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aus LICHT - part 2: LUCIFER AND EVE

Karlheinz Stockhausen, Holland Festival, De Nationale Opera, Koninklijk Conservatorium Den Haag

A marathon performance will be staged of a large portion of the LICHT cycle, composed by Karlheinz Stockhausen. Featuring selected highlights from the seven operas – one for each day of the week – it will offer a spectacular overview of Stockhausen's masterpiece. The three parts of aus LICHT can also be visited seperately.  

 

The second part of aus LICHT starts with the appropriate bom - bast and grandeur. Lucifer appears on stage, accompanied by fanfare, ringing of bells, fairy tale percussion and an eightymen orchestra. In three compositions from SAMSTAG aus LICHT (SAMSTAGS-GRUSS, KATHINKAs GESANG als LUZIFERs REQUIEM and LUZIFERs TANZ) Lucifer takes form and is challenged by Michael. The atmosphere changes completely after this mythical battle, with Eve as the central figure in four compositions from MONTAG aus LICHT. Three children’s choirs emphasise her role as the creator of life. It ends with the scenes DER KINDERFÄNGER and ENTFÜHRUNG, Stockhausen’s version of The Pied Piper of Hamelin.

FREITAGS-GRUSS**(from FREITAG)

electronic composition (1.15 - 2.25 pm)

 

interval (2.25 - 3.00 pm)

 

SAMSTAGS-GRUSS (from SAMSTAG)

KATHINKAs GESANG(from SAMSTAG)

 

interval (3.50 - 4.50 pm)

 

LUZIFERS TANZ(from SAMSTAG)

 

dinner break (5.45 - 6.50 pm)

 

MONTAGS-GRUSS**(from MONTAG)

electronic composition (6.50 - 7.20 pm) 

 

MÄDCHENPROZESSION (from MONTAG) 

EVAs LIED (from MONTAG)

DER KINDERFÄNGER und ENTFÜHRUNG(from MONTAG)

 

FREITAGS-ABSCHIED(from FREITAG)

electronic composition** (9.35-10.55 pm)

 

* times with reservation

**electronic compositions for dedicated listeners in particular

 

embodies the ideal human gene.

 

Magic percussion

A fanfare is followed by a bizarre ritual in KATHINKAs GESANG, where a flautist costumed as a cat plays a requiem for Lucifer, consisting of several exercises that will liberate his spirit from its bodily husk. She is accompanied by the tolling of bells and ‘magical’ percussion. Yet Lucifer is not dead yet, reappearing as an eighty-part orchestra that forms a monstrous grimacing face. Challenged by star trumpeter Michael, the first confrontation takes place. Subsequently the mood changes as Eve takes the stage with three scenes from MONTAG. Surrounded by maidens and children, she is shown as the creator of life, demonstrating her allure in a tripartite manifestation of femininity. Then the Pied Piper arrives and abducts all the children that Eve has borne.

 

Human gene

Expressed in an eleven-tone formula, Lucifer’s musical DNA is marked by deficiency. This drives him to seek completion by battling Michael or merging with Eve, whose twelve-tone formula

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dates

Sat June 1 2019 3:00 PM

Wed June 5 2019 10:00 PM

Sun June 9 2019 3:00 PM

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In 2019 a marathon performance will be staged of a large portion of the LICHT cycle, composed by Karlheinz Stockhausen. Featuring selected highlights from the seven operas – one for each day of

In 2019 a marathon performance will be staged of a large portion of the LICHT cycle, composed by Karlheinz Stockhausen. Featuring selected highlights from the seven operas – one for each day of

the week – it will offer a spectacular overview of Stockhausen's masterpiece.

 

aus LICHT is a selection of key sections of Karlheinz Stockhausen's LICHT cycle. From the whole work's 29 hours of music, the production will comprise 15 hours performed over three days, capturing the whole tonal universe of the original cycle. 

 

The three concerts, which together last more than 15 hours, can be viewed individually, but to experience the work in its full and unparalleled brilliance we recommend attending all three.

 

As the first-ever staging of such a large part of the LICHT cycle (over half of the full opera cycle), the unique nature and scale of this project make it a truly world-class operatic and musical theatre production.

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credits

a work of Karlheinz Stockhausen musical direction Kathinka Pasveer mise-en-espace Pierre Audi sets and light Urs Schönebaum costume design Wojciech Dziedzic video Chris Kondek, Robi Voigt curator Renee Jonker dramaturgy, direction Klaus Bertisch musical and dramaturgical consultant Suzanne Stephens-Janning educational advisor Cristiano Melli conductor Adrian Heger conductor Nationaal Kinderkoor Wilma ten Wolde artistic producer / coordinator Sigi Giesler performers solisten, instrumental soloists, dancers, students from the MA aus LICHT, students Royal Conservatoire The Hague, students Royal Northern College of Music (Manchester), Codarts Rotterdam

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