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VÖ in Deutschland: 13. Juni 2008 DVD Video des Labels Medici Arts Im Vertrieb der NAXOS Deutschland GmbH KARLHEINZ STOCKHAUSEN Helicopter String Quartet Performed by the Arditti Quartet A film by Frank Scheffer Picture Format: NTSC • 4:3 fullscreen Sound Formats: Dolby Digital 2.0 Region Code: 0 Languages: German, English, French, Spanish, Japanese, Dutch Booklet Notes: English Running Time: 77 mins FSK: o.A Das Helikopter-Streichquartett von Karlheinz Stockhausen ist eines der kontroversesten Kunstwerke der letzten Jahre. Wie vom Komponisten vorgesehen, saßen und spielten die vier Mitglieder des Arditti Quartetts bei der Uraufführung auf dem Holland Festival 1995 in vier separat fliegenden Hubschraubern. Die Musik des Quartetts wird in einen speziellen Raum übertragen und dort in einem Mischpult gemixt. Der Regisseur Frank Scheffer zeigt in seinem Dokumentarfilm die komplexen Vorbereitungen im Vorfeld der Premiere und gibt spannende Einblicke in die Konzeption und Ausführung aus Sicht des Komponisten. So berichtet Stockhausen, dass ihm die Idee zu seinem Werk während eines Traumes kam, in welchem die Musiker im Stande waren zu fliegen. Danach arbeitete er eine faszinierende Partitur aus, in der jede einzelne Stimme in einer anderen Farbe geschrieben war und mit der Melodieführung den Vogelflug in unterschiedlichen Formationen imitiert. Stockhausen erläutert und analysiert darüber hinaus auch den Inhalt des Werkes, insbesondere wie die Musik des Quartetts mit den typischen Schall-Charakteristika des Helikopters verschmilzt. Frank Scheffer begibt sich hinter die Kulissen und zeigt anhand der Entwicklung in den verschiedenen Produktionsstufen den ungeheuren Aufwand, der zur Verwirklichung des Helikopter-Quartetts notwendig war.

Channel: Music
Uploaded: June 27, 2008 at 7:06 am
Author: NAXOSvideo

Length: 0:03:05
Rating: 4.29
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DannyDaWriter (Saturday 29th of November 2008 03:01:57 PM)
To proceed, however, one must take into account the history of music. That is what many avant-garde musicians have done — even Xenakis had to study traditional Western music theory, even if his music doesn't necessarily reflect this. Also, I wouldn't necessarily call any new work "avant-garde" (I know you have not said this). There have been plenty of works that have propelled art evolution and yet were considered "good" (subjective, I know) by a majority.
DannyDaWriter (Saturday 29th of November 2008 03:03:44 PM)
Before anyone calls me someone who dislikes this music, I'd be happy to report to you that I am very well appreciative of avant-garde music. I just don't appreciate all the hatred from some members of the movement, however, toward those who listen to tonal music as well. I enjoy both — one minute I listen to Vivaldi or Bach, and the next I listen to Xenakis or Ligeti, for example.
DannyDaWriter (Saturday 29th of November 2008 03:15:00 PM)
At the same time, however, I don't appreciate people from the tonal side of the world barking at those who compose or appreciate the avante-garde. If you don't like it, so be it, but please do not insult us as if we were criminals!
DannyDaWriter (Saturday 29th of November 2008 03:17:48 PM)
If one doesn't mind me making a side comment: Is anyone else reminded of the Mac vs PC battles when one sees the arguments between traditional and avant-garde music?
hmoy24677 (Saturday 29th of November 2008 06:53:17 PM)
Couldn´t agree more. Quoting Schönberg: "there is still a lot to be written in C major".
DannyDaWriter (Saturday 29th of November 2008 03:00:01 PM)
You're using a grievously false dichotomy — simply because people are "Mozartian" doesn't necessarily mean they're completely hermited to only one period of music. Don't get me wrong — I love the Helicopter Quartet and many other compositions by Stockhausen, but I don't necessarily think that someone who only listens to tonal music is secluding themselves from other music.
xXmusicman007Xx (Thursday 20th of November 2008 09:06:22 AM)
OMG stcokhausen ROCKZ!"
zandax (Tuesday 18th of November 2008 05:44:11 AM)
What people often forget is, that these noises are _easy_ to make. Turn some knobs on a synthesizer, record some things in downtown, whatever... It can be classified as "random". Writing a classical symphony is way harder, believe me.
hmoy24677 (Tuesday 18th of November 2008 07:15:42 AM)
FYI I'm a composer myself of both, acoustic and electronic music, I have composed symphonic music several times, and both of them are equally difficult. And these noises are by no means "easy to make". It is way more than turning knobs.
chrisly123 (Sunday 9th of November 2008 07:01:10 AM)
But this 'music' wasn't made for the music. It was a breakthrough from the boundaries of everything that was ever made. And I agree with people below, its pushing people to understand the music rather than just listen to it. And to do that you must appreciate what this man did for music and how we percieve it today.