Unbound from Space and Time
Spatial Compositions of Karlheinz Stockhausen
Spanning three decades of his oeuvre, an evening of spatial compositions by Karlheinz Stockhausen. The concepts of each of Stockhausen’s works were perpetually expanded upon, which created a cohesive universe within itself. The earliest of the works on the program; YLEM, sonically imagines the Big Bang with a large ensemble of mixed acoustic and electronic instruments, with each musician a star oscillating in space. Time and space musically are connected in Stockhausen’s world and in his seven day opera Licht, the thematic material transcended through time in cellular and celestial levels. TrumpeTent extracts Wednesdays musical formula, transforming as the trumpeters traverse the space and embedded character formulas of Michael, Eva, and Lucifer from Licht. Michael’s Abschied is from Thursday, and has Michael’s sonic formula descend in fragments, eventually falling into place and preparing for Friday’s welcome.