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Stockhausen & Monday 20 November 2017 7.30pm, Hall Stockhausen STIMMUNG interval 30 minutes Stockhausen COSMIC PULSES

Singcircle bass/director Jacqueline Barron soprano Zoë Freedman soprano Heather Cairncross mezzo-soprano Guy Elliott Angus Smith tenor Rolando Paolo Guerzoni Paolo Rolando Robert Henke laser artist sound projection Stephen Montague assistant sound projection Reinhard Klose sound engineer

Part of Barbican Presents 2017–18

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If anything limits your enjoyment please let us know The City of during your visit. Additional feedback can be given Corporation is the founder and online, as well as via feedback forms or the pods principal funder of located around the foyers. the Barbican Centre 2 special event –not onlydoesitmark STIMMUNG has made somethingof aspecialityof hefounded back in1976, which through Singcircle, theamplified vocal acquainted withthecomposer’smusic Gregory Rose hasbeenintimately but sharingasimilarsenseof mysticism. PULSES mind-blowing sonicmaelstrom of and anatavistic senseof ritual–to the STIMMUNG from thetrance-like meditative focus of as aconcertof extraordinary extremes: opposite endsof hiscareer. Itisintended presents two seminalworks from andtheway we listen to it.Tonight’s one wholiterally changed thesoundof in thehistory of 20th-and21st-century music, was atowering figure Welcome

Nico Muhly. ,Evgeny Kissin,Maxim Vengerov and Andrew Norman,IestynDavies, Joyce DiDonato, Sir Jonathan Biss,SirJamesMacMillan, George Benjamin, artists from around theworld. Recent artists include for exclusive interviews andcontent from thebestclassical Stream ordownload ourBarbican ClassicalMusicpodcasts Available on iTunes, Soundcloud and the Barbican website Barbican the and Soundcloud iTunes, on Available Barbican Classical MusicPodcasts –futuristicandpurely electronic, –grounded inthehumanbody . Tonight isaparticularly COSMIC Huw Humphreys, Head of Music,Barbican I hopeyou enjoy theconcert. underlying structure of for usalasersculpture thatexpresses the Robert Henke hasbeeninspired to create delighted thatcomposerandlaserartist exploring the24hoursof theday. We’re the 13th partof the ever purely electronic work, whichforms masterpiece – to experience another Stockhausen Alongside it,we have thechance of House. Itisalsothelast-ever performance performance of thework intheRound the 40thanniversary of Singcircle’s first death (whichfalls next month),butalso the 10th anniversary of Stockhausen’s STIMMUNG COSMIC PULSES by Singcircle. COSMIC PULSES sequence sequence , hislast- . since undertaken, aswell astherecording around 50performances thatwe have of baritone, andthiswas theline-upfor went down to bassandItook thepart a conductor assuch.Later, in1980, Paul ‘from outside’;thepiecedoesn’trequire not to singintheensemble,butdirect as soundprojectionist. InitiallyIchose Geoffrey, withcomposerSimonEmmerson Covey-Crump, baritone Paul Hillierand mezzo-soprano NancyLong,tenor Rogers Flowers andPenelope Walmsley-Clark, group consisted of thesopranos Suzanne creation. The first Singcircle on itinearly1977, justnineyears after its those first six singersthatbeganworking be significant inmy life, andthelives of immediately realised thatthispiecewould by thebassGeoffrey Shaw in1976, I When Iwas handedascore of thework piece live intheconcerthall. experience of hearingthiswonderful much thatyou willenjoy theextraordinary 1977 attheRound House.Ihopevery performed – virtuallyto theday –sincewe first ensemble Singcircle, marking40years This isavery specialoccasionfor my 40 years40 of STIMMUNG STIMMUNG on21 November STIMMUNG

the composerfor thelast25years of his Kathinka Pasveer, whoworked closelywith performing this withthecontributionof evident thisevening. We are thrilledto be rehearsals, andIhopethisbecomes the musiciansform aspecialbondduring performance of The complexities of puttingonany Stockhausen’s compositions. the Music&Machines festival devoted to here attheBarbican–in1985, aspartof performance we’ve given of thepiece for two weeks preparing for theprevious enthusiastic, andwe alsoworked withhim we found himimmenselyhelpful and to Kürten to visitStockhausen, where voice. SimonEmmersonandIlater drove able to find correct harmonicsinthe pioneering days very few singerswere of somesixto eightmonths,sinceinthose we rehearsed Before thatRound Houseperformance throughout theworld. we made onHyperionthatisstillsold Singcircle Gregory Rose life. STIMMUNG STIMMUNG over aperiod meansthat

