Helicopter String Quartet

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.

Country:

Netherlands

Genre:

Documentary,

Music

Duration:

81 minutes

Year:

1996

Director:

Frank Scheffer

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Company:

Allegri Film

Cast:

Himself

Self

Self

Self

Self

Crew:

Director

Camera Technician

Sound Designer

Musical

Producer