Fourteenth Hour: Havona Klang (Stockhausen)
maison de la radio france, paris, fourteenth hour premiered, in salle olivier messiaen, 10 january 2009
havona, bass , electronic music (layers 24, 23, 22 cosmic pulses) 2007 (25 mins., 10 secs.). work number 94. specified colour hks 5 (melon yellow) (stockhausen 2008b, cover; stockhausen 2009c, cover , ii).
the premiere took place in salle de concert olivier messiaen of radio france in paris, on 10 january 2009, performed nicholas isherwood (bass) , gérard pape (sound projection), part of saison musicale multiphonies. commissioned group de recherches musicales (grm) of institut national de l audiovisuel (ina).
the titles of hours 14–21 place names in urantia book, , named in text of havona, stages in journey goal of studying cosmic music in paradise. however, text, following hours, not taken directly urantia book, written composer.
in urantia book, havona central universe, … existential, perfect, , replete universe surrounding home of eternal deities, center of things (urantia foundation 1955, 360).
this central planetary family … far-distant local universe of nebadon. of enormous dimensions , unbelievable mass , consists of 1 billion spheres of unimagined beauty , superb grandeur … arranged in 7 concentric circuits surrounding 3 circuits of paradise satellites. there upwards of thirty-five million worlds in innermost havona circuit , on 2 hundred , forty-five million in outermost, proportionate numbers intervening. (urantia foundation 1955, 152)
according urantia book, harmony speech of havona , , music eternal, universal language of men, angels, , spirits (urantia foundation 1955, 500).
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