Hans Abrahamsen: Left, Alone review – a thrilling and beguiling one-hander
Tamara Stefanovich’s piano threads delicately through glittering orchestral textures in the concerto for left hand only, paired here with the jewel-like miniatures of Ten Sinfonias
February 2022
Abrahamsen: Schnee review – magical sonorities and glittering reflections
A bewitching performance captures all the rigour and feathery fragility of Abrahamsen’s crystalline sound world
October 2019
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
September 2019
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May 2018
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
January 2018
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
December 2017
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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
June 2017
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
September 2016
Abrahamsen/Sørensen CD review – mystery and glassy reflections
August 2016
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
April 2016
Adès/Nørgard/Abrahamsen: Works for String Quartet CD review – grace and grit
March 2015
Abrahamsen: Four Pieces for Orchestra; Piano Concerto etc CD review – surprising and satisfying reworkings
These works by the Danish composer, spanning three decades, show how fruitful his tendency to revisit earlier pieces can be
January 2015
Hans Abrahamsen portrait review – a drive for clarity and concision
The Dane’s music contains much quiet mystique and evocation but never dodges the point, writes Kate Molleson
June 2014
CBSO/Nelsons review – ravishing rendition of Abrahamsen's song cycle
Barbara Hannigan soars with grace and ease as Ophelia in ravishingly beautiful new song cycle, writes Andrew Clements
September 2013
Abrahamsen: Walden; Wald, etc – review
There are intimate connections in play between these early and late-period Hans Abrahamsen pieces, writes Andrew Clements
November 2012
Arditti Quartet – review
Despite a last-minute change of programme, the Arditti's displayed their trademark casual brilliance, writes Andrew Clements
November 2010
Ensemble Recherche; Jakob Kullberg
Huddersfield contemporary music festival A contemplative evening of works exploring perception. You need to be in the mood, says Guy Dammann, but if not, you're at the wrong festival
