Karlheinz Stockhausen - Freitag-Versuchung
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- Freitag aus Licht - Freitag-Versuchung (Friday Temptation)
Act 1 and 2 of the opera FRIDAY from LIGHT. Freitag-Versuchung is the main body of the opera. There are three layers of music in Freitag. The first layer is entirely abstract ambient electronic music, which plays underneath all of the staged action. The second layer consists of concrete music which is mimed by 12 couples of dancers. The third layer consists of traditional scenic action portrayed and sung by actors.
Below the events of the third layer are described. They occur simultaneously with the events of the second layer, referred to as "sound scenes" by Stockhausen.
Act one
7:29-17.25 Proposal
Eve enters from the left followed by two companions, Elu and Lufa. Ludon enters from the right, and they greet each other. He suggests that Eve should mate with his son Caino. Eve is skeptical, but they agree to meet again to introduce their children to each other.
19:47 Children's orchestra
Eve descends from a mountain with her white children in tow. The children carry instruments with them (violins, flutes, etc.). Elu and Lufa follow behind the children. The children play individual notes and call to each other as they march.
Ludon enters with his black children, who are all carrying African percussion instruments. The children play their instruments and laugh as they march.
Ludon and Eve greet each other once more as the two groups of children face each other. Synthibird appears with a keyboard nearby. The white orchestra plays for the black chorus, who enjoy the music. Eve sings with the choir and conducts them. Elu and Lufa play along from the background, as does Synthibird.
25:40 Children's choir
After a brief pause, the black chorus cheers for the white orchestra and use their instruments to applaud. Synthibird disappears.
Ludon signals the black chorus and they begin to sing and play on their African percussion instruments. Synthibird appears in a new location in a slightly different guise and accompanies them quietly. Ludon sings along and signals to each of the 24 children to perform a solo. Eve and her children are spellbound by the performance and erupt in wild cheers and whistles when it is over. Ludon suggests to Eve that their children should play together, and she agrees.
33:32-38.39 Children's tutti
Eve gives a downbeat for the first bar, which is played only by the white orchestra. Ludon conducts the second bar, which is only played by the black chorus. Eve conducts the third and fourth bars which are played by both the chorus and orchestra. Each section is followed by silence. After the fourth bar, Ludon graciously asks Eve to conduct the ensemble, and he joins the chorus to sing. Elu, Lufa and Synthibird accompany.
The music is performed cheerfully by everyone, and at the end, they all laugh. Eve and her children say goodbye to Ludon and his children, and they exit as they came in. During their departure, the children continue to laugh and play fragments of the music they performed together. The sound of their laughter and music grows softer in the distance.
49:11-56.07 Consent
Ludon enters and waits for Eve who appears mysteriously with Elu and Lufa. Ludon gives Eve a black talisman and asks her again to mate with his son Caino. He argues that their offspring will help the evolution of mankind. Eve agrees and gives the talisman back to Ludon. She disappears with Elu and Lufa, to Ludon's surprise. He exits along the same path by which he entered.
1:09:00 Act two
1:09:28-1.24.30 Fall
The moon is reflected in a lake, although the moon itself is not in the night sky. The sounds of nocturnal birds are heard. Caino, who is young and black, enters from the right. He looks out over the lake and sits in the lotus position.
Eve approaches in a boat from far across the lake. Elu and Lufa are playing long notes as they stand behind her. The women wear transparent dresses, and the boat stops just offshore. Eve lifts her dress as she wades ashore. The boat moves further out as Eve meets Caino. She sits in his lap, with her legs embracing his hips. They sing together as Elu and Lufa accompany them from the boat.
Eve summons the boat and wades out to it. She sits down with her back to Caino, who watches the boat sail away. He exits to the right. As the boat disappears, a terrifying unseen tenor voice yells, "Eve-our children!" A bright red streak shoots down from the sky, across the lake, and across the audience out the front door and remains visible.
1:35:46-1.45.59 Children's War l 1:58:57-2.05.16 Repentance l 2:13:23 Elufa l 2:21:02-2.26.42 Choir Spiral
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Thanks for this! I'm really getting in to Stockhausen lately, Licht is a very mind blowing concept too. Conceptually, compositionally and in scope (29 fucking hours!)
awesome!!
