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BBC Proms: Late Escapes: Paul Hillier's Theatre of Voices perform Stockhausen's Stimmung

Paul Hillier's Theatre of Voices perform Stockhausen's Stimmung

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Theatre of Voices perform Stockhausen’s Stimmung for 'six singers and six microphones'.

Stockhausen’s Stimmung, written for ‘six singers and six microphones’, is performed by English vocal ensemble Theatre of Voices and directed by Paul Hillier.

BBC Proms: Theatre of Voices and Paul Hillier had already released a magnificent recording of Stimmung a year before this Prom (one which lends ‘even more enchantment to this extraordinary work’, according to The Guardian). But this hypnotic piece for ‘six singers and six microphones’ takes on a unique atmosphere when performed live – as in this 2008 Prom. 

Stockhausen: Stimmung (Copenhagen version)
Theatre of Voices 
Paul Hillier (director) 

Original performance from 2nd August 2008 presented by Louise Fryer.

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Among many influences that Stockhausen acknowledged when composing the work was a month spent wondering among Mexico ruins. The Theatre of Voices – as adept in music of the Middle Ages as in new music – have made something of a specialty of Stimmung, and Hillier’s long association with the piece includes his participation as one of the singers at a Prom performance 30 years ago.

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