@@thomasdiehn4469 we may know death is in the end, and suffering is most certainly along the way, but the beauty underlining it all and the joys intertwined make it all worthwhile. god i get emotional with this
My brother died 3 months ago. Suicide. I often go to his gravesite and play this video. It helps me. Helps me feel things that I haven't felt since his death. Helps me feel warmth and comfort. Helps me think back and remember memories of him. I'm so thankful for Max Richter and his ability to make me feel these things with his beautiful music.
Music has the power to heal. Suicide in America is all too common. I have lost family to suicide, and I've known other people who have, as well. As my mother used to say, take a few minutes each day just for yourself...find a moment of joy, beauty, and peace.
So sorry for your loss. Max Richters music has also helped me process my grief with my mom and other childhood traumas. She died from accidental overdose. His music helps me feel the big emotions that I have a hard time communicating or understanding
You know I've had my head tilted up to the stars for as long as I can remember. You know what surprised me the most? It wasn't meeting them. It was meeting you.
Once you really dive into the ethereal soundscapes created by neoclassical geniuses like Nils Frahm, Olafur Arnalds, and Max Richter, there is truly no turning back .
If anyones interested I'd so appreciate if you check my RUclips channel! I post different genres of music & compose my own music in Contemporary Classical genre. Thank you guys! ❤🎹🤗
Thank you for your potent comment. Broke my heart open. I'm a pianist composer. Haven't played much due to a challenging home situation. This is changing in a month. Then I will have a marathon love affair with my precious piano.
I know this sentiment has been expressed over and over already here, but “On the Nature of Daylight” was the song I showed a friend in order to explain what I felt while I was going through a very hard time in my life. After which they simply said “I had no idea. I’m so sorry.” The power of Max’s music to convey the human experience is incredible.
I had never heard of Max Richter until I played this episode of the podcast and was moved to tears while I drove home. I am so grateful to Tiny Desk and All Songs Considered for introducing me to so much wonderful music that I never would have discovered otherwise. There is so much beauty in the world. It isn't always easy to find it.
"I used to think this was the beginning of your story. Memory is a strange thing. We are so bounded by time, by its order. But now I am not sure if I believe in beginnings and endings".
Our beginning and ending was never up to us. We are the creation of another's ink. We are millstones in deep waters fighting not to sink. Marbles upon sand trying to find their way. Just sketches on artist page in his power to erase...or to save. Like beautiful monarchs in the sky short lifespan at anytime can be taken away. Myself still swinging from this chrysalis attached to a tree yet to reach full maturity. Briefer than the music in dreams, is being loved; they say love oneself the beginning of, I disagree, being loved by another is the beginning of all things. By words we were created, by words the world was made.
@@orren6635 I agree on you but just one thing. You Need to love yourself to really apreciate the truly Nature of what is love first. But maybe that happens only when someone loves you? So in the end im totally agree ha ha
On the Nature of Daylight is right up there on my top 10 favorite pieces of music of all time. An absolute masterpiece I can’t listen to in public because I will weep uncontrollably
We had to take our daughter to the ER this morning... when they told me one parent I was heart broken, angry and felt useless.. my wife luckily can be with her but it’s killing me just sitting in the parking garage with my anxiety and stress. I have been listening to his music for about 3 hours now, it is extremely healing and calming. Thank you Max for making this heavenly music
I just now saw your post here, Steffan. I sure hope things are going better for your family. Sorry you didn’t get much of a response six months ago; but when I browsed through the comments, it seems like many listeners were also just treading water in life. But you deserved more-and still do. Good wishes to you, Steffan, and your daughter and your wife. . -Denny
First time I heard On the Nature of Daylight was with headphones on walking home from the train late at night. I thought my legs were going to give out with each step. Finally I just sat on a stoop and let the tears fall. Till this day, remains one of the most powerful pieces of music I’ve ever had the pleasure of experiencing. And I tear up every time. Brilliant.
Each couple of decades has its own "Adagio for strings", a slow, bittersweet chamber piece for strings that reflects the contradictions and challenges of the time and escapes classical music prison into pop stardom.
