From 1925 to 1932 it was the maternity home of the Bergheim district, and after the war it served for a time as a shelter for war refugees. Built in 1830 by a local businessman named Arend, it was called by locals Burg Mödrath. Despite its name, the building is more a manor house than a castle. The village, located near Kerpen in the Cologne region, was displaced in 1956 to make way for lignite strip mining, but the castle itself still stands. Stockhausen was born in Burg Mödrath, the "castle" of the village of Mödrath. He died of sudden heart failure at the age of 79, on 5 December 2007 at his home in Kürten, Germany. His notable compositions include the series of nineteen Klavierstücke (Piano Pieces), Kontra-Punkte for ten instruments, the electronic/ musique-concrète Gesang der Jünglinge, Gruppen for three orchestras, the percussion solo Zyklus, Kontakte, the cantata Momente, the live-electronic Mikrophonie I, Hymnen, Stimmung for six vocalists, Aus den sieben Tagen, Mantra for two pianos and electronics, Tierkreis, Inori for soloists and orchestra, and the gigantic opera cycle Licht. He received numerous prizes and distinctions for his compositions, recordings, and for the scores produced by his publishing company. His theoretical and other writings comprise ten large volumes. In addition to electronic music-both with and without live performers-they range from miniatures for musical boxes through works for solo instruments, songs, chamber music, choral and orchestral music, to a cycle of seven full-length operas. His works, composed over a period of nearly sixty years, eschew traditional forms. One of the leading figures of the Darmstadt School, his compositions and theories were and remain widely influential, not only on composers of art music, but also on jazz and popular music. He was educated at the Hochschule für Musik Köln and the University of Cologne, later studying with Olivier Messiaen in Paris and with Werner Meyer-Eppler at the University of Bonn. He is known for his groundbreaking work in electronic music, for introducing controlled chance ( aleatory techniques) into serial composition, and for musical spatialization. Karlheinz Stockhausen ( German: i 22 August 1928 – 5 December 2007) was a German composer, widely acknowledged by critics as one of the most important but also controversial composers of the 20th and early 21st centuries. Karlheinz Stockhausen in the Electronic Music Studio of the WDR, 1994 For other uses, see Stockhausen (disambiguation). Prepare yourself for seductions and rejections and a colourful cast that includes a cigarette factory girl, a poet, a painter, a prostitute ,her toy boy and nun who is not as chaste as she seems.īruno plays tracks from La Boheme(Puccini) Carmen(Bizet) I Puritani(Bellini) and La Traviata(Verdi) recorded by some of his favourite opera stars including - Dame Joan Sutherland, Teresa Berganza, Mirella Freni, Kiri te Kanawa, Joseph Calleja, Placido Domingo and Luciano Pavarotti."Stockhausen" redirects here. We discover Queen Victoria's favourite opera and the Verdi masterpiece that Prince Albert forbade her to see. Remember to fasten your seat belts for the path of love in opera is a rocky and bumpy ride! First loves, secret loves, love at first sight, forbidden love and unrequited love. In this opening programme he explores the theme of Love. In this four part series Bruno will explore Love, Opera Villains, Secrets and Lies and in the final programme, great operatic farewells. Top Cs, broken hearts, murdering mothers, sparkling cadenzas and record breaking curtain calls - that's what we have in store as Bruno brings the red and gold of the world's finest opera houses to your front room via Radio 2. Dancer, choreographer, and Strictly judge Bruno Tonioli returns to Radio 2 with a second series celebrating his greatest passion - opera. His enthusiasm and energy knows no bounds. Love is in the air as we meet opera's greatest lovers. Mimi and Rodolfo, Violetta and Alfredo, Tosca and Cavaradossi, Carmen and Don Jose.
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