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Biographical Info Based on Stockhausen Official Site bio and Michael Kurtz' 1992 biography, entries within each year are generally chronologically correct. |
Compositions Column lengths are not related to length of composition period, but organized to somewhat match the biographical entries. The recording dates are for the S.C.E. (Stockhausen Complete Edition) CDs only, and not necessarily the first release (but mostly are). The indication "ver:" for some individual works from the LICHT operas refers to a concert version, sometimes newly-arranged from the original version. |
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| 1928- 1946 (Youth) |
Born Wednesday, August 22nd in
Mödrath near Cologne. At the age of 7 moves to Altenberg and begins receiving piano lessons at the local cathedral. In 1942, he boards at a teachers' training college in Xanten. Two years later he is briefly conscripted as a wartime stretcher-bearer at a hospital in Bedburg, where he plays piano for the wounded of both sides. |
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| 1947 | 1947 (to 1951): In Cologne, begins studies at the State Conservatory of Music (piano, music education) and at the University of Cologne (German philology, philosophy, musicology). | ||||
| 1950 | Stockhausen accompanies the magician Adriano (Adrion) on piano for performances, while at the same time still attending school and composing. | CHÖRE FÜR DORIS (premiere 1971/ S.C.E. recording 1975) |
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| DREI
LIEDER (prem. 1971/rec. 1975) |
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| CHORAL (p. 1971/r. 1975) |
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| 1951 | SONATINE (p. 1951/r. 1976) |
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| Stockhausen
meets Herbert Eimert, broadcaster for WDR (West German Radio). At the Darmstadt Summer Courses he also encounters sound physicist Werner Meyer-Eppler, musique concrete composer Pierre Schaeffer, and young composer Luigi Nono. |
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| Inspired in part by Olivier Messiaen's "Mode de valeurs et d'intensités", begins exploring Serial Music (KREUZSPIEL, FORMEL, etc). | |||||
| Marries
Doris Andreae (until 1965, producing four children: Suja (1953), Christel
(1956), Markus (1957), Majella (1961). The wedding is witnessed by his friend, the electronic music pioneer Karel Goeyvaerts, and the magician Adriano. Stockhausen lists his occupation as "soundcrafter" ("toonkundige"). |
KREUZSPIEL (p. 1952/r. 1973) |
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| FORMEL (p. 1971/r. 1978) |
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| 1952 | With money earned from the commission of SPIEL, travels to Paris and attends Olivier Messiaen's courses in "rhythmics" and aesthetics. | SPIEL (p. 1952 (partial), 1975/r. 1973) |
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| Point Music phase begins (SPIEL, KLAVIERSTÜCKE, SCHLAGTRIO, PUNKTE, KONTRA-PUNKTE etc). | SCHLAGQUARTETT re-orchestrated and renamed SCHLAGTRIO 1974 (p. 1975/r. 1976) |
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| Stockhausen meets and befriends Pierre Boulez. | PUNKTE (1st Version, unrecorded) |
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| KREUZSPIEL premiered at a Darmstadt Summer Courses concert. | |||||
| SPIEL partially premiered at Donaueschingen Festival. | ETUDE (p.1992,r.1953) |
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| Experiments in "musique concrète" at Pierre Schaeffer's French radio studio in Paris, and realisation of an ETUDE (musique concrète). | |||||
| Begins a publishing relationship with Universal Edition. | KLAVIERSTÜCKE I–IV (p. 1954, r.1997 (Corver)) |
KONTRA-PUNKTE (p.1953, r.1973) |
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| 1953 | Becomes "permanent collaborator" at the Studio for Electronic Music of the WDR studio in Cologne (artistic director from 1963–1977, artistic consultant until 1990). | STUDIE I (p.1954, r.1953) |
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| First
synthesis of sound-spectra with electronically-generated sine tones. The birth of Stockhausen's daughter Suja prompts him to create his first "insert" in STUDIE I. |
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| Lectures
at the Darmstadt Summer Courses (continues annually until 1974, and then in 1996). Stockhausen's first Darmstadt lecture draws parallels between Webern's Op.24 and electronic music. |
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| KONTRA-PUNKTE premieres in Cologne, with 3 people necessary (including Stockhausen) to play the piano part. | |||||
| 1954 | 1954-56: Whilst continuing to pursue research and to compose at the WDR Studio for Electronic Music, Stockhausen studies phonetics, information and communication theory with Werner Meyer-Eppler at the University of Bonn. Stockhausen is first exposed to aleatory processes (indeterminacy). | STUDIE II (p/r.1954) |
KLAVIERSTÜCKE V–X (p. 1954, 1955, 1962, r.1997 (Corver)) |
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| KLAVIERSTÜCKE I–V premiered at Darmstadt Summer Courses concert, | |||||
| STUDIE I
and II premiered in Cologne.
