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Octophonie & Signale zur Invasion | Karlheinz Stockhausen

    Signale zur Invasion (1992) is performed simultaneously with Octophonie (1991), both pieces are part of Dienstag from Stockhausen’s monumental Opera Cycle Licht. The trombonist plays and walks a parcours amongst the audience whilst the video-artist divides it into equal protanganists.

    Karlheinz Stockhausen was a radical, an extremely important but also controversial innovator. He is also one of the most important musical minds of the past century. His electronic music inspired several generations of musicians, even outside the realm of so-called art music. He broke rules and traversed boundaries. His music was extremely complex, but in all the abstraction it is also sensual and engaging.

    14.01.16: Cosmic Pulses – De Bijloke, Gent
    15.06.18: Porto Franko Festival – Ivano-Frankvivsk (UKR)
    23.11.18: Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival – Huddersfield (UK)
    07.12.18: John Doe Gallery – New York (US)

    Performers:
    Thomas R. Moore: trombone
    Klaas Verpoest: video
    Patrick Delges, Centre Henri Pousseur: electronics

    In a production of:
    Muziekcentrum De Bijloke Gent | Centre Henri Pousseur

    Signale zur Invasion | Karlheinz Stockhausen from Klaas Verpoest on Vimeo.