Max Richter’s music to sleep by

June 6, 2025

British composer Max Richter’s most ambitious work,” Sleep,” is an eight-hour “lullaby” that is to be heard while tucked into bed. Richter recently performed it under the stars in Los Angeles, at a giant slumber party with 500 guests. Tracy Smith reports.

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