Max Richter announces ambitious new project ‘VOICES’ featuring an “upside-down orchestra”
nme.comMax Richter has announced his new album ‘VOICES’, an ambitious project that features what’s described as an “upside-down orchestra” and hundreds of people reading the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in over 70 languages.Richter crowd-sourced the vocals by asking for fan submissions, while the orchestra is “upside-down” because of the number of each instrument featured – twelve double basses, 24 cellos, 6 violas, 8 violins and a harp.
The album is released on July 31.The first music from the new album, released which was premiered live at a performance at London’s Barbican Centre in February, comes in the form of ‘All Human Beings’, which you can hear below alongside a video directed by Yulia Mahr.“The opening words of the declaration,.
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