On Sun, Jan 18, 2009 at 02:22:02PM +0100, Jörn Nettingsmeier wrote: > even greater than the engineering challenge will be the challenge of > getting anybody to pay for that bs^H^Hthe realisation of such a > visionary piece of art. which seems to have succeeded :)
(from and interview on Radio 3 with the director of Rome's Parco della Musica): Stockhausen visited the Parco della Musica not very long before he died, and on seeing the place (designed by Renzo Piano), mentioned to the director it would be an excellent location for the Helicopter Quartet. The director somehow felt morally obliged to get this organised... The event was part of the Science Festival going on at the location. > <flamebait>while i do have a soft spot for the old geezer from sirius, i > think the money would have been better spent on a whole bunch of other > works less heavy on artistic hubris and a bit better equipped in the > taste department.</flamebait> We had quite some Stockhausen the past months - I remember at least Hymnen and Stimmung being broadcast live recently. Ciao, -- FA Laboratorio di Acustica ed Elettroacustica Parma, Italia O tu, che porte, correndo si ? E guerra e morte ! _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-dev
