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BE RGE N INTE RN AT I ON AL
FE STIVAL 2015
Stockhausen
– Stimmung
FR I CT I ON
F RICT ION
B E RG E N IN T E RN AT ION A L
F E ST IVA L 2 01 5
Theatre of Voices
Else Torp, Louise Skovbæch,
Randi Pontoppidan, Wolodymyr
Smishkewych, Jakob Bloch Jespersen,
Paul Hillier singers
Alwynne Prichard performer
World premieres of works by:
ADAM DE LA COUR (1979–)
FELIX KUBIN (1969–)
FRANÇOIS SARHAN (1972–)
GERHARD STÄBLER (1949–)
HELMUT OEHRING (1961–)
TROND REINHOLDTSEN (1972–)
ØYVIND TORVUND (1976–)
HOLLIE HARDING (1986–)
VINKO GLOBOKAR (1934–)
Paul Hillier artistic director
Ian Dearden sound design
with Theatre
of Voices
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KARLHEINZ STOCKHAUSEN (1928–2007)
Stimmung
In association with Borealis festival
Supported by Oticon Foundation
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H Å KO N S H A L L E N
DAT E/ T I M E
Wednesday 03 June
at 19:30
D U RAT IO N
1:10
OT H ER
Introduction in
English by Peter
Meanwell, artistic
director of Borealis
at 18:55.
Come into the inner pocket of sound –
and bring a cushion!
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Grammy-winning Theatre of Voices is one of
the best vocal ensembles in the world. Their
fearless repertoire oozes technical mastery,
and the ensemble's interpretation of Karlheinz
Stockhausen's Stimmung definitively demonstrates the range of sounds that their magical
oral cavities have in store.
Stockhausen composed Stimmung in 1968, just
before the student uprisings in Paris and Berlin,
Chairs are available by
advance arrangement championing the cause of limitless art and
– contact us at
inner liberation. The German word Stimmung
[email protected].
has several meanings, including 'tuning' and
'mood', but the primary sense of the title
T IC KET *
Full price: 350
'implies not only the outward tuning of voices
Under 30: 150
or instruments, but also the inward tuning of
one's soul' (Hillier). A low B flat drone expands
*Festival card:
40 %–30 % discount upwards through overtone singing and resulting rhythms. Stockhausen's interest in Asian
shamanism and other meditational religion is
audibly evident. The repeated 'magic names'
are gods and goddesses from many cultures;
the erotic verse was written by Stockhausen
himself.
Stockhausen influenced generations of
musicians. He played an important part in
the development of rock music in the 1960s
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World
premiere
Ø ST RE
DAT E / T IME
Thursday 04 June
at 20:00
DOG/GOD
Obsessive
Compulsive
Disorder
DU RAT ION
1:00
T IC K E T *
Full price: 190
Under 30: 150
*Festival card:
40 %–30 % discount
(including German krautrock), and has left a
lasting impression on techno, electronica, house
and ambient music. He was a mentor to Björk
and a source of inspiration to the Beatles.
This concert should be experienced lying on the
floor of Håkonshallen. Bring your own favourite cushion, or use the cushions and blankets
provided.
Artist-vocalist-composer Alwynne Pritchard
has commissioned a series of short musical
works based on the title DOG/GOD. The idea
came to her on reading Paul Auster's novel
Timbuktu, in which Mr Bones, a likeable mongrel, is the main character. On this occasion
Alwynne Pritchard premieres eight of the works,
all of which make substantial vocal and physical demands on the performer. With loud dog
whines, esoteric tunes, divine tranquillity and
hellish upheaval these feral, ritualistic minidramas explore the concepts of loneliness,
divinity, in(dependence), obedience, (self-)
destruction, desolation, absence and fleeing.
The charismatic British artist, who lives in
Bergen, has collaborated with leading musicians
and ensembles from all over the world. Her compositions, performances and concerts have been
featured at several international festivals and in
major concert halls. All About Jazz – New York
has described her as producing '… a delivery
between that of a rock-music diva and a verbal
and physical contortionist'. She has also made
her mark as the artistic director (2008–14) of the
experimental music festival Borealis in Bergen.
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