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28
Dec 22

Stimmung is for Lovers

Feburary 14th 6PM, at Miller Theatre, Ekmeles performs Karlheinz Stockhausen’s legendary 1969 work Stimmung.

A work that explores the interiority of vowels and the self, Stimmung manages to be utopian, private, universal, spiritual, sexual, goofy, and ecstatic all at once. And we plan to bring it to you every Valentine’s Day.

  • Karlheinz Stockhausen – Stimmung (1968)

Doors are at 5:30, concert at 6. The duration of the work is approximately 72′ with no intermission.

Personnel for concert

Ekmeles’s 2022-2023 season is made possible with funds from the Amphion Foundation, The Aaron Copland Fund for Music, The Alice M. Ditson Fund, The Fritz Reiner Center for Contemporary Music, by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature. This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council. Ekmeles is a recipient of the 2023 Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation Ensemble Prize.

Logos of Ekmeles's funders: New York State, New York City, Ernst von Siemens Musikstiftung, The Amphion Foundation, The Aaron Copland Fund for Music, the Alice M. Ditson fund

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Shows — Comments Off on Long Play: Stimmung
14
Apr 22

Long Play: Stimmung

April 29th 5PM, at Mark Morris Dance Center, Ekmeles opens Bang on a Can’s Long Play Festival with a performance of Karlheinz Stockhausen’s legendary 1969 work Stimmung.

A work that explores the interiority of vowels and the self, Stimmung manages to be utopian, private, universal, spiritual, sexual, goofy, and ecstatic all at once.

  • Karlheinz Stockhausen – Stimmung (1969)

Personnel for concert

Ekmeles’s 2021-2022 season is made possible with funds from the Amphion Foundation, The Aaron Copland Fund for Music, The Alice M. Ditson Fund, The Fritz Reiner Center for Contemporary Music, by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature. This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.

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Shows — Comments Off on In the Sky I Am Walking – Online
07
Jul 20

In the Sky I Am Walking – Online

Ekmeles’s core female vocalists perform a special live-stream edition of Karlheinz Stockhausen’s In the Sky I am Walking and a November 15th 2019 recording of a live performance of Raven Chacon’s Asdzaa Nádleehé & Yoolgai Asdzaa. Artists maya + rouvelle have created video elements for this special event, streamed from the singers’ home in Brooklyn.

Stockhausen’s theatrical work is based on English translations of poetry from the Chippewa, Pawnee, Nootka, Teton Sioux, Ayacucho, and Aztec nations. Chacon’s work is titled for two powerful goddesses in the Navajo tradition, Changing Woman and White Shell woman. The text draws on important elements of the Diné Bahane’ (Navajo: Story of the People). Pianist Steven Beck joined the singers for this work.

  • Karlheinz Stockhausen – In the Sky I Am Walking (1972)
  • Raven Chacon – Asdzaa Nádleehé & Yoolgai Asdzaa (2016)

Ekmeles personnel for concert

Ekmeles’s 2019-2020 season is made possible with funds from the Amphion Foundation, The Aaron Copland Fund for Music, The Alice M. Ditson Fund, The Fritz Reiner Center for Contemporary Music, and the generosity of private donors.

This program is made possible in part with public funds from Creative Engagement, supported by New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature and administered by LMCC; and funding from the Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone Development Corporation and administered by LMCC.

Performance details

  • Date: Saturday, July 18th 2020
  • Time: 8:00pm
  • City: Ekmeles in Brooklyn
  • Venue: Online
  • Admission: Free
  • Notes: In the Sky I Am Walking: Works by Raven Chacon and Karlheinz Stockhausen, live from Brooklyn.
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16
Sep 19

In the Sky I Am Walking

Ekmeles’s core female vocalists perform Karlheinz Stockhausen’s In the Sky I am Walking and Raven Chacon’s Asdzaa Nádleehé & Yoolgai Asdzaa. Stockhausen’s theatrical work is based on English translations of poetry from the Chippewa, Pawnee, Nootka, Teton Sioux, Ayacucho, and Aztec nations. Chacon’s work is titled for two powerful goddesses in the Navajo tradition, Changing Woman and White Shell woman. The text draws on important elements of the Diné Bahane’ (Navajo: Story of the People). Pianist Steven Beck will join the singers for this work.

  • Karlheinz Stockhausen – In the Sky I Am Walking (1972)
  • Raven Chacon – Asdzaa Nádleehé & Yoolgai Asdzaa (2016) New York Premiere

Ekmeles personnel for concert

Ekmeles’s 2019-2020 season is made possible with funds from the Amphion Foundation, The Aaron Copland Fund for Music, The Alice M. Ditson Fund, The Fritz Reiner Center for Contemporary Music, and the generosity of private donors.

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Blogs — Comments Off on End Words and Stimmung
29
Mar 18

End Words and Stimmung

This program features two works presenting a confluence of where we are and where we have been in the world of vocal ensemble music. Christopher Trapani’s End Words is a Chamber Music America commission for six voices and six-channel electronics, built on hours of precisely micro-tuned samples of Ekmeles. This new work is paired with Karlheinz Stockhausen’s Stimmung, a seminal work of microtonal vocal ensemble music.

  • Christopher Trapani – End Words (2017)
  • Karlheinz Stockhausen – Stimmung (1968)

Ekmeles personnel for concert

End Words has been made possible by the Chamber Music America Classical Commissioning Program, with generous funding provided by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and the Chamber Music America Endowment Fund.

Ekmeles in Manhattan, Spring 2018 is made possible in part with public funds from Creative Engagement, supported by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council and the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and administered by Lower Manhattan Cultural Council. LMCC.net

Performance details

  • Date:
    Saturday, May 26th 2018
  • Time:
    8:00pm
  • City:

    Ekmeles in
    New York
  • Venue:
    Saint Peter’s Church
  • Address:
    346 W 20th St
  • Admission:
    $20/$15 students
  • Notes:
    End Words and Stimmung: Brand new and classic microtonal works for voices
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29
Mar 14

Stimmung

Ekmeles performs Karlheinz Stockhausen’s immortal masterpiece for vocal ensemble, preceded by a 6:45PM talk by director Jeffrey Gavett and Stockhausen scholar Paul V. Miller.

  • Karlheinz Stockhausen – Stimmung (1968)

Personnel for concert

This performance is made possible in part with public funds from the Manhattan Community Arts Fund, supported by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council and administered by Lower Manhattan Cultural Council.

Stimmung acknowledgment

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