Hans Abrahamsen
Abrahamsen: Schnee review | Andrew Clements's classical album of the week
A bewitching performance captures all the rigour and feathery fragility of Abrahamsen’s crystalline sound world
Andrew Clements
17, Feb, 2022 @4:36 PM
Snedronningen (The Snow Queen) review – Abrahamsen's opera fails to melt hearts
The fairytale is patchily told and a drab staging means Hans Abrahamsen’s long-awaited opera debut doesn’t get the production its music deserves
Andrew Clements
14, Oct, 2019 @3:06 PM
Hans Abrahamsen: 'You never know how a piece will end up'
The song cycle Let Me Tell You, telling the tragic story of Hamlet’s Ophelia, is our choice as the best classical work of the 21st century. Its Danish composer explains its genesis
Imogen Tilden
12, Sep, 2019 @4:23 PM
The best classical music works of the 21st century
Over the coming week, the Guardian will select the greatest culture since 2000, carefully compiled by critics and editors. We begin with a countdown of defining classical music compositions, from X-rated opera to high-tech string quartets
Andrew Clements, Fiona Maddocks. John Lewis, Kate Molleson, Tom Service, Erica Jeal and Tim Ashley
12, Sep, 2019 @4:20 PM
Berlin Philharmonic/Rattle review – all guns blazing on Simon's farewell tour
The fruits of Simon Rattle’s long partnership with the Berlin orchestra were evident in a magisterial Bruckner Ninth and vivid miniatures by Hans Abrahamsen
Martin Kettle
31, May, 2018 @2:20 PM
London Sinfonietta at 50 review – orchestra celebrates with Stravinsky and solo sax
Half a century of championing contemporary music saw the Sinfonietta boosted in size in an ambitious programme that didn’t always cohere
Andrew Clements
25, Jan, 2018 @2:52 PM
2017 in review: Andrew Clements' top 10 classical CDs
From some delightful Debussy to a bewitching Berlioz opera, via a scintillating set of Schubert sonatas, here are the recordings that stood out this year
Andrew Clements
21, Dec, 2017 @3:00 PM
Abrahamsen: 10 Preludes and Six Pieces CD review – urgent and diligent
The transcriptions of works by Nielsen and Satie are lush, but Abrahamsen’s own string quartet is handled less affectingly
Kate Molleson
22, Jun, 2017 @5:15 PM
Abrahamsen/Sørensen CD review – mystery and glassy reflections
Andrew Clements
22, Sep, 2016 @2:45 PM
City of Birmingham SO/Gražinytė-Tyla review – spellbinding, bewitching
Precise yet expressive playing in this remarkable concert climaxed in an astonishing song cycle by Hans Abrahamsen
Andrew Clements
28, Aug, 2016 @12:12 PM
Adès/Nørgard/Abrahamsen: Works for String Quartet CD review – grace and grit
Kate Molleson
21, Apr, 2016 @2:15 PM
Abrahamsen: Four Pieces for Orchestra; Piano Concerto etc CD review
These works by the Danish composer, spanning three decades, show how fruitful his tendency to revisit earlier pieces can be
Andrew Clements
18, Mar, 2015 @2:50 PM
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