Released:
1996-10-17

Overview:
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

Runtime:
1h 21min

Genre:
Documentary, Music

• Cast:
• 
  Karlheinz Stockhausen
  as
  Himself
• 
  Irvine Arditti
  as
  Self
• 
  Graeme Jennings
  as
  Self
• 
  Garth Knox
  as
  Self
• 
  Rohan de Saram
  as
  Self