Hans Abrahamsen’s Four Pieces for Orchestra in Venice, 6th October 2006
29th August 2006
This year Denmark is excellently represented at the Venice Biennale’s festival of contemporary music: Hans Abrahamsen’s major orchestral work Four Pieces for Orchestra will be played on 6th October at the Teatro la Fenice by the Orchestra Sinfonica Nationale della Rai, conducted by Johannes Debus. Four Pieces for Orchestra was originally composed as a commission from the Danish National Symphony Orchestra/DR, and the same orchestra premiered the work in 2004. In August 2005 Four Pieces for Orchestra was played at the Royal Albert Hall during the BBC Proms.
This year’s festival of contemporary music at the Venice Biennale takes place from 29th September until 7th October – read more about the festival at www.labiennale.org
Read more about Hans Abrahamsen at this site
