Hans Abrahamsen

Three Little Nocturnes was composed by Hans Abrahamsen in 2005. Commissioned by the Cikada Ensemble, with support from NOMUS, and written for Frode Haltli and the Cikada String Quartet. Programme Note...

Aarhus Ragtime (à la Charles Ives) - a Palimsest for Ensemble by Hans Abrahamsen (1991) Dedicated to Steen Pade. Manuscript copy.

The first 2 canons of Hans Abrahamsen's key work Schnee - 10 Canons for 9 Instruments from 2006-08 (WH31173). If a complete performance is not possible, you may perform (as indicated) the extract Cano...

Programme Note Winternach was written in1976-78 and the title was taken from a poem by the Austrian poet Georg Trakl. The four movements, which are all very precise and dreamingly poetic, are almost c...

Programme Note Hans Abrahamsen 6 PIECES FOR HORN, VIOLIN AND PIANO - '6 Pieces for horn, violin and piano' was written in 1984 as a commission from the Danish Radio for a concert where Ligeti's horn t...

Wald for Ensemble was composed by Hans Abrahamsen in 2008-09. Co-commission by the Schönberg Ensemble and BBC for Birmingham Contemporary Music Group. Programme note by the composer: Wald is, in a way...

For Mezzo-Soprano, Clarinet, Violin, Cello and Piano. Original German text by Rainer Maria Rilke. Danish text by Thorkild Brornvig.

For Mezzo-Soprano, Clarinet, Violin, Cello and Piano. Original German text by Rainer Maria Rilke. Danish text by Thorkild Brornvig.

Danmarks-Sange by Hans Abrahamsen (1974/76), scored for Mezzo-Soprano and 5 instruments. Text by the composer.

Hans Abrahamsen 's Flowersongs (2012 version) for Flute, Oboe and Clarinet. Score. 'I wrote Flowersongs for three Flutes in the spring of 1973, when I was 20 years old. Looking back now, 40 years begi...

Hans Abrahamsen 's Flowersongs (2012 version) for Flute, Oboe and Clarinet. Parts. 'I wrote Flowersongs for three Flutes in the spring of 1973, when I was 20 years old. Looking back now, 40 years begi...

Two Inger Christensen Songs (1979/2012). Two poems by Inger Christensen for Soprano and Ensemble. Commissioned by Freunde und Förderer der Musikalischen Akademie des Bayerischen Staatsorchesters....

Hans Abrahamsen's Drei Märchenbilder Aus Der Schneekönigin for Orchestra. Commissioned by Bayerische Staatsoper Munchen. To be premiered 21. September 2018, Nationaltheater, MiinchenBayerisches...

The title Marchenbilder, or Fairy-tale Pictures, borrowed from Schumann, awakens notions of music which in itself has a pictorial quality. In all, the score comprises six Fairytale Pictures, the first...

Four Pieces For Orchestra was composed by Hans Abrahamsen in 2000-2003. Programme note: In 1983 Hans Abrahamsen wrote the first seven of his Ten Studies for Piano. In the early eighties most composers...

Ten technical studies for Piano, by Danish Hans Abrahamsen. Suitable for intermediate to advanced players, these technical exercises can be played as delightful gems in their own right but are perfect...

This is the Solo Piano part for Double Concerto for Violin, Piano and String Orchestra by Hans Abrahamsen.

Walden for wind quintet was written in 1978 and commissioned by the Funen Wind Quintet. The title is taken from the American philosopher and poet Henry David Thoreau's novel from 1854 about living in...

Hans Abrahamsen 's 10 Preludes - Version for Cello Quartet (2013). Parts are available: WH33003A The original version Preludes 1-10 for String Quartet was composed in 1973 : WH29531B

Set of parts for Hans Abrahamsen 's 10 Preludes - Version for Cello Quartet (2013). Score: WH33003 The original version Preludes 1-10 for String Quartet was composed in 1973 : WH29531B