‘For this Prom 11 in 2013, the singers, Ex Cathedra, with Jeffrey Skidmore (director), recreated the first scene, Welt-Parliament [from the opera Mittwoch aus Licht]. It was a good choice because the segment focuses on the variety of voices and vocal techniques. This is an extension of Stockhausen’s concept of breaking sound into cells, reconstituting them into something new. Stockhausen is also deconstructing the idea of language…” (Opera Today). Read more…