A Soundtrack for Slumber: Max Richter’s 8-Plus-Hour Overnight ‘Sleep’ Concert
In a giant loft space with 160 beds overlooking downtown Manhattan, concertgoers came to experience the sounds of the live nightlong performance intended to help them hit "pause" and sleep, or not sleep, as they wished.
By Maura Corrigan
May 7, 2018
Music and sleep have been connected in our minds ever since the sweet sounds of the lullaby first helped people drift off into slumber. And in fact research shows that listening to relaxing music before going to bed helps improve sleep quality in people who don’t rest well. But what happens if the music is playing all night long — via a live performance?
That’s one thing German-born British composer and pianist Max Richter set out to examine with his eight-plus-hour-long performance of Sleep, a 31-song masterpiece that he and the American Contemporary Music Ensemble performed at Spring Studios in New York City Friday and Saturday nights. (Officially titled "Beautyrest Presents: Max Richter's Sleep," the U.S. premiere of the event happened in March at South By Southwest in Austin, Texas.)
https://www.everydayhealth.com/sleep/soundtrack-slumber-max-richters-8-plus-hour-overnight-sleep-concert/
