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 ...

You’re probably already familiar with “On the Nature of Daylight.” Composed for the 2004 album The Blue Notebooks, Max Richter’s stirring piece for a small strings ensemble has made its way into the ...

Pro tip: If you're in the mood for a little time travel, a trip to the movie theater to see Chloé Zhao's Hamnet is guaranteed to transport you backwards through the ages. When this author first saw ...

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 ...

[Editor's note: The following interview contains spoilers for "Hamnet."] The rest was supposed to be silence. But do not blame composer Max Richter for the devastating deployment of "On the Nature of ...

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 ...

Max Richter, the German-born British composer, has never shied away from a concept. For his new record, In a Landscape, Richter expressed interest in “connecting or reconciling polarities.” This is a ...

‘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 ...

To some, the use of Max Richter’s best-known song at the end of Hamnet is like a cheat code to get audiences crying. To the composer himself, it’s something else entirely. Photo: Agata ...