Helicopter String Quartet Again!

Today, I see that the controversial and much talked-about piece of Karlheinz Stockhausen, the Helicopter String Quartet, is scheduled for its “4th time ever” real performance at January 18, 2009, in Rome. The first 3 performances were held at the premier day of the piece[1], at June 26, 1996 with the Arditti Quartet playing the strings, then there is the CD recording from 1996, that was actually done in a mobile studio with the helicopter sounds mixed into the 4 separate recording rooms[2], which I frankly find kind of “lame”, but there is no doubt that it is really hard and expensive to get all the things done right for performing and recording this piece so its understandable.

The 2009 performance will also feature the Arditti Quartet. If you are around Rome, I think you can get your tickets from here:
http://www.auditorium.com/eventi/4929777

[1]: http://www.stockhausen.org/helicopter_intro.html
[2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helikopter-Streichquartett