Stations: Stockhausen & Rihm

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Tue, Jun 3, 2025, 19:30

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Karlheinz Stockhausen – and Wolfgang Rihm? Was there something? You bet. In the early summer of 1972, Rihm finished school and had a state examination in composition and music theory in his pocket. Rihm was just twenty and his goal was clear: to study composition. And only Stockhausen in Cologne was an option. He replies politely, invites him, but immediately makes his reservations clear in writing. It had to be »clear that you have no other plans for at least... Read full text

Keywords: Contemporary

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Musicians

Saskia Ogilvie	Cello
Adrian Heger	Piano
Michael Pattmann	Percussion
Kathinka Pasveer	Sound

Program

Gesang der Jünglinge	Karlheinz Stockhausen
Klavierstück V	Karlheinz Stockhausen
Klavierstück IX	Karlheinz Stockhausen
Zyklus für einen Schlagzeuger	Karlheinz Stockhausen
Kontakte (Fassung für elektronische Klänge)	Karlheinz Stockhausen
Paraphrase für Violoncello, Schlagzeug und Klavier	Wolfgang Rihm

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