3 Introduction 4 snow and terribly cold). The children needed needed children The cold). terribly and snow and ice everything frozen, was bay (the night the during possible only was my work days, few a after But time. the all aloud singing , of alot with work this composing I started children. 2small our with there lived She rented. Madison (Connecticut), which my had wife Mary in bay the on house asmall to hot) (very tour STIMMUNG of ‘technique’ the to Icame how you tell to want and moved very suddenly Iam text. lucid your for you thank to Iwish (!), today received in appeared on 11.30am article –your 1982, 24th July –Saturday now only Reading Rose, Gregory Dear : I had come back from a Mexican aMexican from back come : Ihad CONTACT 1979 and which I I 1979 which and STIMMUNG STIMMUNG which wrote wrote and again started Bflat, low the on settled stopped writing melodies of fundamentals, skull, my to vibrating listen to began anymore, loudly sing not did humming, Ibegan So: born). just was (Simon day the during also silence from a letter to Gregory Rose Gregory to aletter from STOCKHAUSENKARLHEINZ Yours, Stockhausen miracle! pure asleep): was nature (also ice snow, night, loneliness, silence, house, a small 2 the babies, just philosophical: nothing oriental, Nothing melodies. the by humming STIMMUNG , trying out everything myself myself everything out , trying

5 6 own material until they have come into ‘identity’ ‘identity’ into come have they until material own their transform to have gradually singers other the of Some times. nine voice male each and times, eight section anew leads voice female Each times. several repeated and introduced is ‘model’ or harmonic anew section STIMMUNG STIMMUNG created Stockhausen harmonics, of vocabulary this of out From own. their of series harmonic six hosting themselves, ‘fundamentals’ as used became then notes These C. and D,B flat, Aflat F, –Bflat, pitches 9th 7th 5th, and 4th, 2nd, 3rd, the chose he order) ascending in numbered (strictly series the in notes the of Out point. starting his as it from arising series harmonic the of pitches the of some used Stockhausen Bflat, Taking alow isolated. and exposed be can ‘harmonics’ the altered, gradually are positions lip and tongue the fundamental, a however, singing if, while discernible; immediately not are ‘fundamental’, or note, pitch. These high pitches shadowing the main exact an with each sounds higher many it within contains hear we note or sound natural Every harmonics. vocal of production the on entirely based be to composition Western major first the was It Bauermeister. Mary painter the to dedicated is and (USA), Connecticut 1968 Madison, March in and February of months winter the during composed ensemble at the Rheinische Musikschule. It was Vocale, avocal Collegium the for STIMMUNG Stephen Montague Kathinka Pasveer Angus Smith Elliott Guy Cairncross Heather Freedman Zoë Jacqueline Barron Rose Gregory STIMMUNG Stockhausen Karlheinz . was commissioned by the City of of City by the commissioned was is divided into 51 sections. In each each In 51 into sections. divided is tenor tenor bass/director soprano

sound projection sound soprano mezzo-soprano assistant sound projection sound assistant (1968) (1968)

of the model. The erotic and intimate love- intimate and erotic The model. the of character the into incorporated be to have and – instance for Greek, Ancient and aboriginal –Aztec, cultures many from goddesses and gods of names the are These out. called are ‘magic names’ sections, the of 29 In or ‘Saturday’. ‘Hallelujah’ as such basis, their as used words actual with often patterns, phonetic rhythmic of aset is model Each section. next the leads who singer another to agesture makes she or singer has feels been reached, that ‘identity’ he lead the When dynamics. and , by adopting the same character as the leader in this do they section; the of singer lead the with original German. Literally it means ‘tuning’, but ‘tuning’, but means it Literally German. original its in meanings many has ‘Stimmung’ word The 1978. April in Emmerson Simon and Rose theconsultations , between Gregory after revised was version 21 This November. on House Round the at performance first its to prior London in rehearsal of months many over 1977 of evolved version’ ‘Singcircle The world. the throughout times of hundreds version this performed has ensemble 24 1/2. The Number work as published been version’, ‘ has the as and known is Vocale of version decided upon The by first the performers. names magic of choice and models of order the from result work the of versions Different 1967. in days’ amorous ‘during Stockhausen by written were recited are that poems STIMMUNG (1928–2007) made by the Collegium by made the Collegium ruselalkruselfünfingerimondhärchen ruselalkruselfünfingerimondhärchen 20 Model anymale.’ an basically is male ‘the 17 Model warm. das ist Gott laufen ruhig doch lass’ Baum meinen über pi: pi peri pi 16 Model Zipp zipp.’ Bronceschallelnzypressten TonDein meinen –in piiiiitsch! rungse ringsel pressel brusel busel pipsel busel rang, ringse Dein schnapp –und dich –dreh schnipp ist greife, harmlos scheinbar ich den Apfel, Jeder das Deine küsste Spitzchen nächtelang. u runde das durch ich tu trinken und (rosabraun)die Lippen ein Zitzenring Brust Deine Backen meine werden Hand hohlen der aus trinke Wasser Wenn ich Deine. wie nur Deine wie sind Brüste Deine nein: ach AVOCADOS BIRNORANGPRIKOSEN – drong. dringe innen drinnen und die Knötchen Rundung die sie spüren noch gestreckt selbst brang; bring bring brange bringe Brüsten Deinen auf bung binge Glocken zwei sind Hände Meine 7 Model version Barbican the for numbers model are Numberings STIMMUNG in work the of aperformance for received warmly were 1981 In Singcircle minutes. 74 around are most but minutes 20 to by up varied have durations Singcirle’s performances. between duration of afluctuation to of nature improvisatory The ‘voice’. into translates on. so and atmosphere, bad or with’, tune good in ‘being indicate also can STIMMUNG Die Stimme Die

