What a great conzzzert
19 June 2015 - 02:04
People since time immemorial have been dozing off in concert halls. Now British composer Max Richter has written an eight-hour-long piece called SLEEP which he says is designed to make people nod off during the performance - with beds provided."It's an eight-hour lullaby," Richter, one of Britain's leading contemporary composers, said on Wednesday."It's a piece of night-time music and I'm hoping people will sleep through it," Richter says in a trailer for the piece on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6aFKng8-sc). ..
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