Stockhausen also meets John Cage and David Tudor who perform their own music at the concert. |
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| Stockhausen meets Edgard Varese and does the sound mix for the German premiere of Varese's orchestra and tape work, "Déserts". | |||||
| 1954-59: Co-editor of "die Reihe" (with Herbert Eimert), 8 anthologies of essays on serial and electronic music (Universal Edition, Vienna). | |||||
| 1955 | KLAVIERSTÜCKE VI-VIII premiered at Darmstadt Summer Courses | ZEITMASZE (p. 1956, r.1973) |
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| First use of spatial movement in GESANG DER JÜNGLINGE and GRUPPEN. | GESANG DER JÜNGLINGE (p/r.1956) |
GRUPPEN (p.1958, r.1965) |
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| 1956 | Variable Music (aleatory and polyvalent forms) first explored in ZEITMASZE and KLAVIERSTÜCK XI. | ||||
| Premieres of ZEITMASZE in
Paris and GESANG DER JÜNGLINGE in Cologne. Meets 22 year-old Helmut Lachenmann at Darmstadt and has a profound affect on the younger composer. |
KLAVIERSTÜCK XI (p. 1957, r.1997 (Corver)) |
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| 1957 | Premiere of KLAVIERSTÜCK
XI in New York by David Tudor. GRUPPEN for 3 orchestras, one of the most famous post-war orchestral works of all time, is completed when Stockhausen is 29. |
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| Stockhausen
hosts György Ligeti at his apartment for a short time and invites his guest
to the WDR Electronic Music studio where Ligeti begins working on "Artikulation". Publication of "…How Time Passes…", Stockhausen's seminal essay describing pitch as an expression of rhythm. |
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| 1958 | Experiments in new electronic sound synthesis and spatial projections for KONTAKTE. | KONTAKTE (r.1959) (ver. w live acc. p.1960, r.1968 (Caskel, Kontarsky)) |
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| Premiere of GRUPPEN in Cologne with Stockhausen, Boulez and Bruno Maderna conducting. Stockhausen is congratulated by Stravinsky. | |||||
| Stockhausen lectures on Spatial Music at the Darmstadt Summer Courses | |||||
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"concert-lectures" at American universities, during which time he
meets Harry Partch, Morton Feldman, Milton Babbit, Aaron Copland, Robert Rauschenberg, etc... Begins annual extended tours as conductor and interpreter of his own works (since 1959 with small groups of soloists). |
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| 1959 | First use of "Moment form"
structures in CARRÉ. Also Stockhausen's first use of the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) to score vocal text. Cornelius Cardew assists in orchestration of CARRÉ while staying in Stockhausen's home. |
CARRÉ (p/r.1960) |
ZYKLUS (p.1959, r.1960 (Caskel)) |
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| ZYKLUS
is premiered, which was written in order to instigate a percussion
competition at the Darmstadt Summer Courses. At Darmstadt, Stockhausen conducts his first of many composition courses. Students include David Behrman, Sylvano Bussoti, La Monte Young, etc... |
REFRAIN (p.1959, r.1968) (Rev. 2000) |
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| REFRAIN
is premiered at the Berlin Festwochen (performed by David Tudor, Cornelius Cardew and Siegfried Rockstroh) during the first all-Stockhausen concert. The first recording (Time Records) features Aloys and Bernhard Kontarsky with Christoph Caskel. |
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| 1960 | Premiere of KONTAKTE for electronic sounds, piano and percussion in Cologne with Christoph Caskel and David Tudor. | ||||
| KONTAKTE recorded for Wergo with Caskel and Tudor. | |||||
| Premiere of CARRÉ in Hamburg, conducted by Stockhausen, Andrzej Markowski, Michael Gielen and Mauricio Kagel. | |||||
| 1961 | Stockhausen begins a relationship with artist Mary Bauermeister. | ORIGINALE (p.1961) |
KLAVIERSTÜCKE IX & X (revised) (p. 1962, r.1997 (Corver)) |
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| At Darmstadt, Stockhausen gives courses and lectures on "moment form" and analyzes KONTAKTE. He also delivers the lecture "Invention and Discovery", summarizing the previous decade of new music. | |||||
| Stockhausen's first music theater piece - ORIGINALE, premieres in Cologne with participants David Tudor, Christoph Caskel, Nam June Paik and Mary Bauermeister (and a 4-year old Markus Stockhausen). | |||||
| 1962 | 1st part of MOMENTE premiered in Cologne, which uses "polyvalent form" (sections are mobile from performance to performance). KLAVIERSTÜCK IX premiered by Aloys Kontarsky in Cologne after final revisions were completed in 1961. |
MOMENTE (actually begun in 1961) (p. 1962, 1965, 1972, r. 1965 (Martina Arroyo) 1972 (Gloria Davy)) |
PUNKTE (p. 1963, r. 1975) (2nd Ver, 1st draft, modified at several points from 1964 through 1993, Stockhausen Edition 2nd recording in 2004) |
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| At Darmstadt, Stockhausen analyzes GRUPPEN, conducts a course on encapsulating the "complexity of the world" in music, and lectures on "polyvalent thinking". | |||||