@@TheCompleteGuitarist Those are both choral pieces and are very different from On the Nature of Daylight, especially that second one with its disturbing dissonant sections. Maybe you could get closer with Eric Whitacre's "Lux Aurumque" (but it's not as bittersweet). But really you can find much more similar symphonic (or "modern classical") pieces on Jóhann Jóhannsson's "Orphée" album, especially "Flight From the City", which already shows up in RUclips's recommendations when you're listening to Nature of Daylight. (Probably no coincidence that Jóhann's work was also used for the Arrival OST.)
@@d0nj03 I never said they were the same as On the Nature of Daylight. There are string versions of both. Both pieces are very moving. In both string and choral versions. You don't have to like them. I don't want another version of On the Nature of Daylight. Just music that moves me. In-fact I am equally moved by Ravel's Tombeau de Couperin. Vaughn William's Lark Ascending and Copeland's Appalacian spring.
This kind of setting is one of the most unusual professional studios it's just an office with books. Lol figure its hard to mic with miscellaneous objects clashing the sound.
I love this rendition of Daylight. The two higher register voices (the violins) are not overpowering, but are softly carried by the warmth of the cellos and viola below.
To the viola player: Your ability to transpose feelings and expression through your playing is confoundingly beautiful, your emotional cadence unmatched. I think I am in love.
Whether intentional or not, her facial expressions helped sell that performance. She could have been concentrating, or maybe even constipated, but what it conveyed was the emotions of that piece.
She’s actually a comedian, Isabel Hagen. It may be that that you are picking up on. She also stood out to me like she was lit in neon, no small feat in a room full of apparent musical geniuses, so I had looked her up even before seeing your comment
On the Nature Of Daylight ist the saddest-most beautifulest song of the modern age. it goes deeper than anything i ever heard before. it accompanies me for a long time of my life now and i cannot do anything but cry as soon as it starts. world-weariness in its purest form. it could also be called on the nature of humanity, on nature or on all there is. thank you max, i hope you know how important and exceptional your work is.
Listening to some of his music, like on the nature of daylight, makes me sad that I can't reach out and touch sound. I sort of want to wrap my arms around that song, bury my face into it, and cry.
@@sarahcballoon I'm am a huge cultural snob. But your comment chimes with me. So well done for complimenting a heartfelt and beautiful reaction. Perfectly simple, unlike mine to you... 😉
Beautiful compositions, but also props to the outstanding string players. The melodies are simple, but made are so impactful by their impeccable phrasing. Playing notes is easy, but making it into music is the mark of professionals.
I heard Infra 5 today for the first time on WMHT FM. It brought tears. I didn't know why. Then right away I read up on its origins from the London bombings and listened to it several times more online, and now have found it on Tiny Concerts. A day I didn't expect--an afternoon of immersion into what matters.
To me, Infra 5 as this ability to take a perfectly happy day and transformed it into sadness in the most appealing and beautiful way imaginable. I love it.
I never listened to "classical music" growing up, and the first time I head nature of daylight I thought it was perhaps some obscure composer resurrected for a modern score. It wasn't though, turns out he walks among us, and he's a gentleman too. The nature of daylight made me cry my eyes out for some reason, and that's why I'll always love it.
Max Richter seems to be more of a thinking person, yet, "nature of daylight" takes away my breath almost every time I hear it, also the other pieces all exhale overwhelming beauty. Have to say the sound of the string section is delicate!
Lying down in bed during the pandemic. Tears rolling down my face. My soul captivated by the music and tortured by the emotions it evokes. The music is gut-wrenchingly beautiful.
Lovely it’s on the order of modern minimalist composers like Steve Riech and Phillip Glass. It’s draws from the classical tradition but in a fresh modern way.
"I'm very interested in the idea of music being a place to think." Interestingly enough, Mr. Richter's "Mrs. Dalloway, In the Garden" is one of my favorite music pieces to meditate to (I put it on repeat/loop and let it take me). I feel like I am thinking huge thoughts, expanding, just following each note as it comes - sort of like a thought. I was thrilled to find this in my RUclips feed, and I thank you NPR, Mr. Richter, et al!
