Max Richter
In A Landscape Tour
A bridge between two works written decades apart but resonating with the same tensions. The increasingly hostile winds of war have touched the sensitive and prescient soul of Max Richter, the composer who, more than any other in this century, has claimed full critical recognition for the ‘modern classical’ genre. He has done so by creating works designed to stand the test of time: austere harmonic worlds in which electronics and chamber ensembles speak the same language and vibrate with the same anxieties.
By abolishing the boundaries of time, Richter’s music is both intimate and social, born of private trauma and evolving into collective concerns. It offers a glimpse of escape routes to be travelled together, rediscovering the value of beauty.
