Program includes:
A pre-concert recorded lecture (from 1960) by Stockhausen on his approach to electronic music.
Gesang der Jünglinge (1955-56) - a four-channel version prepared by the Computer Music Center, Columbia University
Kontakte (1958-60) feat. Denise Fillion (piano), Chris Graham (percussion), and Levy Lorenzo (electronics)
Mikrophonie (1964-65) feat. the Iktus Percussion Quartet with Levy Lorenzo and Elad Shniderman (electronics).
German composer Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928–2007) was widely acknowledged by critics as one of the most important composers of the 20th and early 21st centuries. He is known for his groundbreaking work in electronic music, aleatory (controlled chance) in serial composition, and musical spatialization.
One of the leading figures of the Darmstadt School, his compositions and theories were and remain widely influential, not only on composers of art music, but also on jazz and popular-music artists. His works, composed over a period of nearly 60 years, eschew traditional forms. In addition to electronic music both with and without live performers they range from miniatures for musical boxes through works for solo instruments, songs, chamber music, choral and orchestral music, to a cycle of seven full-length operas.
Pre-concert lecture begins at 8pm.