Well, apparently, if I am understanding the man correctly(am I not?) - "On the Nature of Daylight" is kind like a musical reflexive protest on the U.S war in Irak. Sapiens Sapiens is the Alien destroying the aboriginal plan while listening to his own very depressive mourning violins.
We lived a life where we wouldn't imagine war in every country within one year, we're entering the final days, next year will be the dystopian sci-fi scene we've seen in movies, and here we are. I think "Nature of daylight" captures our final days pretty well and how society are focusing on all the things except the real problems we're facing and could've changed, too late. I'm grateful for the wonderful memories.. it breaks my heart.
How do they even play On The Nature of Daylight without weeping? Such a powerful piece and I unearth something new in my mind & soul each time I hear it.
I keep returning to this performance as i find it so incredibly moving...These Tiny Desk Concerts are a joy, it has opened my ears and mind to such a wide variety of music that i never knew existed..All of the performances seem to be recorded with such precision and craft that make the experience even better. Thank you so much for making these available to the general public, it really is appreciated. I wonder what i will discover next??
I've been listening to the studio master for years, but this live performance really brings to light the harmonic tension within the strings, a truly striking piece
I've lost count of the times I've shared with my closest people how "on the nature of daylight" might be one of the most beautiful pieces I've ever heard. It plays when I'm happy, when I'm sad, when I'm frustrated or need a bit of motivation. It makes me feel powerless and powerful at the same exact time. I'm pretty young and so far life has been as friendly as it could possibly be but that piece makes me feel so grateful. I feel so much while listening to it... it is really hard to explain. My favourite book is named "A little life" and I've finished the book while listing this and now I can't listening it without remembering all the feelings I was left with while reading that beautiful book. Thank you Max. For making me feel so humble and without words to express something that I believe I'll bring on each stage of my life. I'm lucky enough to say that I'll be attending Cercle Odyssey next May and I cannot wait to have the opportunity to, hopefully, listening this live. Thank you once again Max. Thank you NPR :)
Memoryhouse helped me through the darkest time of my life. I have wanted to see Max Richter in concert for years. This performance has solidified my desire to make that happen.
I had to write a comprehensive concert report on this video for a music class I'm taking in college, and I am pleasantly pleased with its results. I feel honored to have been able to analyze this music in depth and be gracious enough to hear it. Thank you very much.
I want this to play this at my dissertation, my graduation, my wedding, my first kid being born, my first kid getting married, my first kid watching his kid being born. And so on until the end of time.
The emotions evoked by his music and specially "on the nature of daylight" is very much indescribable!! It's a place, it's in the veins, unseen but felt!!
This song is so powerful! I don’t know why everyone feels this is so depressing. I love cranking up the music and just letting it wash over me and move me!
I never could have imagined Max Richter being on here. This is a good day
Exactly my thoughts!!
Yeah made my day
Me neither!
This is a fantastic day!!! One of the absolute best love productions with such a fantastic artist... Epic.
me too, usually they present good music ;-)
If they don’t play On The Nature of Daylight at my funeral, then I’m not dying!!!
I hope this is playing at my funeral
this is what i am talking 😂😂
Read my mind,
me too
It's a good choice. But mine goes to Nick Cave & Warren Ellis. :D
”Despite knowing the journey, and where it leads, I embrace it, and welcome every moment of it” - Arrival
Ran Van Ongevalle It might not apply to my life but that quote has never left my mind, its just so powerful and beautiful
OH gosh! Knowing what the movie is about and hearing that quote. Oh my goodness. As a mother, that hits home.
@@sonoza5703 I think it applies to everyone. We know one day we're going to die but we can still embrace life and enjoy it.
@@thomasdiehn4469 we may know death is in the end, and suffering is most certainly along the way, but the beauty underlining it all and the joys intertwined make it all worthwhile. god i get emotional with this
Its use in Arrival is my fav of all .
"I’m very interested in the idea of Music being a place to think"- Max Richter. Love it.
And we thank him for this.
Спасибо за формулировку мысли.Прекрасно то, что авторов музыки много. Есть, что почитать и над чем поразмыслить.