| 1963 | 1963-68: Founder and artistic director of the Cologne Courses for New Music. Instructors include Luciano Berio, Luc Ferrari, Michael Koenig, Henri Pousseur, David Tudor, Cathy Berberian, Vinko Globokar, Johannes Fritsch and Michael Gielen. One of the students is Holger Czukay, later a member of the rock group CAN. | PLUS-MINUS (rev. 1974) (p.1964) |
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| New version of PUNKTE premiered and conducted by Boulez at Donaueschingen Festival. | |||||
| Becomes artistic director of the WDR Electronic Music Studio after Herbert Eimert retires (remains so until 1977) | |||||
| 1964 | On a trip to America,
Stockhausen visits Harry Partch's rural workshop with David Tudor and
Christoph Caskel.' In MIXTUR, begins experiments with ring modulation of orchestral instruments. |
MIXTUR (p. 1965/1967, r. 1967) (Rev 2003) |
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| Beginning of electro-acoustic ensemble, the "Stockhausen Group", including Aloys Kontarsky, Hugh Davies, Jaap Spek, Cristoph Caskel and Johannes Fritsch. | MIKROPHONIE I (p. 1964, r. 1965) |
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| MIKROPHONIE I premiered in Brussels. | |||||
| 1965 | Guest professor for composition at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. | MIKROPHONIE II (p/r. 1965) |
STOP (p.1969/1973, r. 1973) (rev into STOP und START 2001) |
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| MIKROPHONIE II premiered in Cologne. | |||||
| 2nd part of MOMENTE premiered in Donaueschingen. | SOLO (p.1966, r.1994 (flute & synth)) |
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| Stockhausen moves into his specially-built home in Kürten in the Bergisches Land. | |||||
| Premiere of MIXTUR for ring-modulated orchestra in Hamburg. | |||||
| 1966 | In Tokyo, creates two
compositions commissioned by the Japanese Radio (NHK) Studio for Electronic
Music: TELEMUSIK and SOLO. First extensive use of sampled sounds and cross-modulation of different sound sources. |
TELEMUSIK (p/r. 1966) |
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| 1966-67: Guest professor for composition at the University of California at Davis. | ADIEU (p. 1967, r. 1973) |
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| HYMNEN (r. 1967) (soloists ver. p.1967, r.1969) |
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| 1967 | ADIEU premiered in Calcutta and Japan. | ||||
| Marries Mary Bauermeister (divorced 1972); two children with Mary: Julika (1966), Simon (1967). | |||||
| Stockhausen's face appears on the cover to the Beatles' hit record "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band". | PROZESSION (p./r.1967, r.1971) |
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| Premiere of PROZESSION for tam-tam, viola, electronium or synthesizer, piano, microphonist, filterer and sound manipulator (6 players) in Helsinki (Rolf Gehlhaar, Alfred Alings and Harold Boje join the Stockhausen Group). This is the first use of plus-minus notation to direct live performer interactions (recorded at Darmstadt Summer Courses for Vox Records). | |||||
| Organizes ENSEMBLE, a group composition workshop at the Darmstadt Summer Courses. | |||||
| Premiere of HYMNEN: Electronic and Concrete Music with soloists in Cologne. | |||||
| 1968 | Visits Mayan and Aztec temples with Nancy Wyle, which inspires "magic names" in STIMMUNG. Stockhausen first explores overtone singing in STIMMUNG. | KURZWELLEN (p./r.1968, r.1969) |
STIMMUNG (p. 1968, r.1969,1982) |
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| Premiere of KURZWELLEN in Bremen, which uses short-wave radio signals as sound elements. | |||||
| Develops "Intuitive Music" (AUS DEN SIEBEN TAGEN, FÜR KOMMENDE ZEITEN). | |||||
| Organizes MUSIK FÜR EIN HAUS, a group composition workshop based on Intuitive Music at the Darmstadt Summer Courses. | AUS DEN SIEBEN TAGEN (p.1968-, r. 1969, 1972-) |
FÜR KOMMENDE ZEITEN (initial texts) |
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| SPIRAL for a soloist and short wave radio is composed for guitarist Michael Lorimer, but proves to be "too hard". | TUNNEL-SPIRAL (unofficial work, not premiered) |
Dr. K-SEXTETT (p. 1969) |
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| GRUPPEN recorded for DGG with Stockhausen, Boulez and Gielen conducting. | SPIRAL (p.1969, r.1971 (electroacoustic), r.1995 (oboe, vocal)) |
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| KONTAKTE recorded for DGG with Christoph Caskel and Aloys Kontarsky. | |||||
| 2 intuitive texts from AUS DEN SIEBEN TAGEN premiered in London and then Brussels. | |||||
| STIMMUNG premiered in Paris with the painter Max Ernst an appreciative audience member. | |||||
| 1969 | SPIRAL premiered by oboist Heinz Holliger in Yugoslavia. | MOMENTE (Full Version) (p/r. 1972, Gloria Davy, 1998 with Angela Tunstall) |
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| UNBEGRENTZ from AUS DEN SIEBEN TAGEN premiered in France, late into the night, with simultaneous performances of SPIRAL. | |||||
| AUS DEN SIEBEN TAGEN recorded at Darmstadt for DGG by a collective made up of the Cologne Stockhausen Group and Vinko Globokar's Paris-based Free Music Group. | |||||
| Premiere of FRESCO for 4 orchestra groups in Bonn ("Music for the Beethovenhalle") | FRESCO (p.1969) |
POLE (p.1970, r. 1971, 2012) |
EXPO (p.1970, r. 2013) |
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| Stockhausen Group performs underground in the Caves of Jeita near Beirut. | OPUS 1970 - KURZWELLEN
