Helicopter String Quartet (1996)
Helicopter String Quartet (1996)
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.

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Cast

Karlheinz Stockhausen Karlheinz Stockhausen As: Himself
Irvine Arditti Irvine Arditti As: Self
Graeme Jennings Graeme Jennings As: Self
Garth Knox Garth Knox As: Self
Rohan de Saram Rohan de Saram As: Self
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Storyline

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.


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Details

Genres: Documentary, Music

Language: English, Deutsch

Release Date: 17 October 1996

Country: NL

Runtime: 81m

Company Credits

Company: Allegri Film

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Costume and Makeup

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Sound

Visual Effects

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Camera

Herman Verschuur

Herman Verschuur

Camera Technician

René van der Eijk

René van der Eijk

Director of Photography

Roelf-Jan Wentholt

Roelf-Jan Wentholt

Director of Photography

Joost van Gelder

Joost van Gelder

Director of Photography

Lighting

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Other Crew

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