Moderne Mandag concert with two avant-garde classics that are among the most significant and influential of the 20th century - with almost iconic status. Not only in the classical music environments, but also top names in rock, pop and jazz have referred to them as sources of inspiration. Several Danish composers continue to be indebted to the two composers, who had both been obvious candidates for the Léonie Sonning Music Prize. Gunnar Berg knew both composers personally, he met John Cage as the first Dane in 1949 in Paris, Stockhausen in 1952 in Darmstadt. The two works represent important shifts in the musical composers' musical thinking - away from a writing style that was particularly dominant in early Stockhausen, where everything is regulated by well-organized, complex systems that were increasingly perceived as lock-in, in favor of a simpler, more intuitive and spontaneous way based on random principles, characterized by Indian philosophy, Zen Buddhism and the Chinese I Ching (Book of Transformations). Stockhausen's Procession has only been performed in Denmark once, on 1 June 1967 by Gruppe Stockhausen on a major tour from Helsinki via Stockholm, Oslo, Bergen, Copenhagen and London to the international holiday courses in Darmstadt. John Cage's work is a Danish premiere.

NEKO3 • Marco Fusi viola (IT) • Fei Nie klaver 1 (CHINA-DK) • Oscar Micaelsson piano 2 (SE) • Lorenzo Colombo Percussion (IT) • Kalle Hakosalo percussion (FIN) • Xavier Bonfill Electronics (ES)

PROGRAM

• John Cage: The Ten Thousand Things

• Karlheinz Stockhausen: Procession

The concert is part of the Danish-German cultural friendship year 2020.

Link for tickets: Cage & Stockhausen