@garthwade3231 Great post, good job Garth!
Crying after 4 seconds, even after knowing this piece for years...
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i think live performance gives it a unique power
Been keeping to come back to this video for years every now and then. Every time after around 4 sec I'm lost.
My brother died 3 months ago. Suicide. I often go to his gravesite and play this video. It helps me. Helps me feel things that I haven't felt since his death. Helps me feel warmth and comfort. Helps me think back and remember memories of him. I'm so thankful for Max Richter and his ability to make me feel these things with his beautiful music.
My condolences
Music has the power to heal. Suicide in America is all too common. I have lost family to suicide, and I've known other people who have, as well. As my mother used to say, take a few minutes each day just for yourself...find a moment of joy, beauty, and peace.
i really hope your ok
Keep taking the miusic to heal! My hope is with you❤
So sorry for your loss. Max Richters music has also helped me process my grief with my mom and other childhood traumas. She died from accidental overdose. His music helps me feel the big emotions that I have a hard time communicating or understanding
You know I've had my head tilted up to the stars for as long as I can remember. You know what surprised me the most? It wasn't meeting them. It was meeting you.
On The Nature Of Daylight will never fail to make me cry
its really a powerful song
same here , usually at 1:53 :)
Just completely stops you in your tracks. Devastatingly beautiful.
@@jesaja As beautiful as it is in its original rendition, I can't unhear the flip with Dinah's "This Bitter Earth".
Once you really dive into the ethereal soundscapes created by neoclassical geniuses like Nils Frahm, Olafur Arnalds, and Max Richter, there is truly no turning back .
JOEP BEVING = God
agreed
Nils Frahm is one of my favorites.
Hey could you give me some suggested recordings? Thanks so much in advance!
...+ Phillip Glass + Paul Leonard-Morgan + Joep Beving + GoGo Penguin.
Any movie scored by Max is gonna have you in the feels
TV show too. His music is a huge part of why The Leftovers was so amazing
Perfect Sense
Looking forward to what he does with score of season two of My Brilliant Friend.
ugh, the flashback/forward scene in Arrival
Bryan Choate the ending montage had me sobbing lol
@@radiation360 it was phenomenal. ❤
The hallmark of a musician is his ability to unearth what you've chosen to bury for ages.
@sam_everlast Thank you. Very touching comment.
My wife?
If anyones interested I'd so appreciate if you check my RUclips channel! I post different genres of music & compose my own music in Contemporary Classical genre. Thank you guys! ❤🎹🤗
That is so meaningful
Thank you for your potent comment. Broke my heart open. I'm a pianist composer. Haven't played much due to a challenging home situation. This is changing in a month. Then I will have a marathon love affair with my precious piano.
I know this sentiment has been expressed over and over already here, but “On the Nature of Daylight” was the song I showed a friend in order to explain what I felt while I was going through a very hard time in my life. After which they simply said “I had no idea. I’m so sorry.” The power of Max’s music to convey the human experience is incredible.
Amazing.
Wow, that's powerful. Music really is that impactful. Hope you're doing better!
I had never heard of Max Richter until I played this episode of the podcast and was moved to tears while I drove home. I am so grateful to Tiny Desk and All Songs Considered for introducing me to so much wonderful music that I never would have discovered otherwise. There is so much beauty in the world. It isn't always easy to find it.
Every song he makes is masterful. Never goodbye is a great example too
Bill, you are so right!
I have the same experience
The first one caught me completely off guard. I'm a mess.... lol!
Bill Coffin add the channel KEXP to your list and you’re pretty much golden 👌
the leftovers had the best score hands down ever. this man is truly talented
I learned of his genius through The Leftovers. As you said, the most emotional score to a show ever created.
At the end of "On The Nature Of Daylight", its so heartening to hear everyone wait until the very last note has faded before clapping!
Too busy wiping tears from their eyes, I know I was
I’m listning to this out shopping groceries and feeling this is the most imortant decision I’ve ever make!
Max Richter pulling out the greatest hits!
not without November, it isn't
My daughter was born to "On The Nature of Daylight" its forever sealed into my mind in connection to one of the best days of my life. Thanks Max
May your daughter have an epic, successful life.
