Londoner’s Diary
The Roundhouse in Camden was transformed on Tuesday for Every Note Counts, an opulent “musical tasting” evening hosted by champagne maker Krug. It was the culmination of a two-year project which saw Oscar nominated composer Max Richter create three pieces of music to accompany three 2008 Krug cuvées. The compositions were performed live by an orchestra, with Richter on the piano. In between each one, rows of champagne-bearing waiters would noiselessly file in and fill up everyone’s next glass in perfect synchronicity. It felt a little like being part of a highly elite Dionysiac cult. Richter described it as a “beautiful and strange project” which saw him spending hours in the Krug vineyards, getting to know the grapes. Richer is no stranger to a brand collaboration: last year he designed a fragrance for Comme des Garçons which professes to smell like a symphony, with notes of violin bow rosin and piano wood.
