Max Richter (b 1966)

Donald Macleod chats to Max Richter, one of the world’s most
in-demand composers


German-born British musician Max Richter is one of the most
influential composers of his generation. A streaming sensation
with over a billion listens, he blends classical and electronic
elements in his music and is just as at home on 6Music as on
Radio 3. He’s a producer, pianist and serial collaborator whose
trailblazing work ranges from ballets and orchestral works to
major Hollywood scores and solo albums. At his studio in rural
Oxfordshire, Donald sits down with Max to talk about his musical
life, from making synthesisers in his bedroom, to Grammy
nominations, writing the world’s longest lullaby and tackling
some of society’s biggest questions through the medium of music.
Across the week, we dig into Max’s eclectic back catalogue, and
journey through one of his most popular works, his
reinterpretation of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons.


Music Featured:


Spring 1 (Recomposed by Max Richter: Vivaldi, The Four Seasons)
Last Days Sketchbook Andras Spring (Recomposed by Max Richter:
Vivaldi, The Four Seasons) Gongstream (excerpt) The Blue
Notebooks On the Nature of Daylight Summer (Recomposed by Max
Richter: Vivaldi, The Four Seasons) Flowers for Yulia ; Autumn
Music 2 Selection from 24 Postcards in Full Colour Waltz with
Bashir (excerpts) Infra (excerpts) Three Worlds: Woolf Works
(III. Orlando - excerpts) Sleep (excerpt) Dream 3 (in the midst
of my life) Path 5 (delta) Voices : All Human Beings ; Origins
Winter (Recomposed by Max Richter: Vivaldi, The Four Seasons)
Mercy


Presented by Donald Macleod Produced by Amelia Parker, for BBC
Audio Cardiff For full track listings, including artist and
recording details, and to listen to the pieces featured in full
(for 30 days after broadcast) head to the series page for Max
Richter (b. 1966) https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001ghdw And
you can delve into the A-Z of all the composers we’ve featured on
Composer of the Week here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/3cjHdZlXwL7W41XGB77X3S0/composers-a-to-z