MIT BEETHOVEN (p/r.1969) |
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| Creates a version of KURZWELLEN using pre-recorded Beethoven recordings, "premiered" at Dusseldorf | |||||
| HYMNEN
3rd Region w Orchestra (p.1971, r.1994) |
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| 1970 | Expo ’70 world fair in Osaka,
Japan: In a spherical auditorium conceived by Stockhausen, most of his works
composed until 1970 were performed 5½ hours daily for 183 days by twenty
instrumentalists and singers, reaching an audience of over a million listeners. Péter Eötvös and Michael Vetter join the group. |
MANTRA (p.1970, r. 1971) |
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| Premiere of POLE and EXPO (Osaka). | FÜR KOMMENDE
ZEITEN (final texts) (CEYLON r. 1975) |
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| Begins using "Formula technique". MANTRA for 2 pianists ("Cosmic Music") premieres at Donaueschingen Festival (Kontarsky duo). |
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| 1971 | Professor for composition at the State Conservatory (Hochschule) of Music in Cologne (1970-1977). | STERNKLANG (p.1971, r. 1975) |
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| Rediscovery and premiere of FORMEL as well as other student compositions (DREI LIEDER sung by Sylvania Anderson). | |||||
| Premiere of HYMNEN with orchestra, performed by the New York Philharmonic, conducted by Stockhausen. | TRANS (p.1971, r. 1971, 1973) |
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| Stockhausen is gifted The Urantia Book by an odd-looking stranger. Jill Purce introduces Stockhausen to the writings of Hazrat Inayat Khan and he learns the mystic word "HU". |
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| Park Music (STERNKLANG), premiered in Berlin. | |||||
| Scenic Music (TRANS), premiered at Donaueschingen. | |||||
| 1972 | Darmstadt lectures on STIMMUNG, MANTRA, formula composition. | ALPHABET for Liège (p.1972) |
AM HIMMEL WANDRE ICH (p.1972, r. 1977) |
YLEM (p/r.1973) |
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| Several days of lectures in London at the Institute of Contemporary Arts are filmed and released by Allied Artists. | |||||
| Premiere of the "Europe Version" of MOMENTE in Bonn. | |||||
| 1973 | Stockhausen attempts to conduct a student workshop on simple choral texts, but is met with resistance. He does however create the beginning of ATMEN GIBT DAS LEBEN. | INORI (p.1974, r. 1978) VORTRAG ÜBER HU (p.1974 (partial), 1998) |
ATMEN GIBT DAS LEBEN (p.1975) (1st part) |
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| 1974 | INORI, Adorations for one or two mime soloists and large orchestra, premieres in Donaueschingen with mime Alain Louafi. | ||||
| Darmstadt lectures on STIMMUNG, MIKROPHONIE I, AM HIMMEL WANDRE ICH | MUSIK IM BAUCH (p/r.1975) TIERKREIS (music box ver: p/r.1975) (clr/pno ver p.1981,r.1982) (trio ver: p.1984,r.1991) (2003 tenor/synth ver:r.2005) orch. ver ("Star Signs",5 More Star Signs"): p.2004/2008,r.2008/2009) (carillon ver:r.2010) |
HERBSTMUSIK, LAUB UND REGEN (p.1974,r.1994) |
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| Collaborations with reed player Suzanne Stephens begin with production of LAUB UND REGEN (HERBSTMUSIK). | AMOUR (1st part, remaining parts completed 1976) (p.1976/1978, r.1980(clr), p./r.1981(fl) p.2003,r.2004(ssax)) |
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| 1975 | Stockhausen Verlag founded to publish Stockhausen scores. | HARLEKIN, DER KLEINE HARLEKIN (p.1976, r. 1978) |
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| 1975-77: Composition of SIRIUS, Electronic Music with 4 soloists, commissioned by the German government as gift to America on the occasion of the American Bicentennial (1976). | SIRIUS (p.1976/1977, r. 1979) ARIES (p.1980,r.1983,1995) LIBRA (p.1996,r.1993 CAPRICORN (p.1997,r.2003) |
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| MUSIK IM BAUCH premieres in Royan (Int'l Fest. Of Contemporary Art). | |||||
| 1976 | Premiere of HARLEKIN, for a dancing clarinetist, in Cologne. | ||||
| SIRIUS
partial premiere Washington DC, Smithsonian. Collaborations with trumpeter (and son) Markus Stockhausen begin. |
ATMEN GIBT DAS LEBEN (completed) (p.1977, r. 1977/1979) |
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| 1977 | Premiere of ATMEN GIBT DAS LEBEN at Chagall Museum. | ||||
| SIRIUS
performed for the first time in its entirety in August 1977 at the newly
founded Centre Sirius in Aix-en-Provence. JUBILÄUM premiered in Lower Saxony. |
JUBILÄUM (p.1977, r. 2010) |
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| Stockhausen (at the age of 49) begins
his "magnum opus": the music drama cycle LICHT (The Seven Days of the Week) which would occupy him for the next 27 years. |
IN FREUNDSCHAFT (p.1977, r.1979(clr), r.1989(fl), r.1994 (bhn)) |
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| In Japan, composes DER JAHRESLAUF for the Imperial Gagaku Ensemble, premiered at the National Theatre, Tokyo. | DER JAHRESLAUF (Gagaku ver: p.1977 European ver: p./r. 1979) PICCOLO (fl ver:p.1988,r.1991) (sax ver:r.2005) SAXOPHON (p.1998,r.2004) |
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| 1978 | Premiere of the
concert version of MICHAELs REISE UM DIE ERDE, Act II of DONNERSTAG AUS LICHT (THURSDAY from
