 1970, Mantra for two ring-modulated pianos is an exhilaratingly hypnotic masterpiece.
£10
Queen Elizabeth Hall
ASKO Ensemble
Sunday 2 November 2008
The UK Premiere of Glanz (Brilliance), the tenth hour in the Klang Cycle, is performed by the musicians for whom it was written, Holland's brilliant Asko Ensemble.
£22 £15 £9
Blue Room, Spirit Level
Stockhausen Percussion Masterclass
Tuesday 4 November 2008
One of the world’s foremost interpreters of Stockhausen’s percussion pieces, Stuart Gerber, leads a masterclass covering Stockhausen's five solo percussion pieces.
£10
Front Room
Stockhausen and Spirituality
Wednesday 5 November 2008
Join composer Jonathan Harvey and musicologist Jerome Kohl for an informal exploration of mysticism and spirituality in Stockhausen's life and music.
Admission free
Purcell Room
Himmels-Tur (Heaven's Door)
Wednesday 5 November 2008
Himmels-Tur (Heaven's Door) is fourth hour of the Klang cycle, another piece that Stockhausen imagined in a dream.
£8
Front Room
Stockhausen Non-Classical Club
Thursday 6 November 2008
An evening where musicians redefine contemporary classical music.
Admission free
Purcell Room
Stockhausen Symposium
Friday 7 November 2008
An afternoon exploring Stockhausen’s pioneering command of technology in his music.
£8
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Freude & Cosmic Pulses
Friday 7 November 2008
The UK premiere of Freude, (Joy) the second hour from Klang, is a major event.
£22 £15 £9
Purcell Room
The Wire magazine presents the scope
Friday 7 November 2008
A free, late-night event featuring Stockhausen’s feral children.
Admission free
Front Room
Family workshop: Cerealism
Saturday 8 November 2008
Record your breakfast and make serial music with Stockhausen afficianado and composer Robert Worby.
Admission free
Purcell Room
Stockhausen Symposium
Saturday 8 November 2008
An afternoon on Stockhausen and serialism.
£8
Queen Elizabeth Hall
London Sinfonietta
Saturday 8 November 2008
Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928-2007) remained creatively active throughout his life.
£22 £15 £9
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Stimmung
Saturday 8 November 2008
Stimmung, meaning both tuning and atmosphere or mood, was written in the landmark year of 1968 and is perhaps Stockhausen's most well known work.
£15 £9
Purcell Room
Stockhausen Symposium
Sunday 9 November 2008
Explore the rich relationship between Stockhausen’s music and visual art.
£8
Royal Festival Hall
Lucifer's Dance
Sunday 9 November 2008
The festival finale, Lucifers Tanz (Lucifer's Dance), was written for an enormous wind band, which Stockhausen imagined in the form of a demonic face, groups of instruments representing the mouth, the eyes and the nose.
£22 £15 £9
Festival Terrace
Michaels-Abschied
Sunday 9 November 2008
Royal Northern College of Music students perform Stockhausen's Michaels-Abschied.
Admission free
