BBC Proms - 2008 - Prom 20: Stockhausen Day, Part 1 - Prom 20 - Part 2

From the Royal Albert Hall, London, Sarah Walker introduces the conclusion of this Prom exploring the work of the German composer Stockhausen, who would have celebrated his 80th birthday this year. The programme includes Gruppen (Groups) for three spatially separated ensembles and Kontakte for piano and percussion - referring to contact between instrumental and electronic sounds, which was written in the late 1950s. Marco Blaauw (trumpet) Nicolas Hodges (piano) Colin Currie (percussion) Kathinka Pasveer, Igor Kavulek, Bryan Wolf (sound projection) Sound by Design BBC Symphony Orchestra David Robertson, Martyn Brabbins, Pascal Rophe (conductors) Stockhausen: Kontakte; Gruppen (repeat performance).