Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Max Richter (Credit: Rory Van Millingen) German-born, U.K.-based Max Richter is one of the most successful composers in modern ...

In a new weekly column about the world of classical music, Tom Service bemoans Hollywood turning pieces into slop through overuse. Plus: Philip Glass withdraws his symphony from the Kennedy Center ...

The word “iconic” is much over-used, but there’s a particular piece of contemporary music for which the term feels exactly right. It’s the achingly sad piece that accompanies the final scene in Hamnet ...

We revisit Max Richter's Tiny Desk Concert from 2020. Half way through this performance of Max Richter's achingly beautiful On The Nature Of Daylight, I looked around our NPR Music office and saw ...

A discussion of re-using Max Richter’s “The Nature of Daylight,” leads Zhao to go deep on our culture’s problematic obsession with creating something new. While a guest on this week’s episode of the ...

‘On the Nature of Daylight’ Isn’t Just a Needle Drop in HamnetTo some, the use of Max Richter’s best-known song at the end of Hamnet is like a cheat code. To the composer himself, it’s something else ...

Composer Max Richter turned to Elizabethan-era instruments and a women’s choir to help find “Hamnet‘s” emotional tone. “Hamnet” is based on Maggie O’Farrell’s 2020 novel, and tells the story of ...