Oh god, I can only imagine the first baby cry entwined into this calm cello sound...
@@readonly1981 I'm actually imagining a screaming woman as someone plays the violin in the background
When my mum passed I listened to this nonstop - it's a music for the whole journey and beyond
"I used to think this was the beginning of your story. Memory is a strange thing. We are so bounded by time, by its order. But now I am not sure if I believe in beginnings and endings".
who said it?
@@oingoboingo1720 Louise Banks, from The movie Arrival.
Our beginning and ending was never up to us. We are the creation of another's ink. We are millstones in deep waters fighting not to sink. Marbles upon sand trying to find their way. Just sketches on artist page in his power to erase...or to save. Like beautiful monarchs in the sky short lifespan at anytime can be taken away. Myself still swinging from this chrysalis attached to a tree yet to reach full maturity. Briefer than the music in dreams, is being loved; they say love oneself the beginning of, I disagree, being loved by another is the beginning of all things. By words we were created, by words the world was made.
@@orren6635 I agree on you but just one thing. You Need to love yourself to really apreciate the truly Nature of what is love first. But maybe that happens only when someone loves you? So in the end im totally agree ha ha
On the Nature of Daylight is right up there on my top 10 favorite pieces of music of all time. An absolute masterpiece I can’t listen to in public because I will weep uncontrollably
We had to take our daughter to the ER this morning... when they told me one parent I was heart broken, angry and felt useless.. my wife luckily can be with her but it’s killing me just sitting in the parking garage with my anxiety and stress.
I have been listening to his music for about 3 hours now, it is extremely healing and calming. Thank you Max for making this heavenly music
Wishing your daughter well my friend, i hope all is well.
@@utfreak41 thank you, that means a lot. She is doing better and now back home
I just now saw your post here, Steffan. I sure hope things are going better for your family. Sorry you didn’t get much of a response six months ago; but when I browsed through the comments, it seems like many listeners were also just treading water in life.
But you deserved more-and still do. Good wishes to you, Steffan, and your daughter and your wife.
.
-Denny
Hope all is well
I’ve been through this exact experience. I can relate. Cheers to you and I hope your little girl is doing well.
I think that those seconds of frozen silence from the whole room after "On the Nature of Daylight ends" say it all
Anyone else cry every time they hear this? It just brings up so many feelings and memories, it really is an incredible piece of music.
Jup me I can't listen to max richter without crying
Yep
Don't know why but my eyes started watering.Never heard or listened to this before.
TINY DESK! YOUR WORK IS NOT IN VAIN. THANK YOU FOR THESE PERFORMANCES YOU GUYS SHOWCASE ALL THE TIME. THANK YALL!
Listen to this again....and again.....and again
First time I heard On the Nature of Daylight was with headphones on walking home from the train late at night. I thought my legs were going to give out with each step. Finally I just sat on a stoop and let the tears fall. Till this day, remains one of the most powerful pieces of music I’ve ever had the pleasure of experiencing. And I tear up every time. Brilliant.
You should try Agnus Dei by Samuel Barber or John Tavener's The Lamb.
TheCompleteGuitarist familiar with Samuel Barber. On my way to Tavener. Thanks!
Each couple of decades has its own "Adagio for strings", a slow, bittersweet chamber piece for strings that reflects the contradictions and challenges of the time and escapes classical music prison into pop stardom.
@@TheCompleteGuitarist Those are both choral pieces and are very different from On the Nature of Daylight, especially that second one with its disturbing dissonant sections. Maybe you could get closer with Eric Whitacre's "Lux Aurumque" (but it's not as bittersweet). But really you can find much more similar symphonic (or "modern classical") pieces on Jóhann Jóhannsson's "Orphée" album, especially "Flight From the City", which already shows up in RUclips's recommendations when you're listening to Nature of Daylight. (Probably no coincidence that Jóhann's work was also used for the Arrival OST.)
@@d0nj03 I never said they were the same as On the Nature of Daylight. There are string versions of both. Both pieces are very moving. In both string and choral versions. You don't have to like them. I don't want another version of On the Nature of Daylight. Just music that moves me.