LIGHT), in Donaueschingen. Markus Stockhauen is the trumpet soloist. (all concert versions are actually "quasi concert" versions: the performance takes place in a concert hall or auditorium without scenery, but includes all of the prescribed movements and gestures) |
MICHAELs REISE UM DIE ERDE (p.1978,r.1980) (soloist's ver: p.1986,r.1992(ECM)) EINGANG UND FORMEL (ver: p.1978,r.1992) MISSION UND HIMMELFAHRT (ver: p.1980,r.1992) DONNERSTAGs-GRUSS (p./r.1981) |
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| MICHAELs
JUGEND: KINDHEIT MONDEVA EXAMEN (p.1979,r.1980) TANZE LUZEFA! (ver:p.2001,r.1994) MONDEVA (ver: r.1993) EXAMEN (KLAVIERSTÜCK XII) (ver: r.1990) BIJOU (ver: p.1996,r.1993) |
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| 1979 | Premiere of the concert version of MICHAELs JUGEND, Act I of THURSDAY from LIGHT, in Jerusalem. | ||||
| UNSICHTBARE
CHÖRE (r.1979) |
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| 1980 | Premiere of the
concert version of FESTIVAL, from Act III of THURSDAY from LIGHT, in
Amsterdam. Collaborations with son Simon Stockhausen as synthesizer player (and briefly, soprano sax) begin. |
MICHAELs HEIMKEHR: FESTIVAL (ver:p./r.1980) VISION (p./r.1981) DONNERSTAGs-ABSCHIED (p.1981,r.1982) DRACHENKAMPF (ver. p.1987,r.1993) VISION (ver:r.2005) |
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| 1981 | Staged Premiere of DONNERSTAG aus LICHT at La Scala in Milan. MICHAELs JUGEND MICHAELs REISE UM DIE ERDE MICHAELs HEIMKEHR DONNERSTAGs-ABSCHIED |
LUZIFERs TRAUM (KLAVIERSTÜCK XIII) (ver w bass:p./r.1981) (ver: p.1982,r.1983) |
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| Premiere of the concert version of LUZIFERs TRAUM, Scene 1 of SATURDAY from LIGHT, in Metz. | AMOUR (ver w fl:p./r.1981) |
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| TRAUM-FORMEL (p./r. 1983) |
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| 1982 | Premiere of the concert version of LUZIFERs ABSCHIED, Scene 4 of SATURDAY from LIGHT, in Assisi on the occasion of the 800th anniversary celebration of Saint Francis' birth. | KATHINKAs GESANG (ver w perc:p./r.1983) (ver w EM:p./r.1985) |
LUZIFERs ABSCHIED (church p.1982,r.1984) |
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| Collaborations with flautist Kathinka Pasveer begin (KATHINKAs GESANG). | |||||
| 1983 | Premiere of the concert version of KATHINKAs GESANG, Scene 2 of SATURDAY from LIGHT, in Donaueschingen. | LUZIFERS TANZ (p./r.1984) |
OBERLIPPENTANZ, (ens.ver:p./r.1985) (solo ver:p.1984,r.1993) ZUNGENSPITZENTANZ (ver:p.1984,r.1989) (ens. ver.r.1995) NASENFLÜGELTANZ (perc/synth ver:p.1988,r.2005) (solo perc. ver:p.1992) LINKER AUGENBRAUENTANZ (not yet premiered) |
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| 1984 | Completes the realization of the electronic portion of the version of KATHINKAs GESANG with Electronic Music at IRCAM. | EVAs ZAUBER: BOTSCHAFT (p./r.1986) EVAs SPIEGEL (ver:p.1987,r.1989) SUSANI (ver:r.1989) SUSANIs ECHO (p.1988,r.1989) AVE (p.1985,r.1989) |
SAMSTAGs-GRUSS (p./r.1984) |
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| Premiere of the concert version of LUZIFERs TANZ, Scene 3 of SATURDAY from LIGHT, in Ann Arbor (USA). | EVAs
ZWEITGEBURT MÄDCHEN-PROZESSION BEFRUCHTUNG mit KLAVIERSTUCK– WIEDERGEBURT KLAVIERSTÜCK XIV (p./r.1988) EVAs LIED (p.1988,r.1986) |
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Staged
Premiere of
SAMSTAG aus LICHT
at the Palazzo dello Sport produced by
La Scala, Milan.
SAMSTAGs GRUSS
LUZIFERs TRAUM KATHINKAs GESANG LUZIFERs TANZ LUZIFERs ABSCHIED |
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| 1985 | New staging of DONNERSTAG aus
LICHT at the Royal Opera House (Covent Garden), London. Premieres of the concert versions of AVE for basset-horn and alto flute in Milan and of OBERLIPPENTANZ for piccolo trumpet and ensemble in Donaueschingen. Conducts Haydn Trumpet Cto, Mozart Flute Cto and Mozart Clarinet Cto, followed by TIERKREIS (for TRIO) in Berlin. |
Cadenzas for Trumpet, Flute, Clarinet (Mozart and Haydn Concertos) (p./r.1985,1986) |
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| 1986 | Premiere of the Soloists' Version of MICHAELs REISE in Bremen. | DER KINDERFÄNGER (p./r.1986) (ver:p./r.2001) |
DIE
7 LIEDER DER TAGE (WOCHENKREIS) (ver:p.1988,r.1993,2001,2005) |
Xi (p.1987,r.1989(fl)) (p.1988,r.1989(bhn)) |
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| ENTFÜHRUNG (p./r.1986) (solo ver:p.1991,r.1993) (sax ver:r.2005) |
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| Premiere of the concert version of EVAs LIED, scene of Act II of MONDAY from LIGHT, in Berlin. | |||||
| Premiere of the concert version of EVAs ZAUBER, Act III of MONDAY from LIGHT, in Metz. | |||||
| 1987 | Premiere of Xi, Version for flute in Siena. | EVAs ERSTGEBURT: IN HOFFNUNG, GEBURTS-ARIEN, KNABENGESCHREI, LUZIFERs ZORN, DAS GROSSE GEWEINE GEBURTSFEST (p./r.1988) LUZIFERs ZORN (ver:p./r.2001) |
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| DIENSTAGs-GRUSS WILLKOMMEN mit FRIEDENS-GRUSS (p.1988,r.1993) |
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| 1988 | Premieres of the concert versions of EVAs ERSTGEBURT, MÄDCHENPROZESSION, BEFRUCHTUNG mit KLAVIERSTÜCK und WIEDERGEBURT, from MONDAY from LIGHT, in Cologne. | ||||
Staged
Premiere of
MONTAG aus LICHT
at La Scala, Milan.
