Cosmology (2025) 26'
solo organ choir and orchestra
First performed on 15th May 2025 by Anna Lapwood and the Philharmonia, conducted by André de Ridder at the Royal Albert Hall, London
Currently under performer exclusivity
★★★★
Max Richter’s 33-minute Cosmology conducts a circular voyage through space – from the tentative, irregular, arpeggios of the intro, to the heart-tugging, funereal organ drones of the second movement, the glistening modulations and irregular time signatures of the third, while the final movement mixes Lapwood’s dreamy, synth-like chord washes with the female voices of the choir she leads at Pembroke College, Cambridge.
John Lewis – The Guardian (May 2025)