 In a press conference in Hamburg on 16 September 2001 , Stockhausen was asked by a journalist whether the characters in Licht were for him " merely some figures out of a common cultural history " or rather " material appearances " . The composer replied , " I pray daily to Michael , but not to Lucifer . I have renounced him . But he is very much present , like in New York recently " ( Stockhausen 2002 , 76 ) . The same journalist then asked how the events of 11 September had affected him , and how he viewed reports of the attack in connection with the harmony of humanity represented in Hymnen . He answered : 