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Which kisses your nipples all night long. night all nipples your kisses Which ’u’ vowel round the through Idrink And tits of aring red) Your (pink lips breasts your become cheeks My hand the of hollow the of out water Idrink When yours. like only and yours like are Your no: Oh breasts AVOCADO PEARORANGEAPRICOTS – inside. and feeling small glands roundness the bring they stretched even brang; brought brought bring bring breasts your on dong ding bells two are ‘My hands Hyperion Records Ireland; reproduced with kind permission from Helen and Rose ©Gregory note Progamme rest. to laid been now have wolves the Surely silence.’ to wolves howling the even reduce yet will ‘ wrote: Stockhausen performance, 1969 the Following by agitators. up broken was Vocale by Collegium Amsterdam in aperformance 12 after Utrecht, years roundandaroundingfivefingersin warm. that is God down run gently it let my tree over right pee peri peepee Zip zip.’ trees cypress sounding my bronze –in Your sound squeeeeeze! breast titty breast press ring rong rang, ring your snap –and round –turn snip is harmlessly, seemingly for Ireach which apple, Every STIMMUNG

7 Programme note 8 interval: 30 minutes Texts by Karlheinz Stockhausen diffffffffüüüüüüüüüüüüüüüüüüü schreiiiiiiibennn meinhummmmmelliiiiiibes ist füüüüüüüülennnnn uuunnterrrrmmfeeeeederbauuuuuuuchchch fliiiiiiigennnnnuuunndichchchch difffdafdifffldafdifffdafdiffflidaf diffffff difdiffdifffdifffffdifffffffdafffff füüüüiüüiiiiüüüü difffffdafffffdifdidiffffdafffdiffffff difffffdafffffdiffffffff 49Model schloss.’ Wie Dein blind Spiegel ging und sich langsam noch nur mich erinnere Ich Diese Stille. sunke-sank. versunke- versink, versenk versangs verlangs langs langsamen lang langsam und dich bis ich anschlage auf mir in höher Pulsschlag auf Puls steigt wächst, alles Spucke dessen aus Gott, weisse Der Durch Dein Silberwasser. Und ich steuere – Himmelfahrstkommando – abliest. Regung dieauch feinste Augen Deiner Spiegel Vogel –im – ich oben da hoch Auge mein bin, Hülse blanken der in ich daß als mehr, anderes nichts weiß Ich Ein-Mann-Torpedo-Bug. in meinem mein grosses ICH) sitze ich (Ich meine wirklich, wenn ich sage “ich”, Spitze der in vorne Ganz versenke. dich ich wenn Seele, meine ist Hahn ‘Mein Langsamen 44 Model fliessen gebracht’ zum Männlein mein Dich hat erwacht Du eh acht in ‘nimm Dich 21 Model fingurrumsillibrili-lakitselein. gleilunaspukamaruselrakrusering feuchtelmittelfin kruselkreisirrtitsellee

how your mirror went hazy and slowly closed.’ slowly and hazy went mirror your how remember I only This stillness. sunk. sank sunk, sink, sunk, sinking, sinking longing longingly seed slow slowly you sink and Iexplode until pulse the of beat every with me inside higher rises grow, everything makes spit whose God, white The fluid. silver your through – mission –suicide Isteer And emotion. subtle most the even eyes your of –mirror – Iabird front up my high eye shell, shining the in Iam that except more, any else nothing I know my one-man-torpedo-bow. in I) great “I”, Isay my when mean really (I Isit where is tip the at Right you. Iimmerse when my soul is ‘My cock semen. Slow flow’ to you made have will penis my little awake you before care take ‘you must circlingfingersaroundandaround-thelittleclit. fingerandspitallaroundandaringofen mid curlymoonhairitencirclingallrounticklwith English translations Rose by and Plänitz Maz Gregory am flying’) I when belly my feather under you Ifeel my love, sky, the in … ’writing slowly flying bird agreat imagines (Stockhausen

The vertical columns at the far left show the the show left far the at columns vertical The 24. Loop with beginning shown are loops the of entries the right, to left from up diagonally reading and bottom the at Beginning notes. the of all uses piece, the starts 24, which Loop and pitch one on tremolo a simply 2is Loop pitches, the of five uses 1 Loop example, for So, loop. every in appear notes the all Not pitches. these of combinations from permutationsconstructed and The loops that comprise pitches. arow of shows diagram the of top The PULSES in activity the represents diagram sonata indicates what occurs in the piece, this piano aMozart of music printed the as just but, score musical aconventional like look not may It piece. the in occurs what represents that scheme 14–15) pages (see aform diagram is detailed about how the piece was composed and his Typically, Stockhausen published information individual rotations, tempi and trajectories’. with asun, around 24 of planets orbits the synchronising of job ‘… to virtual the experiment the likened 2007, March In Stockhausen tempo. fastest the to slowest the from and high to low from together layered successively are loops The . eight around speeds 24 different at rotate loops These octaves. seven of arange in 24 to pitches, one from comprising loops, 24 melodic from composed is It work. electronic purely last Stockhausen’s is it day; the of 24 hours the the of 13th part the is PULSES COSMIC Klose Reinhard Kathinka Pasveer Robert Henke PULSES COSMIC Stockhausen Karlheinz . was composed in 2006–7 and and 2006–7 in composed was laser artist laser sound engineer sound KLANG sound projection sound COSMIC PULSES PULSES COSMIC cycle, based on on based cycle,

