Saturday, 15 February 2014

24 January 2014. Max Richter performing Memoryhouse at the Barbican.



A sell-out for Max and the BBC SO with an audience made of many fans. The music seems so clearly to demonstrate its roots in Glass and Part that the step forward was rather muted for me. Memoryhouse comprises 18 movements that strangely felt to me quite disjunctive and yet flowed together. However, unlike many in the audience I did not feel compelled to buy the Vinyl (or CD )and have it signed by the maestro. Somehow, I did not feel the work would convert so well from the concert hall to the living room.

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