This continually surprises me and makes me feel alive in so many different ways
Stockhausen is the announced musician, the prophecy fulfilled , the musician that was going to change humanity forever with his music
Stockhausen is a bit like David Bowies starman. He wants to share his music with us earthlings but he thinks he will blow our minds. He certainly has mine - in a thoroughly thoroughly good way. Importantly this music hasn't only made me want to explore Stockhausen and his contemporaries but also composers like Bach and Handle again too.
Oh my gosh yes
Relax, allongez-vous et embrassez la réalité illusoire. Entrez dans le monde des rêves au château d'ivoire et suivez la rivière de cristal qui coule de la mer verte et commencez votre quête de l'éternité. Méfiez-vous du dragon endormi qui a été gardé sous le charme d'Orion. Au fur et à mesure que vous avancerez, l'état de rêve sera aussi étrange que celui d'un hallucinogène. Dans la brume de l'horizon, vous pourrez apercevoir vos rêves d'au-delà. À travers les friches naissantes, vous marcherez et ce sera là que vous découvrirez qui vous êtes vraiment. Et c'est alors que votre voyage sera complet et que vous comprendrez vraiment que la réalité n'est qu'illusoire 🐾🌿
With a lot of Licht I wonder how the experience would change under a different production value, i.e., more modern synths, higher budget staging and so on. It was once written somewhere that Wagner's Ring didn't really get the realization it deserved in his lifetime due to its ambition being beyond a then possible technical scale, and I think the same could be true for Licht
I think you're absolutely right. They've never even performed the whole cycle in one production (although Aus Licht made a valiant attempt). My fear is that the Stockhausen estate won't do enough to promote this music to a wider audience, so it may be forgotten and never really brought to its true potential. Crossing my fingers that Licht gets the production it deserves.
@@nathangale7702 The Stockhausen Estate indeed does a disservice to his music, IMO
@@santiagolopezmoskovits132 From experience (cough cough), while I appreciate their care and the work they have put into the publications of Stockhausen's music, if they weren't so focused on selling the CDs and scores and actually allowing it to be showcased more, his music would reach a much wider audience. The way things are, only current Stockhausen fans will be able to enjoy his music (especially stuff like Licht)
Mir gefällt Richard Rickfords Kommentar sehr! Fürwahr! Und doch empfinde ich gerade diese Freitags Versuchung gar nicht in erster Linie ,,mind blowing'', sondern recht übersichtlich und sehr gut
konsumierbar,
ohne, dass einem gleich langweilig wird.
Nachdem ich in letzter Zeit verstärkt Stockhausen konsumiere, ja, konsumiere, bislang ohne, dass ich dabei ein entgeisterter Bewunderer geworden wäre, bemerkte ich kürzlich, dass mich von mir doch sonst eigentlich gut hingenommenes Werbungszeugs, welches sich sogar ins relativ Progressive wagt, in einer mir bis jetzt neuen Weise nicht bloß anödete, sondern glatt in seiner grausamen Phantasielosigkeit anwiderte.
Welch abartig stumpfsinniges Zeug wurde und wird uns die ganze Zeit serviert?
Stockhausen verwöhnt also.
Das freut mich.
Siiiii ! Thanks!!!
+Jorge Castillo Be careful. When Eve and Lucifer meet we have temptation! ;)
And scary music@@VictorAlexanderFiltenborg
Was mich, der ich selber nun erst sehr spät auf Stockhausen komme, nichtsdestoweniger
doch wundert, ist, dass Stockhausen nicht längst schon viel breitere Resonanz und Präsenz hat. Es müssten eigentlich bald Millionen sein, welche auf ihn stießen und ihn gerne konsumieren.
Was war da? Wieso kommt dessen breite Etablierung erst jetzt?
Denn die steht, meine ich, an.
In vierzig Jahren, so nichts dazwischen kommt, dürfte der als der Musikant der Jahrhundertwende gelten.
13:00 hahaha it gets intense!
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Wow, just a country boy in GA. "I don't create for you fools, my music is for the super evolved "
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