Helicopter String QuartetMovie
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.
About Helicopter String Quartet
Helicopter String Quartet is a 1996 documentary, music movie directed by Frank Scheffer.
The production information lists a runtime of 1h 21m, production credits from Netherlands, an original language code of DE.
The credited cast includes Karlheinz Stockhausen, Irvine Arditti, Graeme Jennings, Garth Knox. The synopsis above summarizes the central premise without adding details beyond the available title information.
