STOCKHAUSEN HARLEKIN DER KLEINE DETSCHE GRAMAPHONE 2531 006 1978 M-

Description: Harlekin (Harlequin) is a composition for unaccompanied clarinet by Karlheinz Stockhausen, named for the commedia dell'arte character Harlequin. It was composed in 1975 and is Number 42 in his catalogue of works. A shorter, derived work called Der kleine Harlekin is Number 42½. Harlekin was composed for the clarinetist Suzanne Stephens to dance to her own playing. It was begun at Easter 1975 in Morocco, and completed on Christmas Eve of the same year on Big Corn Island off the coast of Nicaragua. In an interview from October 1984, Stockhausen recalled the circumstances: "I can see it in front of me. A rocky shore with a small restaurant on it, and the timber house where I wrote most of HARLEKIN. I can see the oil that was poured on the floor to fight those horrid cockroaches".The work was premiered on 7 March 1976 in the Große Sendesaal of the WDR in Cologne by Suzanne Stephens. Although intended primarily for a dancing clarinetist, it can also be performed as "pure" music, in which case the notated dance rhythms are to be played on tabla, a Kandy drum, or similar drum. It may also be performed by a clarinetist at the side of the stage on which a dancer performs the choreography. There is an arrangement for flute, as well. Karlheinz Stockhausen, Suzanne Stephens – Harlekin Label: Deutsche Grammophon – 2531 006 Format: Vinyl, LP Country: Germany Released: 1978 Genre: Classical Style: Contemporary A Harlekin 27:29 B1 Harlekin (Fortsetzung / Continued / Suite) 16:14 B2 Der Kleine Harlekin 8:42

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