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- 4 September 2015
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When the British composer Max Richter premiered Sleep in London in 2015, the concert lasted all night with audience members reclining on beds. That’s because Sleep is designed to induce just that. It’s not just that the piece for piano and strings is soft, gentle, and reassuringly consonant, or that it lasts eight hours—long enough, in other words, to last until dawn. While composing the piece, Richter consulted with sleep neuroscientist David Eagleman, folding cutting-edge research on slow-wave phases of sleep—states crucial to learning and memory—into the very shape of the work. … read more
When the British composer Max Richter premiered Sleep in London in 2015, the concert lasted all night with audience members reclining on beds. That’s… read more
When the British composer Max Richter premiered Sleep in London in 2015, the concert lasted all night with audience members reclining on beds. That’s because Sleep is designed to induce … read more
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