Contemporary classical composer Max Richter has composed an eight hour piece thought to be the longest musical work ever recorded.
SLEEP, which has been scored for piano, strings, electronics and vocals, has been written to send the listener to sleep.
The piece will be debuted in September in Berlin, in a concert performance lasting from 12 midnight to 8am. The audience will be given beds instead of seats and programmes.
An eight-hour version will be available as a digital album while a shorter one-hour adaptation of the work will be released on CD, vinyl, download, and streaming formats.
Commenting, Max said: ‘It’s my personal lullaby for a frenetic world. A manifesto for a slower pace of existence.’
‘This isn’t something new in music, it goes back to Cage, Terry Riley, and LaMonte Young, and it’s coming around again partly as a reaction to our speeded-up lives – we are all in need of a pause button.’
Max has composed and released five solo albums and recomposed Vivaldi’s Four Seasons for a best-selling album in 2012.
maxrichtermusic.com
SLEEP, which has been scored for piano, strings, electronics and vocals, has been written to send the listener to sleep.
The piece will be debuted in September in Berlin, in a concert performance lasting from 12 midnight to 8am. The audience will be given beds instead of seats and programmes.
An eight-hour version will be available as a digital album while a shorter one-hour adaptation of the work will be released on CD, vinyl, download, and streaming formats.
Commenting, Max said: ‘It’s my personal lullaby for a frenetic world. A manifesto for a slower pace of existence.’
‘This isn’t something new in music, it goes back to Cage, Terry Riley, and LaMonte Young, and it’s coming around again partly as a reaction to our speeded-up lives – we are all in need of a pause button.’
Max has composed and released five solo albums and recomposed Vivaldi’s Four Seasons for a best-selling album in 2012.
maxrichtermusic.com