MONTAGs GRUSS
EVAs ERSTGEBURT EVAs ZWEITEGEBURT EVAs ZAUBER MONTAGs ABSCHIED |
MONTAGs-GRUSS (p./r.1988) |
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| Premiere of WILLKOMMEN mit FRIEDENS-GRUSS (DIENSTAGs-GRUSS) commissioned on the occasion of the 600th anniversary celebration of the Cologne University, his old alma mater. | |||||
| Premieres of SUSANI'S ECHO for alto flute, NASENFLÜGELTANZ for percussion and synthesizer, and Xi, version for basset-horn, in Paris. | MONTAGs-ABSCHIED (p./r.1988) |
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| 1989 | Premieres of FLAUTINA in Vienna and KINNTANZ in Salzburg. | KINNTANZ (trio ver:p.1989,r.1995) |
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| FLAUTINA (p./r.1989) |
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| YPSILON (flute ver. p.1991) (bhn ver. p.2003,r.1994) |
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| SUKAT (p.2001,r.1993) |
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| 1990 | Octophonic music for "sound cube" developed using QUEG spatialization equipment. Simon Stockhauses begins assisting Stockhausen with some elements of electronic music synthesis. |
LINKER AUGENTANZ (p.1991,r.2015) RECHTER AUGENTANZ, LINKER BACKENTANZ, RECHTER BACKENTANZ (all above not yet premiered) |
OKTOPHONIE (ver:p.1994,r.1991) |
PIETÀ (ver:p.1991,r.1993) (solo ver.p.1992,r.1993) |
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| INVASION
– EXPLOSION mit ABSCHIED PIETÀ SYNTHI-FOU (KLAVIERSTÜCK XV) (ver:p.1991/1992,r.1993) SIGNALE ZUR INVASION (p.1993,1994/r.1995 (tbn ver.)) SYNTHI-FOU (ver:p.1992,r.2004) |
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| 1991 | Premiere of the
version of JAHRESLAUF with singers (Act I of TUESDAY from LIGHT) and the premiere of the concert version of INVASION – PIETÀ – EXPLOSION
(Act II of TUESDAY from LIGHT) in Frankfurt am Main. Stockhausen Complete Edition CD label created to produce official releases of all of Stockhausen's recordings. |
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| JAHRESLAUF
vom DIENSTAG (p.1991,r.1993) |
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| FREITAG-VERSUCHUNG:
ANTRAG, KINDER-ORCHESTER, KINDER-CHOR, KINDER-TUTTI, ZUSTIMMUNG, FALL, KINDER-KRIEG, REUE, CHOR-SPIRALE (p./r.1996) ELEKTRONISCHE MUSIK mit TONSZENEN vom FREITAG aus LICHT (p.1997,r.1992/1994) ELUFA, (p.1992,r.2002) FREIA (ver:p.1992,r.1993(fl)) (ver:p.1993,r.1994(bhn)) |
FREITAGs-GRUSS FREITAGs-ABSCHIED (WELTRAUM) (begun) |
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| 1992 | First performance of DIENSTAG aus LICHT in its entirety (concert version) with the premieres of the scenes JENSEITS – SYNTHI- FOU – ABSCHIED at the Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon. | ||||
| Premiere of SYNTHI-FOU (PIANO PIECE XV) for a player of electronic keyboard instruments and electronic music on the occasion of the presentation of the UNESCO Picasso Medal to Karlheinz Stockhausen in Cologne. | PAARE vom FREITAG (p.1996,r.1992/1994) (Rev 1999 as TWO COUPLES) |
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| Premiere of ELUFA for basset-horn and flute (scene of Act II of FRIDAY from LIGHT) and a series of Stockhausen concerts in Weimar. | EUROPA-GRUSS (1st ver.,p.1992) |
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| HELIKOPTER-STREICHQUARTETT (p.1995,r.1995,1996) |
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| 1993 |
Staged Premiere of
DIENSTAG aus LICHT
at the Leipzig Opera.
DIENSTAGs GRUSS
JAHRESLAUF INVASION mit EXPLOSION ABSCHIED |
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| Series of Stockhausen concerts in Brussels, Duisburg, Florence, Sofia. | |||||
| 1994 | Stockhausen symposium and performances of 30 Stockhausen works (most of them electro-acoustic) at the INVENTIONEN Festival in Berlin. | FREITAGs-GRUSS FREITAGs-ABSCHIED (WELTRAUM) (completed) (p.1995,r.1992/1994) |
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| Premiere of OKTOPHONIE, Electronic Music of DIENSTAG aus LICHT, at the Cologne Triennial. | |||||
| 7 Stockhausen works performed at the Salzburger Festspiele. | |||||
| 1995 | Stockhausen cycle at the Easter Salzburger Festspiele. | TRUMPETENT (p.1996,r.1997) |
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| Stockhausen retrospective in Amsterdam, premieres of WELTRAUM and of the HELIKOPTER-STREICHQUARTETT. | WELT-PARLAMENT (p.1996,r.1995/1996) |
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| HYMNEN Electronic and Concrete Music with Soloists at the Salzburger Festspiele. | KLAVIERSTÜCK XVI (p.1997 (competition final), p.1999 ,r.2000) |
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| LICHT-RUF (r.1995) | |||||
| ORCHESTER-FINALISTEN (p./r.1996) |
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| 1996 | Premiere of WELT- PARLAMENT in Stuttgart. | ||||
| Premiere of ORCHESTER-FINALISTEN at the Holland Festival in Amsterdam. | |||||
Staged
Premiere of
FREITAG aus LICHT
at the Leipzig Opera.