In-fact I am equally moved by Ravel's Tombeau de Couperin. Vaughn William's Lark Ascending and Copeland's Appalacian spring.
Ok we got it. Your audio engineer can record any kind of music perfectly. Right.
It's probably a team of audio engineers, don't worry :)
@@PublicEnemy1337 the guy's name is Josh Rogosin and he basically does everything from what I can tell in interviews. Incredible
@@callumpassells67 it says there are two in the credits below the video.
@@callumpassells67 also the players are skilled professionals. not hard to make the recording sound good when the playing is already beautiful
This kind of setting is one of the most unusual professional studios it's just an office with books. Lol figure its hard to mic with miscellaneous objects clashing the sound.
*_0:02_**_ - On The Nature Of Daylight_*
7:12 / 7:29
*_9:14_**_ - Vladimir's Blues_*
10:35 / 10:45
*_11:48_**_ - Infra 5_*
17:03
Pentameron I’m here sometimes just to hear his speaking voice so thx for the timestamps 💙
Thank you
I love this rendition of Daylight. The two higher register voices (the violins) are not overpowering, but are softly carried by the warmth of the cellos and viola below.
Absolutely, one doesn't often hear such a superb string sound.
To the viola player: Your ability to transpose feelings and expression through your playing is confoundingly beautiful, your emotional cadence unmatched. I think I am in love.
It really brings me somewhere I tried to forget
Whether intentional or not, her facial expressions helped sell that performance. She could have been concentrating, or maybe even constipated, but what it conveyed was the emotions of that piece.
She’s actually a comedian, Isabel Hagen. It may be that that you are picking up on. She also stood out to me like she was lit in neon, no small feat in a room full of apparent musical geniuses, so I had looked her up even before seeing your comment
That’s incredible she’s a comedian too very multi talented
Which one?
On the Nature Of Daylight ist the saddest-most beautifulest song of the modern age. it goes deeper than anything i ever heard before. it accompanies me for a long time of my life now and i cannot do anything but cry as soon as it starts. world-weariness in its purest form. it could also be called on the nature of humanity, on nature or on all there is. thank you max, i hope you know how important and exceptional your work is.
The best day of my life. I'm only one minute in but Im already in tears.
feeling you
Have you watched the series The Leftovers? It's on HBO, I think. Max Ritcher is the composer. His music captures the mood of that story perfectly.
Phumlile Kunene me too.
One minute in to the first day of your life
His music shakes me right to the core. All the emotions
Incredibly moving
It's 7:30 in the morning, and raining and i miss all the things i could never be but i am here, and i am content, and TinyDesk has Max Richter.
Listening to some of his music, like on the nature of daylight, makes me sad that I can't reach out and touch sound. I sort of want to wrap my arms around that song, bury my face into it, and cry.
this is so perfectly written
@@sarahcballoon I'm am a huge cultural snob. But your comment chimes with me. So well done for complimenting a heartfelt and beautiful reaction. Perfectly simple, unlike mine to you... 😉
This man's music is so prolific, so profound, so complex and varied and unfailingly emotional. He is a gift.
It’s almost none of those things
To everyone who liked this performance: you'll probably also like Ólafur Árnalds' tiny desk performance :)
i'm waiting for a nils frahm and yann tiersen perfomance
Thank you for the suggestion!
why you make me more sad
Please get Loopdaddy on! Marc Rebillet. He's a rising star.
Cheers for the suggestion!
omg omg omg.. i was just listening to the leftovers soundtrack last night. Ive never seen a classical composer on here before. thats awesome.
"Hey... Look what I found"
You might like Olafur Arnalds as well, equally beautiful composer. I think he has a Tiny Desk episode too
@@exalted8659 Yess!!
Beautiful compositions, but also props to the outstanding string players. The melodies are simple, but made are so impactful by their impeccable phrasing. Playing notes is easy, but making it into music is the mark of professionals.
They’re all so precise.
I am an architectural designer, it may sound odd, I listen to this piece on repeat when I am in my creative flow. It must deeply feed my soul.
