Munster Express Online

As part of Waterford New Music Week 2010, there is a rare chance to see a screening of a film documentary on the music of Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928 – 2007) which will be followed by an actualisation of Gesang der Jünglinge (Song of the Youth) which premiered in Cologne cathedral in 1956. Using a revolutionary spatialisation technique, layers of sound will be moved around the cathedral from speaker to speaker. The music is based on the recorded voice of a choirboy singing part of the canticles.

“Stockhausen’s most original electronic creation and perhaps the most influential electronic piece ever composed” – Alex Ross

Christ Church Cathedral, Thursday 11th March at 8pm.