DXX. STOCKHAUSEN, Karlheinz (1928-2007)
Sternklang (1969-71)
Part One (1:04:45)
Part Two (1:05:36)
STERNKLANG (STAR SOUND) park music for 5 groups: the 5 groups are separated as far as possible from each other. All singers and players are individually amplified over loudspeakers. Sound-runners transport musical models from one group to another, where they are taken over and integrated. At 10 different moments, a centrally positioned signal-person indicates common tempi for all, and all groups synchronize themselves with each other.
STERNKLANG is based on 5 harmonic chords, each with 8 notes, tuned as overtones in pure tuning. The 5 chords have one note in common. Between combinations in which all groups have the same chord and those in which each group has a different chord, fluctuates the STERNKLANG. All musical models are rhythmically, in timbre, or intervallically related to the classical star constellations.
On a clear night, star constellations can be directly read from the sky and integrated as musical figures, at the places where they are prescribed.
STERNKLANG is music for concentrated listening in meditation, for the sinking of the individual into the cosmic whole. Furthermore, it is intended as a preparation for beings from other stars and for the day of their arrival.
STERNKLANG is music for concentrated listening in meditation, for the sinking of the individual into the cosmic whole. Furthermore, it is intended as a preparation for beings from other stars and for the day of their arrival.
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