COSMIC (2006–7) (2006–7) are are

sturdy, earth-bound creature. earth-bound sturdy, together: a bright, around fluttering a butterfly 24 heard Loop 1and Loop with ends piece the until occasionally returns pitched, lowest and first 24, the Loop seconds. 20 every loop one highest, the to lowest the from again out, drop to begin they minutes, eight over well for play in been have 24 loops all when 24 minutes, After section. each in changes their and indicatethe form-scheme these ‘motion models’ on lines wavy coloured, The tempo. of changes and movements include which models’ ‘motion ‘trajectories’ 241 calls are he There what of Stockhausen. by determined sequences in another to one from move but loudspeakers eight the around acircle in spin simply not do loops The each loop enters. as increase that seen be can it upwards Reading tempo. its and loop each of duration (www.stockhausenCDs.com. Edition Complete Stockhausen CD91 the of (www.karlheinzstockhausen.org) Kürten, Music, PULSES COSMIC Worby ©Robert note Programme world. multi-dimensional his in fly to and intended Stockhausen as piece the hear to able be will we performance Barbican At this performance.’ channel eight- an experience can one often how on depends –it know yet not Ido everything, hear the piece Stockhausen said, ‘If it is to possible of spatialisation the completed had he When

i.e. movements in space, and 10 and space, in movements © Stockhausen Foundation for

9 Programme note 10 of ’sgreat experiences: an in noway amathematicalexercise. It’sisone work, it’savibrant andcolourfulcomposition, what’s strikingisthatwhenyou encounter the follows astrictlymathematicalapproach. But COSMIC PULSES not justatechnical function. placement ormovement hasanartisticmeaning, have anactive role inthemusicalprocess: their part of whatcompositionisabout,andthey important to me.Theloudspeakers are acrucial in adifferent way aboutspace, whichwas very Electronic soundalsomade itpossibleto think tone-generator isamusicalinstrument. and the[radical?] declaration thatanelectronic electronic studioasthecomposer’s‘instrument,’ methodology behindit–theconceptof the I was very curiousabouthisapproach andthe didn’t hitmeonanemotional level. Nonetheless, Initially Ifound hismusicvery abstract, andit but couldn’tignore him. music teachers were somewhat alienated by him, electronics inhiswork. Inthe1980s, conventional school asa‘serious’composerwhoincluded teenager. Hewas thefirst figure mentionedat I first encountered Stockhausen’s name asa COSMIC PULSES of allure Robert the Henke on artist laser et lumière: Son isahighlystructural piecethat is between your ears–insideyour head, with ideal performance space for Of course,somepeoplemightsay thatthe composition into thevisualdomain. piece, by simplytransposing theconceptof the make visibletheunseenstructural basisof the of theaudience.Theselinesof focused light will beageometricsculpture above theheads what happenswiththelasers.Thevisualresult are playing simultaneously –andthat’sexactly other over thecourseof thepiece,untilall24 sound layers are introduced oneafter the to the24layers of soundinthemusic.The eight lasersemitsthree beams,corresponding which are positionedinacircle. Each of the The laserscorrespond to theeightspeakers, piece –butagain, not inamathematicalway. visually express someof theformal beautyof the What I’mdoingwiththelaserbeamsisto total immersionof . overwhelming, visceral, sonicmaelstrom inthe intention of thepiece. an existing space inaway thatsupportsthe have real qualities,andIthinkyou canalter qualities onto thepiece.Butreal spaces always that doesn’tsuperimposeany sonicorcolour your eyes closed,inacompletely invisible space

COSMIC PULSES

Robert Henke’s initialsketch for hislasersculpture

11 12 andpermutations for COSMIC PULSES © Archive Stockhausen-Stiftung fürMusik,Kürten Tone row andpermutations for COSMIC PULSES © Archive Stockhausen-Stiftung fürMusik,Kürten

13 14 pitches. Not allthenotes appearinevery loop. So, for example, Loop1usesfive of thepitches, Loop2issimplyatremolo ononepitch andLoop 24,whichstarts COSMIC PULSES The top of thediagram shows arow of pitches. The loopsthatcomprise are constructed from permutations and combinationsof these the piece,usesall of thenotes.