I heard Infra 5 today for the first time on WMHT FM. It brought tears. I didn't know why. Then right away I read up on its origins from the London bombings and listened to it several times more online, and now have found it on Tiny Concerts. A day I didn't expect--an afternoon of immersion into what matters.
To me, Infra 5 as this ability to take a perfectly happy day and transformed it into sadness in the most appealing and beautiful way imaginable. I love it.
I never listened to "classical music" growing up, and the first time I head nature of daylight I thought it was perhaps some obscure composer resurrected for a modern score. It wasn't though, turns out he walks among us, and he's a gentleman too. The nature of daylight made me cry my eyes out for some reason, and that's why I'll always love it.
can't believe you got him here. hearing this live must be breath taking.
I cried for the whole 17 minutes. What an incredible thing to witness.
Hearing this song makes me feel like I had a great past life
........and now I'm crying.
Absolutely stunning.
Thank you, NPR ❤️
I listen to "On The Nature Of Daylight" every day..It is a part of my life. Thank you Max Richter. ❤
17minutes and 29 seconds of my heart breaking, finding joy and breaking again. Oh Max Richter, how you destroy me in death eternal...
The first number was riveting, absolutely out of this world. Transcendent notes and harmonies.
I always feel overwhelmed when listening to On the Nature of Daylight.
Why am I feeling this heartache out of nowhere and my tears welling
Cause you got soul.
Music reaches where your heart hides.
Max Richter seems to be more of a thinking person, yet, "nature of daylight" takes away my breath almost every time I hear it, also the other pieces all exhale overwhelming beauty. Have to say the sound of the string section is delicate!
Before even pressing play.. this is amazing!!
Lying down in bed during the pandemic. Tears rolling down my face. My soul captivated by the music and tortured by the emotions it evokes. The music is gut-wrenchingly beautiful.
I hope you are doing better. 🙏
0:02 On the Nature of Daylight
9:14 Vladimir's Blues
11:49 Infra 5 (The first piece I heard by Max Ritcher and my favorite🤩)
Lovely it’s on the order of modern minimalist composers like Steve Riech and Phillip Glass. It’s draws from the classical tradition but in a fresh modern way.
"I'm very interested in the idea of music being a place to think." Interestingly enough, Mr. Richter's "Mrs. Dalloway, In the Garden" is one of my favorite music pieces to meditate to (I put it on repeat/loop and let it take me). I feel like I am thinking huge thoughts, expanding, just following each note as it comes - sort of like a thought.
I was thrilled to find this in my RUclips feed, and I thank you NPR, Mr. Richter, et al!
goosebumps at the first note....
A little ashamed to say I just discovered this guy a week ago
The Blue Notebooks album is phenomenal 😭❤️❤️
Don’t be ashamed, you got to hear something beautiful. Welcome to the fandom.
I just discovered him 15 minutes ago.
this is the peak of beautiful music.
I thought, ok, will watch it a couple of minutes. In the end I'm sitting up frozen and can't move. Stunning
Oh tiny desk, u did it again
This kinds of things are probably why the aliens have not destroyed humanity.
Hahahahaha perhaps so. I bet it was a close call though. Let’s all keep tipping it towards being worthy of staying
Well, apparently, if I am understanding the man correctly(am I not?) - "On the Nature of Daylight" is kind like a musical reflexive protest on the U.S war in Irak. Sapiens Sapiens is the Alien destroying the aboriginal plan while listening to his own very depressive mourning violins.
Yup. Just ask the Trisolarians.
But they might, if we don't stop destroying this artpieces with advertisement...
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Something about strings that pull at my heart’s strings, like, immediately. First notes! Beautiful, pure class. 👏🏻
It calls my soul, everytime
phlaurianne indeed! It’s hypnotic.
We lived a life where we wouldn't imagine war in every country within one year, we're entering the final days, next year will be the dystopian sci-fi scene we've seen in movies, and here we are. I think "Nature of daylight" captures our final days pretty well and how society are focusing on all the things except the real problems we're facing and could've changed, too late. I'm grateful for the wonderful memories.. it breaks my heart.
Arrival and The Leftovers, masterpieces in their own rights, elevated so much further because of this man. Actually amazing.
