Max Richter : The New Four Seasons

When Max Richters Recomposed first exploded into our collective ears almost a decade ago, a 59-minutes-28-seconds sonic starburst, the effect for so many people was total. We hadnt heard anything like that, ever. Experiencing it felt as though we were being catapulted onto another plane, reverberated through the cosmos by this epiphanic soundworld.

I see this as a multi-dimensional project. Its a new trip through this text using Vivaldis own colours, so you have different eras talking to one another, which makes us feel how vibrant and relevant those colours still are. But, hopefully, its also recomposing the social structure of our classical music culture to some extent, and focusing on different perspectives, which is really exciting and important to me. I dont see this as a replacement, but it is another way of looking at the material. Its like shining a light through something from a fresh angle. Theres a romance about that, as if a lay