Kontakte by Karlheinz Stockhausen in Four Channels

Structure XIV / XV

Section 35. – dur. 00:28 (31:54-32:22)

Key Characteristics

Sudden break to rotating, two layers; opened spaces.

• LF > RB > RF > LB (quasi-figure 8)
• underlying sound is layered (3–4 layers / variable)
• variable rates of rotation relate to underlying sound complex
• Gesang der Jünglinge quote of descending perfect fourth, twice hinted, then sounded at 32:19