Yes. Yes. OMG Yes. I’m going to donate to NPR right now because of this concert.
Ah, another morning listening to Max Richter. How to be eternally happy while crying.
How do they even play On The Nature of Daylight without weeping? Such a powerful piece and I unearth something new in my mind & soul each time I hear it.
I keep returning to this performance as i find it so incredibly moving...These Tiny Desk Concerts are a joy, it has opened my ears and mind to such a wide variety of music that i never knew existed..All of the performances seem to be recorded with such precision and craft that make the experience even better. Thank you so much for making these available to the general public, it really is appreciated. I wonder what i will discover next??
wow ... this makes your mind take turns and ups and downs, beautiful !
Max Richter = sublime transcendence of the material world to a place beyond time and space.
I always have to cry, hearung or playing this piece of amazing music which touches me deep down inside.
On the nature on daylight.
I think that's the first time in NPR Tiny Desk that an artist actually plays their best songs instead of the underground ones
Beautiful
So pleased to find he's as interesting, thoughtful, and articulate as I'd imagined he would be from his music.
I think this is the most profound and moving piece of music ever written. It is perfect.
There are more .. not too many .. I like his November a lot too
@@vidamariaixchel4962 There are.
@@vidamariaixchel4962November!
Became obsessed with Vladimir's Blues when watching The Leftovers. This is such a dream to see Max at the Tiny Desk
Fabulous layering, in the Gavin Bryars realm; creates a wondrous haunting feel.
Jesus' love never faailed me yet...
Steady. Bryars fans might get annoyed!
Max Richter isn't a musician. He's a magician who specializes in spiritual transportation
I've been listening to the studio master for years, but this live performance really brings to light the harmonic tension within the strings, a truly striking piece
I really needed this today. I'm at home with the flu, being miserable. I love Max Richter and he played my favorite piece "Infra 5"
I've lost count of the times I've shared with my closest people how "on the nature of daylight" might be one of the most beautiful pieces I've ever heard. It plays when I'm happy, when I'm sad, when I'm frustrated or need a bit of motivation. It makes me feel powerless and powerful at the same exact time. I'm pretty young and so far life has been as friendly as it could possibly be but that piece makes me feel so grateful. I feel so much while listening to it... it is really hard to explain. My favourite book is named "A little life" and I've finished the book while listing this and now I can't listening it without remembering all the feelings I was left with while reading that beautiful book. Thank you Max. For making me feel so humble and without words to express something that I believe I'll bring on each stage of my life.
I'm lucky enough to say that I'll be attending Cercle Odyssey next May and I cannot wait to have the opportunity to, hopefully, listening this live. Thank you once again Max. Thank you NPR :)
Had tears in my eyes on the first piece. A beautiful Tiny Desk Concert
On the Nature of Daylight. One of the most beautiful songs I have ever found. 🤍
A living legend right before your eyes/ears. NPR keeps bringing the goods.
There is something special about music that can pull you out of the moment you are in
Memoryhouse helped me through the darkest time of my life. I have wanted to see Max Richter in concert for years. This performance has solidified my desire to make that happen.
I had to write a comprehensive concert report on this video for a music class I'm taking in college, and I am pleasantly pleased with its results. I feel honored to have been able to analyze this music in depth and be gracious enough to hear it. Thank you very much.
2am, never felt better
Needed this. Thank you!
I want this to play this at my dissertation, my graduation, my wedding, my first kid being born, my first kid getting married, my first kid watching his kid being born. And so on until the end of time.
Beautiful.
Max Richter is a stone cold genius.
The emotions evoked by his music and specially "on the nature of daylight" is very much indescribable!! It's a place, it's in the veins, unseen but felt!!
thanks Max for writing one of the most beautiful masterpieces I've ever heard in my life, on the nature of daylight
OMG! 17 minutes of heaven. I love Max Richter’s music and would give anything to see and hear an entire live concert...
His soundtrack for My Brilliant Friend is also sublime.
This song is so powerful! I don’t know why everyone feels this is so depressing. I love cranking up the music and just letting it wash over me and move me!