Helicopter string quartet /

Stockhausen rehearses and talks about his Helicopter string quartet. The preparations, including test flights, are documented from the first rehearsal to the world première at the 1995 Holland Festival, of which excerpts are shown.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Stockhausen, Karlheinz, 1928-2007 (Composer)
Corporate Authors:	Arditti Quartet (Performer), Allegri Film, AVRO (Firm), Holland Festival
Other Authors:	Scheffer, Frank, 1956- (Director, Producer, Scenarist), Lee, Ton van der (Producer)
Format:	Conference Proceeding Video DVD
Language:	German English
Language Notes:	In German and English with subtitles in English, French, German, Dutch, Spanish, and Japanese.
Published:	[London] : Medici Arts, [2008]
Subjects:	Stockhausen, Karlheinz, > 1928-2007. > Licht. > Mittwoch. > Helikopter-Streichquartett. String quartets. Documentary films. Nonfiction films.

Description
Summary:	Stockhausen rehearses and talks about his Helicopter string quartet. The preparations, including test flights, are documented from the first rehearsal to the world première at the 1995 Holland Festival, of which excerpts are shown.
Item Description:	"Based on Helikopter Steichquartett, third act from Mittwoch aus Light, composed by Karheinz Stockhausen." Originally produced in 1995. Aspect ratio 4:3. Program notes containing introduction by Frank Scheffer, biographical information, and recommended recordings are inserted in container. Videorecording.
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (77 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:	DVD; Dolby digital 2.0; region code 0.
Production Credits:	Editor, Jan Wouter Van Reijen ; camera, Joost Van Gelder, Roelf-Jan Wentholt, Rene Van Der Eijk.