Nineteenth Hour: Urantia Klang (Stockhausen)
the southbank centre, london, urantia premiered in 2008, @ queen elizabeth hall (far left, waterloo bridge)
urantia, soprano (live or prerecorded) , electronic music (layers 9, 8, 7 cosmic pulses) 2007 (19 mins., 40 secs.). work number 99. specified colour hks 23 (fire-engine red [verkehrsrot]) (stockhausen 2008e, cover, i, , ii).
the manuscript score of urantia dated 21 february 2007, making first of klang solo pieces electronics have been completed (siano 2013, 46). premiered in queen elizabeth hall @ southbank centre, london, on 8 november 2008, kathinka pasveer, soprano (prerecorded) , sound projection (kohl 2008, 21).
urantia name given our earth in urantia book (urantia foundation 1955, 1), commonly referred 606 of satania in norlatiadek of nebadon, meaning 6 hundred sixth inhabited world in local system of satania, situated in constellation of norlatiadek, 1 of 1 hundred constellations of local universe of nebadon (urantia foundation 1955, 485).
the 3 layers of electronic music—which rotates in different orbits around hall, projected in 8 channels—are moderately high in pitch , contain amongst highest number of notes of of layers cosmic pulses: 20, 21 , 22 notes. solo part, contrast, 1 of simplest of section of klang. german text, written composer, has 26 syllables, , introduces 1 new syllable in each of work s 26 sections (kohl 2008, 21):
rotations everywhere
urantia in cosmos
father, son , holy ghost
god god god
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