# Max Richter at Bing Concert Hall, October 13, 2019

[Stanford University Live](https://live.stanford.edu/calendar/october-2019/max-richter-american-contemporary-music-ensemble) presents [Max Richter](https://www.maxrichtermusic.com/), with members of the [American Contemporary Music Ensemble](https://www.acmemusic.org/)  
[Bing Concert Hall](http://live.stanford.edu/bingconcerthall/)  
[Stanford University, 327 Lasuen St, Stanford, CA 94305-5005 USA](http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Stanford+University,+327+Lasuen+St,+Stanford,+CA+94305-5005+USA&hl=en)  
4:00 PM, Sunday, October 13, 2019

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## Tentative Program

Max Richter: _The Blue Notebooks_; _Infra_ 

## Set One: Infra

[4:06 PM lights down; announcements from Chris Lorway]  
[4:08 PM band out to tune up]  
[4:09 PM Greetings & brief remarks about the program from MR]

Max Richter (b.1966): _Infra_ (2010), for piano, electronics and string quintet

01. [4:11 PM] _Infra 1_
02. [4:15 PM] _Journey 1_
03. [4:17 PM] _Infra 2_
04. [4:20 PM] _Infra 3_
05. [4:23 PM] _Journey 2_
06. [4:26 PM] _Infra 4_
07. [4:29 PM] _Journey 3_
08. [4:34 PM] _Journey 4_
09. [4:37 PM] _Journey 5_
10. [4:38 PM] _Infra 5_
11. [4:38 PM] _Infra 6_
12. [4:39 PM] _Infra 7_
13. [4:39 PM] _Infra 8_  
[set ends 4:43 PM; bow, then all off]

## Set Two: the Leftovers

[5:06 PM lights down; band out; tuning]

Max Richter (b.1966): _The Leftovers_ (2014-17), for piano, electronics, soprano vox and string quintet

01. [5:08 PM] _The Leftovers_ - Main Title Theme
02. [5:12 PM] _The Departure_  
[5:12 PM; CJ to piano for a bit of 4-hands with MR]
03. [5:13 PM] _Afterimage 1_  
[5:14 PM; CJ swaps back to cello]
04. [5:14 PM] (unidentified tune \#1)  
[5:15 PM; MR swaps from piano to Roland; +GD; CJ rest ~3 min, then plays lead line]
05. [5:16 PM] _De Profundis_  
[5:21 PM; MR swaps back to piano; all others rest]
06. [5:21 PM] _Only Questions_  
[5:22 PM; MR swaps from piano to Roland; +GD]
07. [5:22 PM] _Dona Nobis Pacem 1_  
[5:26 PM; MR swaps back to piano; CJ joins for more 4-hands play]
08. [5:26 PM] _Afterimage 2_
09. [5:27 PM] _Departure (Reflection)_  
[5:29 PM; CJ swaps back to cello]
10. [5:29 PM] _Dona Nobis Pacem 2_  
[5:30 PM; MR piano solo (all others rest)]
11. [5:30 PM] _Family Circles_  
[5:31 PM; MR playing ?pizzicato inside the piano]
12. [5:31 PM] _A Blessing_
13. [5:34 PM] _She Remembers_
14. [5:37 PM] _Departure (Lullaby)_
15. [5:38 PM] _Illuminations/Clouds_  
[5:41 PM; CJ to piano for a bit of 4-hands with MR]
16. [5:42 PM] _Afterimage 3_  
[5:43 PM; CJ swaps back to cello]
17. [5:44 PM] (unidentified tune \#2)  
[5:50 PM; CJ to piano for a bit of 4-hands with MR]
18. [5:51 PM] _Departure (Home)_  
[set ends 5:54 PM]  
   
**Encore**  
[5:55 PM MR back with the string quintet; MR introduces the final piece; MR at keyboard]
19. [5:56 PM] Max Richter (b.1966): _On the Nature of Daylight_ (track 2 from _The Blue Notebooks_ (2003))  
[show ends 6:03 PM]


## Performers

* [Grace Davidson](https://gracedavidsonsoprano.com/): soprano vox;
* [Max Richter](https://www.maxrichtermusic.com/): piano, Roland RD-700 digital stage piano, Apple laptop (loops, etc);

### members of the American Contemporary Music Ensemble

[American Contemporary Music Ensemble](https://www.acmemusic.org/)

* [Claire Bryant](http://clairebryant.com/): cello;
* [Isabel Hagen](https://www.isabelhagen.com/): viola;
* [Clarice Jensen](http://www.claricejensen.com/): cello, piano, artistic director;
* Laura Lutzke: violin;
* [Ben Russell](http://www.benrussellmusic.com/): violin;

## Notes

As much as I enjoyed today's show, by the end I was a bit worn down by the samey-saminess of the whole experience. To my untutored ear, there wasn't much evolution between the earliest work (the Encore) and the two newer pieces that anchored the afternoon. Which is not to say that it's a crime to mine the same vein for musical gold, but there's much to be said for knowing when enough is enough!

Both sets of setlist details are approximated from the relevant commercial releases; at this point, I can't really say how accurate they are; I'll have to do some listening later, and compare the albums against the more detailed notes that I took during the show, then post an update.

Tysen Dauer posted a good critical [review](https://www.sfcv.org/reviews/stanford-live/max-richter-beautiful-not-radical) of the show (with a few pics) at SFCV.

If you look carefully, you'll note that my setlist is kinda whack. The printed program provided to us listed only the set-length work titles, giving no guidance about what elements might or might not be part of today's performance. And while I might have missed a transition or two during the first set, it really seems to me as if the group performed an abbreviated version of the piece. Just compare: ~34 min for this performance, vs ~41 min for the commercial CD. We got shorted! I dealt with the Set One timing discrepancy by listing nonsense repeated times for sections _Infra 5_ to _Infra 8_; who knows what they actually did!?

Similarly, the timestamps I marked during set two don't line up very well against the commercial release of _the Leftovers_, though in this case, the group seems to have performed something that's somewhat longer than expected: 46 min live vs 36 min for the CD...makes me wonder if the performance order might have been the opposite of what's noted in the program! I dealt with the Set Two timing discrepancy by inserting two unidentified sections.

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## Photos

Today's photo gallery comes from ol' squinty!

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