FREITAG-VERSUCHUNG
Elektronische Musik mit Ton Szenen
(WELTRAUM,
PAARE vom FREITAG)
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| Composer
in honour of the European Cultural Capital Copenhagen with 8 Stockhausen
concerts. Premiere of LIBRA for bass clarinet and electronic music in Copenhagen. |
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| Stockhausen Festival in Palermo, Italy, with 7 concerts of his electronic music. | |||||
| 5 Stockhausen concerts in Huddersfield, England, including the premiere of BIJOU for alto flute, bass clarinet and tape. | MITTWOCHS-ABSCHIED (p.2004(?),r.1996) |
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| 1997 | 6 concerts of Stockhausen works during the Cologne Triennial, including the premiere of the ELEKTRONISCHEN MUSIK mit TONSZENEN vom FREITAG aus LICHT at the Philharmonic Hall in Cologne. | LITANEI 97 (derived from LITANEI(1968), p.1997,r.2000) |
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| MICHAELION THINKI BASSETSU-TRIO MENSCHEN, HÖRT (p.1998,r.2012) BASSETSU-TRIO (ver.p.1998,r.1999) THINKI (ver:p.1998,r.2000) BASSETSU (p.2004,r.2005) ROTARY QUINTET (p.1997,r.2014) |
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| Premiere of LITANEI 97 for choir and conductor during the festival European Church Music 1997 in Schwäbisch Gmünd. | |||||
| Premiere of the ROTARY Woodwind Quintet at Schloß Dyck near Jüchen-Aldenhoven. | |||||
| Premiere of CAPRICORN for bass and electronic music during International Music Weeks in Orléans. | |||||
| 1998 | INORI in Munich, (cond. by Stockhausen), in Amsterdam (Péter Eötvös), and in Paris (David Robertson). | MITTWOCHs-GRUSS (spatialized 2003) (p.2004,r.1998/2003) |
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| Stockhausen Space Music: electronic music at the planetarium of the Cité des Sciences in Paris. | |||||
| 8 concerts of works in Paris, GRUPPEN conducted by Boulez, Eötvös and D. Robertson. | |||||
| Premiere of the complete VORTRAG ÜBER HU by Kathinka Pasveer at Darmstadt Technical University. | |||||
| Premiere of MICHAELION in Munich (Musica
Viva (Bavarian Radio)). Collaborations with synthesizer player Antonio Pérez Abellán begin. |
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| 1st annual Stockhausen Courses Kuerten: 130 participants | |||||
| MOMENTE Version 1998 was performed in Cologne, Zürich and Paris (solo soprano Angela Tunstall). | |||||
| International Stockhausen Symposium at Cologne University. | LICHTER – WASSER (p.1999,r.2000) |
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| 1999 | The 2nd annual Stockhausen
Courses Kuerten took place from July 12th to 25th 1999. Premiere of KLAVIERSTÜCK XVI on July 21st. |
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| Premiere of LICHTER – WASSER during the Donaueschinger Musiktage (Southwest German Radio). | TWO COUPLES (derived from PAARE vom FREITAG (1992)) (r.1992/1999) |
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| KOMET (KLAVIERSTÜCK XVII) (p./r.2000) (perc. ver:p./r.2000,2005) |
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| 2000 | The 3rd annual Stockhausen Courses Kuerten took place from July 29th to August 6th. | ENGEL-PROZESSIONEN (p./r.2002) |
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| In the faculty concerts the works KOMET (KLAVIERSTÜCK XVII) for a synthesizer player and tape and 3x REFRAIN 2000 had their premieres. | |||||
| 3x
REFRAIN 2000 (derived from REFRAIN(1959), p./r.2000) |
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| 2001 | The 4th annual Stockhausen Courses Kuerten, premieres of LUZIFIERs ZORN, DER KINDERFÄNGER, TANZE LUZEFA, and SUKAT. | STOP und START (derived from STOP) (p./r.2002) |
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| October: Stockhausen Festival at the Barbican Centre in London. | |||||
| November: concert performances of FREITAG aus LICHT in Stuttgart, Metz (France) and Amsterdam. | |||||
| MONTAG aus LICHT was broadcast by the SWR (South-west German Radio) on October 21st 2001 as 1st broadcast of a 7-part broadcast series of LICHT | HOCH-ZEITEN (p./r.2003) |
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| 2002 | The 5th annual
Stockhausen Courses Kuerten took place from July 27th through August 4th. EUROPA-GRUSS, and STOP and START premiered. |
EUROPA-GRUSS (2nd Ver.,p./r.2002) |
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| DÜFTE –
ZEICHEN (p./r.2003) |
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| The premiere of ENGEL-PROZESSIONEN took place on November 9th 2002 at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. The German Premiere followed on November 13th during the Berlin Festival. | STRAHLEN (p./r.2009) |
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| DIENSTAG aus LICHT was broadcast by the SWR on October 20th | LICHT-BILDER (p./r.2004) |
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| 2003 | Premiere of HOCH-ZEITEN for choir and orchestra on February 2nd in Las Palma. The German premiere followed on February 14th in Cologne at the Philharmonic Hall and large broadcasting auditorium of the WDR simultaneously. | SONNTAGs-ABSCHIED (KLAVIERSTÜCK
XIX) (p./r.2004) |
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| RECHTER
AUGENBRAUENTANZ (ver:p./r.2003) |
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| The
6th annual Stockhausen Courses Kuerten. Premieres of RECHTER AUGENBRAUENTANZ for clarinets, bass clarinet(s), percussionist and synthesizer player and YPSILON Version for basset-horn. |
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| Performance of the HELIKOPTER-STREICHQUARTETT on August 22nd (Stockhausen's 75th birthday), and the premiere of DÜFTE - ZEICHEN, 4th scene of SUNDAY from LIGHT, on August 29th in Salzburg during the Salzburg Festival. | MIXTUR 2003 (derived from MIXTUR(1964) p.2006) |
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| Cycle of 11 Stockhausen works during the MUSICA Festival in Strasbourg. | TIERKREIS 2003 (derived from TIERKREIS(1974-1975)) (voice w synth ver:p.2004,r.2005) |
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| Two performances of INORI during the Berliner Festspielen and at the Konzerthaus in Dortmund. | |||||
| MITTWOCH aus LICHT was broadcast in two parts by the SWR (South West German Radio) on Oct. 23rd and 30th | VIBRA-ELUFA (p.2004,r.2005) |
