Live Aachen 2009
15—17 May
15—17 May
Snapshots, Documentation
Feedback, Kritiken, Echos
Aachener NachrichtenKosmische Magie: Aachen. Drei Tage lang bildete die Jugendstil-Kulisse des alten Aachener Kurhauses einen reizvollen Kontrast zu einer der größten Retrospektiven elektronischer Schlüsselwerke Karlheinz Stockhausens seit dessen Tod vor anderthalb Jahren.
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Aachener Zeitung
Klangkapriolen von Telemusik bis Techno: Aachen. Wenn Tempelinstrumente und Rituale der östlichen Welt mit den Geräuschen spanischer und ungarischer Dorffeste zu einem universellen Klang verbunden werden, dann hört sich das so an: «Krrrroahschrrblibblibkrrrr» Oder so ähnlich. Was an diesem Abend dem Publikum im völlig abdunkelten Ballsaal des Alten Kurhauses in die Ohren dringt, ist jedenfalls ungewöhnlich.
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Six of the most important electronic works by Karheinz Stockhausen will be performed in the Ballsaal des Alten Kurhaus in Aachen from 15 - 17 May 2009 in a spatialisation of sound quality: Gesang der Jünglinge, Mittwochs- Abschied, Telemusik, Oktophonie, Cosmic Pulses, Hymnen – Region I-IV.
Why is it that in the last while thousands of people in Rome and London have been celebrating the fantastic acoustic space installations and sculptures of Karlheinz Stockhausen’s electronic music, the last time in the London’s Royal Albert Hall? It must be something quite exceptional, the spatial acoustics of the octophonic technique that surround the listener with happenings which veritably haunt the room dispersed within the four walls: roaming, racing, rotating, making their impact from all sides, from above, from way above, from below … Certainly, electronic music is everywhere these days, but with Stockhausen it is a bit more complex: there are no repetitions, no easy or rhythmic beat pulsating over a longer period of time. However, for anyone who can experience these fantastic works and let the acoustic and visual patterns and pictures take shape within, the rewards are more than rich: the outcome is a sonorous, momentous mass. And then again quite subtle. Listening to Stockhausen’s electronic music stereophonically on the radio, only a mere fraction of the expressive scope of these works can be grasped. However, later you will be able to come to terms with the music of today’s electronic scene with completely different ears.