15 16 Malcolm Crowthers at theCologneOpera. With‘MITTWOCH’ Leipzig ; ‘SONNTAG’ (SUNDAY) in2011, and ‘FREITAG’ (FRIDAY) in1996, both atthe Scala, ;‘DIENSTAG’ (TUESDAY) in1993 (MONDAY) in1988, allthree produced by La ‘SAMSTAG’ (SATURDAY) in1984 and‘MONTAG’ premieres: ‘DONNERSTAG’ (THURSDAY) in1981, theatre work have had theirstaged world of music.Allof theseven partsof thismusic- the Week From 1977 to 2003hecomposed thecycle of performable works. Karlheinz Stockhausen composed376 individually Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928–2007) Gregory Rose ( composer the About , which comprises about 29 hours , whichcomprisesabout29hours (‘LIGHT’), left ) withKarlheinz Stockhausen attheBarbicanin1985 The Seven Days of (WEDNESDAY), the (COUNTER-POINTS) in1952–3. for in1952, and KREUZ the first compositions of ‘Point Music’ suchas early 1950s. Heattained international fame with Karlheinz Stockhausen started composinginthe 21st Hour, ‘PARADIES’ (PARADISE). Hour, ‘HIMMELFAHRT’ (ASCENSION), upto the death inDecember2007, completed theFirst 24 Hoursof theDay He beganthecycle the hoursof theday, theminutes andtheseconds. After Wednesday 22August 2012. presented thelastday of the LICHT , Stockhausen intended to compose (CROSS-PLAY) in1951, , andhad, atthetimeof his KLANG KONTRA- (‘SOUND’), LICHT heptalogy on heptalogy on SPIEL The The (PLAY) für MusikinCologne1971. In1996 hewas Professor of Composition attheHochschule and Denmark,Stockhausen was appointed Switzerland, theUnited States, Finland,Holland, In addition to numerous guest professorships in million listeners. himself. Thisreached anaudienceof over a spherical auditorium conceived by Stockhausen instrumentalists over aperiodof 183 days ina Stockhausen’s works were performed by 20 At theExpo’70world fair inOsaka, many of director orsoundprojectionist. of hisown music,servingaseitherconductor, premieres, recordings andmajorperformances Stockhausen was intimately connected with (‘LIGHT’) and LEBEN (‘STAR SOUND’), THE SEVENDAYS’), STIMMUNG with spiritualtexts butalsoother works, suchas and more evident not onlythrough compositions regarded asspiritualmusic,becomesmore Beyond that,Stockhausen’s entire oeuvre canbe music into atelemusic, andoctophonic music. European, African,LatinAmericanandAsian world music,auniversal music–asynthesis of wave events, soundscenesandsoon)into a the form of nationalanthems,folk music,short- integration of found objects(whichmighttake formal composition,multi-, process composion,momentcomposition, scenic music,group composition,polyphonic speech andmusic,musicaltheatre, ritualmusic, music, ,new syntheses of music, ,statistical music,aleatoric percussion music,variable music,new piano serial music,pointelectronic music,new be traced through hiscompositions–notably Significant achievements inmusicsince1950 can (‘BREATHING GIVESLIFE’), , AUS DENSIEBENTAGEN KLANG (‘SOUND’). , ATMEN GIBT DAS , (‘FROM , LICHT

Stockhausen founded in1975. Since1991, published by theStockhausen-Verlag, which later works, starting withwork number30,are published by Universal EditioninVienna.The Most of Stockhausen’s earlyworks are years.’ at theforefront of musicaldevelopment for 50 never-ceasing creativity, andfor having stood characterised by impeccableintegrity and 2001 for acareer asacomposerthathasbeen is beingawarded thePolar MusicPrizefor Prize withthelaudation:‘Karlheinz Stockhausen the CologneCulture PrizeandthePolar Music published scores, theHamburg BACH Prize, the GermanMusicPublisher’sSocietyfor his of NorthRhineWestfalia, many prizesfrom Picasso Medal,theOrder of Meritof theState class, theSiemensMusicPrize,UNESCO honours, theFederal Medalof Merit,1st prizes for hisrecordings and,amongother l’Ordre desArtsetLettres, received many Kürten in1988, becameCommandeurdans Sciences, was namedHonorary Citizenof 12 international Academies for theArtsand University inBelfast. Hewas amemberof an honorary doctorate from theQueen’s Freie Universität Berlin,andin2004received awarded anhonorary doctorate from the verlag.com /[email protected]) www.stockhausenCDs.com /www.stockhausen- www.karlheinzstockhausen.org / Kettenberg 15, D-51515 Kürten ordered by mailore-mail:Stockhausen-Verlag, All scores, CDs,books andalsovideosmay be lectures andinterviews. his compositions,andaText-CD-Edition with booklets withsketches andexplanations about of musical compositions,hepublished17 volumes comprises 150 compact discs.Inaddition to his the Stockhausen Complete CDEdition,which the Stockhausen-Verlag hasalsopublished Texte zurMusik (Texts onMusic),aseriesof

17 About the composer 18 for Toccata Classicsin2015 to great critical was premiered inTallinn in2011 andrecorded 2006. Hismusic-theatre piece Pauli Apostoli published andbroadcast. His music andseveral of hisworks have been He hascomposedorchestral, instrumental and Estonian PhilharmonicChamberChoir. France, Coro CasadaMúsica(Porto) andthe Netherlands ChamberChoir, Groupe Vocal de The many choirshehasworked withincludethe for DianaRoss, LindaRonstadt andMadness. commercial world, hehasconducted/arranged of new orchestral andchamberworks. Inthe at Trinity Labansince1993, directing hundreds iconic collaborated inthepremiere recording of Cage’s at festivals throughout Europe. In2012 he and HelmutLachenmann andhasappeared Reich, Stephen Montague, ChristianWolff suchasStockhausen, Cage, Steve London Ensemble.Hehascollaborated with including two BBC Proms –Circle andCoMA repertoire withJupiter Orchestra, Singcircle – work incontemporary music,championingnew Sri Lanka. Heisespeciallywell-known for his the BalticStates, theNetherlands, and inGreat Britain, Russia,Finland,Denmark, Gregory Rose hasconducted and Gregory Rose About the performers Gregory Rose SongBooks won a BritishComposerAward in bass/director . Hehasbeenastaff conductor Danse macabre Missa Sancta

