"Next to the window of Max Richter's studio, a telescope points at the bright sky. It's 3 p.m., but for the German-British composer, it feels like dawn. I've been adjusting my biological clock to the schedule of my upcoming concerts for days, he says via video conference from the top floor of his house in Oxfordshire. These controlled jet lag sessions will allow me to come onto the stage refreshed."
"That album changed his life. My relationship with the public took an unexpected turn, he confesses. I realized that the traditional concert format could be too rigid. From there, the post-minimalist style of his early work gradually gained a more mainstream profile through commissions for film including the highly praised soundtrack of Mary Queen of Scots television series such as The Leftovers and Black Mirror,"
Max Richter prepared his body clock with controlled 'jet lag' sessions to perform eight-hour Sleep concerts as immersive overnight experiences. The anniversary concerts at Alexandra Palace will offer 850 numbered beds and include breakfast, creating a staged nocturnal listening environment. Sleep is an eight-hour composition for string quartet, piano, organ, voice, and electronics that significantly altered Richter's public profile. Post-minimalist works led to mainstream commissions for film, television, and fashion. Recent projects include music for a Hamnet adaptation and an upcoming Violin Concerto premiered by Anne-Sophie Mutter. Sleep amassed billions of streams and topped classical charts.
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