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Helicopter String Quartet

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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.

Directed byFrank Scheffer

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 21m
Language
DE
Released
October 17, 1996
Studios
Allegri Film

Featuring

Cast & crew

5 credited
Starring
Karlheinz Stockhausen

Karlheinz Stockhausen

Himself

Irvine Arditti

Self

Graeme Jennings

Self

Garth Knox

Self

Rohan de Saram

Self

Creative team
Directed by
Frank Scheffer
Frank Scheffer
Written by
Frank Scheffer
Frank Scheffer
Produced by
Frank Scheffer
Frank Scheffer
Ton Van Der Lee

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