Helikopter Streichquartett
October 17, 1996
1h 21m
DE
Frank Scheffer
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.
Karlheinz Stockhausen
Himself
Irvine Arditti
Self
Graeme Jennings
Self
Frank Scheffer
4
Garth Knox
Self
Rohan de Saram
Self
Allegri Film
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