This music is meant to help you fall asleep! The composer Max Richter, who was born in Germany but grew up in England, composed Sleep, an 8-hour (!) Work that the audience can experience in a reclining position. Sleep is intended as a manifesto, a kind of pause button in our hectic, busy existence. Sleep is not only a necessity of life for people, sleep also creates room for creativity. Although
… trained classically, Richter likes to combine his knowledge of classical music with modern technologies and movements such as minimal music and ambient. With Sleep, the pace is very slow. The structure is a set of variations. Richter plays repeating chords on the piano, organ or synthesizer. Strings play lyrical, step-by-step melodies, cosmic electronic sound fields float by… Wonderfully soothing! (SvdP)more
