Helicopter String Quartet
1996•1h 21m•6.0•Released
DocumentaryMusic
One morning, the late Karlheinz Stockhausen awoke from a dream that told him to take to the sky. Stockhausen envisioned four helicopters swirling in the clouds, with each of a quartet’s members tucked inside his own chopper, communicating through headsets, stringing away in sync to the rotor-blade motors. He immediately set forth to make that dream a reality. In 1995, Dutch film director Scheffer followed Stockhausen in the days leading up to the premiere performance of his Helicopter String Quartet in Amsterdam. The resulting film offers a rare glimpse of Stockhausen as he patiently dictates every agonizingly detailed measure to the Arditti Quartet.
Director
Frank Scheffer
Writer
Frank Scheffer
Languages
German, English
Studio
Allegri Film
Cast
Karlheinz Stockhausen
Himself
Irvine Arditti
Self
Graeme Jennings
Self
Garth Knox
Self
Rohan de Saram
Self
Production
Company
Allegri Film
Producer
Frank Scheffer
Producer
Ton Van Der Lee
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