Jacqueline Barron Sheppard Skærved. at St John’sSmithSquare by itsdedicatee, Peter Concerto willbepremiered on18 Aprilnext year with theLatvianRadio , andhisViolin Rose recorded aCDof hisselected choral works Harrison Birtwistle’s recently conducted thePortugese premiere of Sir premiered inPortugal earlierthisyear. He in Chartres in2016 andhis song-cycles. His Masses, motets andEvening Canticlesandeight acclaim. Hisother compositionsinclude18 (Royal AlbertHall),whichshereprised withthe and thefirst live performance of Disney’s Festival Hall(‘Shadows and Reflections’ tour); BBC Proms); backing Marc Almondatthe Royal Philharmonic underJuanjoMenaat thisyear’s of MarkSimpson’s Recent concertsincludetheLondonpremiere Semyon Bychkov. recorded his ,Milan,andCarnegieHall,has performed works by Berioatvenues including Opera (the role of Christinein encompassed everything from West Endmusicals Jacqueline Barron’s busy career has Jacqueline Barron ) to contemporary repertoire. Shehas Suite pourcordes soprano The Immortal The Moth . withboth Pierre Boulezand The Phantom of the Stabat mater (with theBBC was premiered Gregory was was Frozen

Laura Radford Rosenkavalier from with Hampstead Garden Opera; and scenes with St Paul’s Opera; Diana(Cavalli’s Chamber Orchestra; Papagena ( Dulwich Opera Company andtheHornton Opera Company; Zerlina( with theThamesPhilharmoniaandDulwich at Bearwood; Susanna( School; FirstLady ( King Arthur performances includePriestess/Siren (Purcell’s Soprano ZoëFreedman’s recent operatic Zoë Freedman STIMMUNG Barron hastaken partinseveral performances of on the Caribbean Potter of theRings over 200Hollywood films, including television, andhasrecorded thesoundtracks for studios, recording incidental musicfor radio and She works extensively atall of London’smain Symphony Hall,Birmingham. City of BirminghamSymphony Orchestra at Zoë Freedman War Machine Falstaff films, ) atDartington International Summer , The HungerGames withSingcircle. , Beauty andtheBeast atTrinity Laban. The Marriage of Figaro . Hersolovoice canbeheard soprano , starring Brad Pitt.Jacqueline The Magic The Marriage of Figaro Don Giovanni and The Magic Flute , the ) for Opera The Lord Pirates of and La Calisto Harry Harry ) with ) with Der Der ) ) ) Wayne McConnell Collegium Laureatum inCambridge. Future performances include performed the ElisabethSchumannLiederCompetition,and Laban in2014. Whilethere, shewas afinalist in previously studiedwithAlisonWells atTrinity Zoë Freedman studieswithMaryPlazas,having Hall andRoyal AlbertHall. Elbphilharmonie, inValencia, theRoyal Festival sang intheopeningweek of ’s new She isamemberof thePhilharmoniaChorusand year participated initsAdvanced Opera course. International SummerSchoolin2016 andthis She studiedwithGillianKeith attheDartington Europe underSirJohnEliot Gardiner. Egypt she hassungthealto solosinHandel’s As acurrent memberof theMonteverdi Choir features onthethememusicfor ITV’s Michael Jackson, BjörkandTony Bennettand has performed backing vocals for artistsincluding from singer for numerous film soundtracks, ranging Cairncross hasbeenmuchindemandasasession Since leaving TheSwingleSingers,Heather Heather Cairncross Heather Cairncross The Lord of theRings and Bach’s MassinBminortours across STIMMUNG mezzo-soprano underGregory Rose. to to The EmojiMovie Elijah with with Homefires in . She . She .

