DESCRIPTION:
STERNKLANG (1969-71) - PARK MUSIC FOR 5 GROUPS - Karlheinz Stockhausen - Part One.
1. STERNKLANG - Einstimmen / tuning in
2. Angang / begining
3. Kombination 3
4. S1 - Modell LEO
5. SOLO der Gruppe II
6. S2 - Modell DELPHINUS
7. Kombination 13
8. SOLO der Gruppe III
9. S3 - Modell - COMA BERENICES
10. S4 - Modell - USRA
11. kurzer Beginn vom SOLO der Gruppe I
Sternklang (Star Sound), is "park music for five groups" composed in 1971 by Karlheinz Stockhausen, and bears the work number 34 in his catalogue of compositions. The score is dedicated to Mary Bauermeister, and a performance of the work lasts from two-and-a-half to three hours.
Sternklang is "park music", to be performed outdoors at night by 21 singers and/or instrumentalists divided into five groups, at widely separated locations. The sounds from each performer is separately amplified and projected over loudspeakers. "Sound runners" transport musical "models" from one group to another, while a percussionist stationed at a central position helps synchronise the groups to common tempos at ten points in the piece The piece has been described as "a twilight fantasy … an extended outdoor Stimmung". From a technical point of view, it tackles and solves the problem of coordinating independent harmonic groups.