The Rotary Quintet was composed in September 1997 on a commission from Henrik Rolf Hanstein, President of the Rotary Club of Cologne-Römerturm, on the occasion of the club's 25th anniversary. It was first performed by musikFabrik (Helen Bledsoe, flute, Peter Veale, oboe, Nina Janßen, clarinet, Jan Babinec, horn, and Alban Wesley, bassoon) on 25 October 1997 at a meeting of the club held at the Schloss Dyck in Jüchen in the Rhein-Kreis Neuss (Stockhausen 1998).
| Date of composition | 1997 (September 1997) |
| Premiered | 1997, October 25th in Neuss, Germany |
| Catalogue | Nr. 70 (1/2) |
| Approx. duration | 9 minutes |
| Instruments | Wind Quintet |
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Karlheinz Stockhausen: Rotary Wind Quintet, Nr. 70 (1/2) Karlheinz Stockhausen: Rotary Wind Quintet, Nr. 70 (1/2) Karlheinz Stockhausen: Rotary Wind Quintet, Nr. 70 (1/2) |