19 About the performers 20 of Telemachus (Monteverdi’s On theopera stage, hehascovered theroles exponent of new andexperimental works. in Bach’s Hill Festival andperformances astheEvangelist Royal AlbertHall,Mozart’s Requiem attheLeith concert highlightsincludeascratch Tenor GuyElliott isbasedinLondon.Recent Guy Elliott Guy Elliott performances of Heather Cairncross hastaken partinseveral David Newton, whichwas highlyacclaimed. Festival. Shehasreleased asolojazzCDwith for herby SirJamesMacMillan for theEdinburgh and Francisco Symphony conducted by thecomposer ’s York Philharmonic.Shealsorecently recorded Dreamhouse Recent highlightsincludeSteven Mackey’s Bank Show worldwide. Shealsofeatured inanITV orchestras, andwithSteve Reich &Musicians Chicago, ShanghaiandLondonSymphony she appearswithorchestras includingtheBoston, With contemporary musicgroup Synergy Vocals, Since itwas theday of Preparation, St JohnPassion tenor celebrating Reich’s 70thbirthday. atLincolnCenter withtheNew Grand PianolaMusic STIMMUNG . He is also a keen . Heisalsoakeen Il ritorno d’Ulisse withSingcircle. Messiah with the San withtheSan South South written written at the atthe in patria Angus Smith Gregory Rose’s direction. STIMMUNG from Trinity Labanin2016. Hehasperformed the Royal Collegeof Music,having graduated He iscurrently studyingfor aMaster’s degree at Orchestra. department of theLondonPhilharmonic Williams’s He hasalsoperformed songsfrom Vaughan in in thechildren’s opera appeared withEnglishTouring Opera asOlly He isalsovery involved inartseducationandhas (Britten’s title-role inHandel’s For Trinity LabanOpera hehasperformed the of Twink in English Touring Opera anddeveloped therole commitment to music education. commitment to musiceducation. and contemporary music, aswell asastrong range of music,withaparticular focus onearly Music &Drama. Hisrepertoire embraces awide continued hisstudiesattheGuildhall Schoolof Cambridge, where hewas achoral scholar;he Angus Smithread history atSt John’sCollege, Angus Smith One Step Forward ) andMercurio (Cavalli’s A MidsummerNight’sDream On Wenlock Edge Boys of Paradise at the Queen Elizabeth Hall under attheQueenElizabethHallunder tenor , aschoolcollaboration. Belshazzar Waxwings for WorkshOPERA. with the education with theeducation and Lysander andLysander , and Orpheus , andOrpheus La Calisto ). ). ) for Michael Breyer Robert Henke He ismainlyknown for hiscontributions to installation artistandsoftware developer. Munich-born Robert Henke isa composer, Robert Henke in numerous performances of Singcircle for many years, includingparticipating outside London.AngusSmithhasperformed with largest presenter of professional chambermusic of Sheffield-based MusicintheRound, theUK’s Renaissance music.HeisalsotheArtisticDirector and imaginative presentation of medieval and ensembles withareputation for outstanding year), oneof theworld’s leading chambervocal award-winning OrlandoConsort(now inits30th He isbestknown asafounder memberof the and Peter Eötvös. Norrington, NicholasKraemer, JoshuaRifkin Philippe Herreweghe, Richard Hickox, SirRoger whom hehasworked includeIvánFischer, Ensemble Vocal Européen. Conductors with Symphony Orchestra, andthe Chamber Orchestra, Perfect Houseplants, Enlightenment, Cityof LondonSinfonia, Scottish of AncientMusic,Orchestra of theAge of Monteverdi Choir, TheSixteen, Academy Singcircle, EnglishChamberOrchestra, Taverner Consorts,TheTallis Scholars, He hasperformed withtheGabrieliand laser artist STIMMUNG . its invention in1999, becamethestandard tool of themusicsoftware Ableton Live, which,since Robert Henke isalsooneof themaincreators after thefall of theWall. electronic clubmusicculture emerging inBerlin in 1995, becameoneof thekey iconsof anew His long-term musicalproject sound andwave field synthesis. recognised asapioneeringexplorer of surround focus onrhythm, andcolour, andheis Robert Henke’s musicalwork hasaparticular unique locationsandtheirindividualproperties. and are specifically conceived oradapted for installations changeslowly andover longperiods, build themachines drivinghisart.Many of his operations andcomplex feedback loopsto He usesmathematicalrules,controlled random process. and algorithmsisanintegral partof thecreative technical objects.Developing hisown instruments background andisfascinated by thebeautyof He comesfrom astrong engineering works. contemporary electronic musicandfor hislaser Unique inNantes, PS-1inNew York, MUDAM Palazzo delleEsposizioniinRome, LeLieu ,the Pompidou Centre inParis, and concertshave beenpresented atLondon’s Robert Henke’s installations, performances Fresnoy, inLille,France. the Studio NationaldesArtsContemporains -Le Acoustics (CCRMA)atStanford University and Center for Computer Research inMusicand positions attheBerlinUniversity of theArts, creative use of computers andhasheldteaching He writes andlectures aboutsoundandthe music. redefined the performance practice of electronic for electronic musicproduction andcompletely Monolake , begun , begun

