Film

Helikopter Streichquartett (1996)

• 17 oktober 1996
• 1u 21m

• Documentaire
• Muziek

Overzicht

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.

Regisseur

Frank Scheffer

Scenaristen

Frank Scheffer

Met in de hoofdrol

Karlheinz Stockhausen, Irvine Arditti, Graeme Jennings