Stockhausen helicopter quartet .. it is actually quite good (in my opinion) but it takes a while.
Four members of a string quartet in 4 helicopters trying to be in sync. And they are listening to ‘click tracks’ on their headphones. Stockhausen wanted the sounds of the helicopter to be part of the piece. Each member of the quartet says in sequence 1, 2, 3, 4 to show they are in sync.
It is rarely performed.
It grows on you …
[Stockhausen came from the star Sirius but when informed it was a star he decided he came from a planet around Sirius]
