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KLANG: A Tribute to Karlheinz Stockhausen will run from 1 to 9 November 2008 and will include UK premieres of several major Stockhausen works and the world premiere of Urantia. Six of the works to be performed are from the KLANG cycle, a cycle of pieces based on the 24 hours of the day. KLANG was being written right up to the composer’s death in December 2007, by which time he had completed 21 of the 24 hours. The festival has been curated by Southbank Centre Associate Artist Oliver Knussen. Knussen was in close touch with Stockhausen before he died and it was to him that the composer had entrusted the performance of what turned out to be his last work, Zodiac.