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| 2004 | Stockhausen opens the Sonic Arts Research Centre in Belfast and receives an Honorary Doctorate from Queens University in Belfast. Premiere of MITTWOCHS-GRUSS Electronic Music took place. | QUITT (completed 2003 from 1989 sketch) (p.2004,r.2005) |
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| GESANG DER JÜNGLINGE in the Milan Cathedral. | MITTWOCH-FORMEL (p./r.2005) |
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| The 7th annual Stockhausen Courses Kürten with premieres: QUITT;TIERKREIS Version 2003 for tenor and synthesizer; SONNTAGs-ABSCHIED; VIBRA-ELUFA; BASSETSU. | KLAVIERSTÜCK XVIII (p./r.2005) |
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| Premiere of LICHT-BILDER. LICHT, which began in 1977, is concluded. | FÜNF STERNZEICHEN (from TIERKREIS(1974-1975)) (p.2004, r. 2008) |
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| Stockhausen
begins work on KLANG (The 24 Hours of the Day) |
HIMMELFAHRT (organ ver:p.2005) (synth ver:p./r.2006) |
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| DONNERSTAG aus LICHT broadcast by the SWR (Southwest German Radio) on Oct. 24th | |||||
| "Musical Dialogue Stockhausen - Bach" with 4 concerts at the Schloß Neuhardenberg. | |||||
| Settimana Stockhausen (Stockhausen Week) with concerts in Bologna, Modena and Reggio Emilia. | |||||
| Premiere of FÜNF STERNZEICHEN in Bad Brückenau. | |||||
| 2005 | Electronic Music in Glasgow and Edinburgh during the Triptych Festival. | ||||
| FREUDE (p./r.2006) |
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| Premiere of the First Hour of KLANG, HIMMELFAHRT May 5th in the Milan Cathedral. | |||||
| Lecture on LICHT-BILDER and 3 concerts during the Tokyo Summer Festival. | |||||
| The 8th Stockhausen Courses Kürten with premieres of KLAVIERSTÜCK XVIII and MITTWOCH-FORMEL for three percussionists. | |||||
| Electronic music concerts at NUMUSIC 2005 in Norway. | |||||
| Gives the lecture "Composer and Interpreter" and a concert of Electronic Music at the FRIEZE ART FAIR in London. | |||||
| FREITAG aus LICHT broadcast in two parts by the SWR (Southwest German Radio) on October 23rd and 30th | HIMMELS-TÜR (p./r.2006) |
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| Electronic Music concerts at the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation in Lisbon at the Portuguese Contemporary Music Festival. | NATÜRLICHE
DAUERN 1–24 (p.2006,2007,r.2007) |
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| 2006 | Premiere of NATÜRLICHE DAUERN 1 on February 23rd in New York. | ||||
| 24 TÜRIN (r.2006) |
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| Dutch premiere of HOCH-ZEITEN for orchestra on March 10th at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. | HARMONIEN (bcl,fl ver:p./r.2007 tp ver:p.r.2008) |
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| Stockhausen Festival of Electronic Music in Bari, Italy. | KATIKATI (not yet premiered) |
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| Premiere of FREUDE, on June 7th in the Milan Cathedral. | SCHÖNHEIT (p.2009,r.2010) |
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| Premiere of HIMMELS-TÜR on June 13th at the Teatro Rossini in Lugo, Italy. | COSMIC PULSES (p./r.2007) |
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| 9th annual Stockhausen Courses and Concerts Kürten with premieres of HIMMELFAHRT, NATÜRLICHE DAUERN 2–15. The German premieres of FREUDE and HIMMELS-TÜR also took place. | |||||
| Premiere of MIXTUR 2003 took place on August 30th at the Salzburg Festival. | |||||
| SAMSTAG aus LICHT was broadcast in two parts by the SWR (Southwest German Radio) on October lst and 8th | |||||
| 2007 | Dutch premiere of FREUDE on April 21st at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. | ||||
| BALANCE (p./r.2008) |
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| GLÜCK (p./r.2010) |
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| Premiere of COSMIC PULSES on May 7th at the Sala Sinopoli of the Parco dell Musica auditorium in Rome. | HOFFNUNG (p.2008,r.2009) |
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| Stockhausen Festival of his Electronic Music in Macerata, Italy. | GLANZ (p.2008,r.2010) |
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| Choreography by Angelin Preljocaj of SONNTAGs-ABSCHIED for the Ruhrfestspiele in Recklinghausen (ELDORADO). | TREUE (p./r.2010) |
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| 10th annual Stockhausen Courses and Concerts Kürten. Individual premieres of HARMONIEN for bass clarinet and flute, as well as German premiere of COSMIC PULSES. |
ERWACHEN (p.2009,r.2010) |
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| HAVONA (p./r.2009) |
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| Premiere of NATÜRLICHE DAUERN 16-24 for piano, Lisbon. | ORVONTON (p./r.2010) |
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| SONNTAG aus LICHT broadcast in two parts by the SWR on September 23rd and 30th | UVERSA (p./r.2010) |
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| NEBADON (p.2010,r.2009) |
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| JERUSEM (p./r.2010) |
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| URANTIA (p./r.2008) |
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| December 4th: Stockhausen finishes composing FÜNF WEITERE STERNZEICHEN for orchestra. | EDENTIA (p./r.2008) |
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| PARADIES (p./r.2009) |
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| December 5th: Stockhausen's ASCENSION through the HEAVEN'S DOOR into PARADISE. | TAURUS (r.2011) TAURUS-QUINTETT (not yet premiered) FÜNF WEITERE STERNZEICHEN (from TIERKREIS(1974-1975)) (p.2008,r.2009) |
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2011
Staged premiere of
SONNTAG aus LICHT
at the Cologne Opera.
ENGEL-PROZESSIONEN
LICHT-BILDER
DÜFTE – ZEICHEN
HOCH-ZEITEN
SONNTAGs ABSCHIED
2012
Staged premiere of
MITTWOCH aus LICHT
at the Birmingham Opera Company in England.
WELT-PARLEMENT
ORCHESTER-FINALISTEN
HELIKOPTER STREICHQUARTETT
MICHAELION
MITTWOCHs ABSCHIED
Since
Stockhausen's passing, the Stockhausen Courses and Concerts continue in
Kürten, and new premieres and recordings continue to be produced under
the direction of the Stockhausen Foundation for Music.
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