Max Richter C/D/S/D

Thanks Pomenitul!

You should definitely participate if we do another notated music poll!

Really enjoyed Richter at Blenheim Palace at the weekend, helped by the weather and wine (which induced a vague "being on holiday" feeling).

Got the impression that the crowd was split between people wanting to hear Vivaldi at Blenheim and those wanting to hear "Max Richter" (though I suppose there's some cross-over). A handful of people left when he started playing his own music. Standout track was "Tuesday" from Woolf Works. Someone sat along from us sobbed and sobbed through it.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b08xypdv/the-royal-ballet-woolf-works

Excellent!

Oh wow, thanks for the heads up!

Have watched about half of it, so far. I'm intrigued as to how it is viewed as a "ballet" as distinct from a "Max Richter score".

New music video for 'On the Nature of Daylight':

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InyT9Gyoz_o

i think if i were a Serious Composer i would still be bitter about film scores having ever been a thing

x-post: can't stand that video for "On The Nature of Daylight". Feels like misery porn.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIQf3lw4INA

It's probably a laughable giant cliche that makes me a boring predictable shithead, but I play this album for my daughter to sleep to every night. She loves it. She'll now tell Alexa to put it on when she's ready for bed.

The clip posted above is actually the only section she doesn't like. If she hasn't fallen asleep by the time that section comes on she has to skip it. Kind of creepy / scary sound for something occurring in the middle of sleep.

I must admit I'm intrigued as to where his/his partner's Oxfordshire studio is ... on the site of an old llama farm, apparently (which made me think the bottom of Cumnor Hill).