21 About the performers 22 works especiallyfor her. Shehasgiven theworld Stockhausen subsequently composedmany more year duringtheDonaueschingerMusiktage. gave itsworld premiere inOctober of thesame by Stockhausen inFebruary andMarch 1983; she ‘SATURDAY’ from for flute andsixpercussionists (secondsceneof KATHINKA’S CHANTasLUCIFER’S REQUIEM 1982. began working withStockhausen inDecember flute of theGewestelijk Orchestra inHolland.She her final year of studiesshewas theprincipal received herperformer’s diplomain1983. During was presented withtheNicolaiPrize whenshe Conservatory inTheHague withFrans Vester and the Netherlands.ShestudiedatRoyal Kathinka Pasveer was borninZaandam, in Kathinka Pasveer Festival, amongmany others. Unsound, CTM,MUTEK,Sonar, New Forms Eindhoven, andatcountlessfestivals, including for Contemporary ArtinBerlin,STRP Biennale of New SouthWales inAustralia, KWInstitute in Luxembourg, MAKinVienna,theArtGallery Kathinka Pasveer LIGHT sound projection ) was composedfor her 1983 until2007inallrealisations of hismusic Kathinka Pasveer assisted Stockhausen from Auditório of theGulbenkianFoundation. (the 21st Hourof premiere of ‘PARADIES’ for flute andelectronics Courses Kürten attheSuelztalhalle andtheworld KLANG of ‘’ for flute (theFifthHourof Donaueschingen. Shegave theworld premiere third sceneof ‘SUNDAY’) on16 October 12004 in in theworld premiere of ‘LIGHT-PICTURES’ (the Kathinka Pasveer was alsooneof thefour soloists Theater, Munich,1998). the fourth sceneof ‘WEDNESDAY’ (Prinzregenten- ‘WEDNESDAY’ (Carré, Amsterdam, 1996) and (Leipzig Opera, 1996); thesecondsceneof ‘TUESDAY’ (LeipzigOpera, 1993) and‘FRIDAY’ (La Scala,1984), ‘MONDAY’ (LaScala,1988), of several partsof the opera She performed assoloistintheworld premieres dedicated to her. premieres of allof them,andmany of themare CDs released by theStockhausen-Verlag. Kathinka Pasveer hasappeared onmany of the LICHT teaching aMaster’s degree onStockhausen’s Birmingham. InSeptember thisyear, shebegan 2011 and‘WEDNESDAY’ inAugust 2012 in LICHT premieres of Stockhausen’s ‘SUNDAY’ from She was themusicdirector inthestaged world sound projection of allof hisconcertsworldwide. mix-downs of hismusic;andassisted himwiththe at IRCAM, andinprivate studios; assisted inall in theStudio for Electronic Musicof theWDR, (theSixthHourof of ‘SCHÖNHEIT’for bassclarinet,flute and of thesameyear shegave theworld premiere at theLaeiszhalle inHamburg. On5 October attheRoyal Conservatory inTheHague. attheStaatenhaus inCologneApril ) on13 July 2007duringtheStockhausen KLANG August 2009 ) on24 August 2009 KLANG LICHT ) attheGrande : ‘SATURDAY’ STIMMUNG sound projectionist for many performances of noon) atSt John’sSmithSquare. Hehasbeen 9 March 2018 withfive (starting at He celebrates his75thbirthday onFriday and internationally. ensembles andnew musicgroups both inthe UK orchestras, LondonSinfonietta, andmany other also worked withtheBBC andLondonSymphony by thegroup ontheContinuumlabel.Hehas was commissionedby Singcircle andrecorded Europe. His1983 vocal touring withthemhere intheUKandthroughout Singcircle asboth composerandsoundengineer, worked for over 20years withGregory Rose and Korea) andthe2018 Singapore Festival. Hehas International ChamberMusicFestival (South BBC Proms, BirminghamRoyal Ballet,Changwon worldwide, withrecent commissionsfrom the has beenwidelyperformed both intheUKand conductor andsoundengineer. Hisown music working asafreelance composer, pianist, New York, buthaslived intheUKsince1974, Stephen Montague was borninSyracuse, Stephen Montague Stephen Montague withSingcircle. assistant soundprojection tour deforce , Tigida Pipa ,

its recording of thepiecefor Hyperionhas has given over 50performances sincethen; Round Houseon21 November 1977 and Singcircle first performed have appeared onCDs. Viñao andTrevor Wishart.Many of thesepieces Scelsi, ,Smalley, Stockhausen, Orton, Pousseur, , , Stephen Montague, ,Richard Mesías Maiguashca,Martland,Ivan Moody, Emmerson, JontyHarrison,Harvey, JosephHyde, Miguel Azguime,Bedford, Berio,Cage, Simon repertoire alsoincludesworks by Michael Alcorn, Viñao’s Proms, performing Singcircle hasappeared twiceattheBBC Robert Worby andStephen Montague. including SimonEmmerson,JontyHarrison, its soundprojectionists have beencomposers, have performed withtheensemble,andmostof outset someof thefinest soloandconsortsingers frequently commissionednew works. From the established aninternational reputation and founded by Gregory Rose in1976 andhassince The amplified vocal ensembleSingcircle was Singcircle performance. Tonight’s concertwillbeSingcircle’s final and Coimbra. , Aarhus, Tallinn, Tartu, Belfast, Mafra performed atfestivals inLinz,Karlsruhe, Turku, the ISCMFestival inOslo.Theensemblehas 1990 whichculminated inanappearance at and overseas, includingatour of Norway in Singcircle hasfrequently toured both inBritain 1986. the Barbican’s‘Music&Machines’ festival in featured Stockhausen assoundprojectionist at memorable performance of sold throughout theworld. Oneparticularly Son Entero . Theensemble’sextensive STIMMUNG STIMMUNG STIMMUNG , andAlejandro at the atthe

23 About the performers Electronic Music events programme ada5.indd 1 24 musician’s remarkable career A lookback attheAvant-Garde Contemporary Orchestra John CalewiththeLondon 9 &10 Mar immersive new audio-visualwork The Electronic pioneerpresents an Alva Noto –UNIEQAV Sun 4Mar the endof theworld An all-new soundtrack to Poliça +St argze Tue 27Feb Caretaker Grouper) &MFO,The With NIVHEK(LizHarris/ Unsound Dislocation Fri 8Dec sounds experimental Upcoming and felicita 13/11/2017 13:14