Karlheinz Stockhausen - Stimmung (Model 01-Model 11)

Stimmung, for 6 vocalists & 6 microphones (1968)

1. Warming Up, Leading To Model 1, Bass
2. Mezzo, "Gott Nochmal" / Soprano 2, GROGORAGALLY, Sun God (Australian Aboriginal)
3. Soprano 2, "Vishnu / Baritone, ELYON, God of Storms (Hebrew)
4. Soprano 1 / Tenor, USI-AFU, God of the Earth (Timor, Indonesia)
5. Baritone, "Saturday", "Saturnstag", "Samstag", "Complement Nous" / Tenor, CHANG TI, Director of the Cosmos (Chinese Buddhist)
6. Tenor
7. Baritone, "Hallelujah"
8. Soprano 1 / Mezzo, UEUETEOTL, God of Fire (Aztec)
9. Bass, "Phoenix" / Tenor, USI-NENO, Sun God (Timor, Indonesia)
10. Soprano 1, "Komit" (Like Screech Owls)
11. Bass, "Moo", "Moo-Coo", "Guru" (A Dove) / Baritone, AHURA-MAZDA, God of Wisdom (Persian)
12. Tenor
13. Baritone / Soprano 2, ABASSI-ABUMO, Creator of Heaven (Ibi, Africa)
14. Soprano 2, "Hippy" / Mezzo, CHALCHITHUITLICUE, Goddess of the Sea and Salt Water (Aztec)
15. Mezzo / Soprano 2, WAKANTANKA, God of Thunder (Sioux Indian)
16. Bass
17. Soprano 1, "The Male Is Basically an Anymale"
18. Tenor
19. Bass, "Sontag", "Sunday" / Soprano 1, DIONYSOS, God of Fertility and Wine (Greek)
20. Soprano 2
21. Baritone
22. Mezzo
23. Baritone
24. Soprano 2 / Soprano 1, VENUS, Goddess of Love (Roman)
25. Mezzo, "Wotansday, "Mittwoch", "We(d)nesday" / Baritone, YAH-WEH, God of Israel (Hebrew)
26. Soprano 1, "Tuesday" / Mezzo, QUETZALCOATL, God of Gods (Aztec)
27. Tenor
28. Bass / Soprano 2, MUNGANAGANA, God of Wind (Australian Aboriginal)
29. Baritone / Mezzo, TLALOC, God of Rain (Aztec)
30. Soprano 1
31. Mezzo
32. Baritone
33. Soprano 2, "Friday", "Freitag" / Baritone, OSIRIS, God of Fertility and Death (Egyptian) / Tenor, ALLAH, Almighty Creator (Islamic) / Soprano 1, RHEA, Mother of Zeus (Ancient Greek)
34. Soprano 1, "Niemals" / Tenor, VISHNU, The Bringer of Good (Hindu)
35. Bass, "Sehr Hell", "Helena" / Soprano 1, GAIA, Goddess of the Earth (Ancient Greek)
36. Tenor / Mezzo, TETEOINNAN, Mother of the Gods (Aztec)
37. Mezzo / Soprano 2, SUSSISTINAKO, God of Heaven (Sia, American Indian)
38. Soprano 1, "Salemaleikum", "Salami-e", "Come-On" / Bass, RANGI, God of Heaven (Maori, Polynesia)
39. Mezzo, "Moonsday" / Baritone, AUM-RA, Goddess of the Sun (Ancient Egyptian)
40. Baritone
41. Bass, "Thorstag", "Thursday", "Donnerstad", "Freitag Samstag Sontag Montag Dienstag Mittwoch Donnerstag" / Soprano 2, YADILQIL, Heaven-Man (Navajo, American Indian)
42. Baritone, "Nemesis", "Artemis" / Tenor, VARUNA, God of Wisdom (Hindu)
43. Tenor, Neighing (Like a Horse)
44. Bass
45. Soprano 2
46. Tenor / Soprano 1, CHRONOS, God of Time (Ancient Greek) / Mezzo, CHICOMECOATL, God of Food (Aztec)
47. Soprano 1 / Tenor, BUDDHA, The Enlightened One (Buddhist)
48. Mezzo, "Maria" / Bass, TANGARBOA, Sun God (Maori, Polynesia)
49. Tenor
50. Soprano 2
51. Tenor

Singcircle
Suzanne Flowers, soprano
Penelope Walmsley-Clarck, soprano
Nancy Long, mezzo soprano
Rogers Covey-Crump, tenor
Gregory Rose, baritone
Paul Hillier, bass
Gregory Rose, director

One of Stockhausen's most accessible works, "Stimmung" ("Tuning") is based entirely on the overtones of a fundamental B-flat. It begins in a wordless vocalize suddenly interrupted by the appearance of language; the words "Gott nochmal", sung in a specific rhythmic and dynamic "model". Other models will follow, often on the names of various deities, or based around love poems written by Stockhausen. As each new "model" is introduced throughout the piece, the other singers slowly adapt their material to include it, resulting in a constantly mutating fabric of rhythms and textures, not far removed from the work of Terry Riley or Philip Glass. In fact, one may say "Stimmung" is Stockhausen's answer to minimalism, though, as always with Stockhausen, the complexity of the intertwining rhythmic patterns and the density of the music are far from the simple repeating patterns of the minimalist school. [Allmusic.com]

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[MrMoxford77]

This sounds wonderful. Who are the performers?

Thank you

[pelodelperro]

@MrMoxford77 The name of the performers is in the video description. Cheers.

[zyanurito]

Wow! You don't know how much I searched this work. Thank you!!

[pelodelperro]

@zyanurito You're welcome. More Stockhausen on my channel. Cheers!

[theprof1958]

@123must

Ho avuto la fortuna di assistere ad un concerto di Stockhausen nel '75 qui a Torino con lui presente per la Prima italiana di Harlekin watch?v=zi-MDyQ2YIQ

La musica di Stockhausen, come quella di tutti i grandi compositori, può piacere o non piacere, ma non si può liquidare con una scrollata di spalle, come invece faccio io con Einaudi od Allevi :-)

[123must]

Caro Prof. ti piace Giacinto Scelsi ? Io lo considero tra i migliori.

[theprof1958]

"the simple repeating patterns of the minimalist school" writes the expert of allmusic

Obviously he/she has never listened to Reich's "Music For 18 Musicians" or Adams' Phrygian Gates. Minimalism is not trivial, even if some Glass' works are quite boring. But this happens during all the history of music: think to the thousands of operas written until now. Not all of them are like "Le Nozze di Figaro"...

[123must]

grazie e poi ancora grazie. Magnifico ( anche se non da tutti apprezzato ) ; molti solo a sentire il nome di Stokhausen fuggono come lepri . Mi spiace per loro