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LSO/Hannigan review – intensely fluent soprano switches into full command as conductor

Barbara Hannigan began the evening singing an intense monodrama based on Han Kang’s The White Book, then led the orchestra through unsparing Ligeti and Strauss

The Guardian - UK · Mar 6

‘Like turning your soul inside out’: Barbara Hannigan and Laura Bowler on their devastating composition The White Book

These breathtaking songs of loss left the soprano and the composer feeling shellshocked after the world premiere in Gothenburg. We meet them backstage as they prepare for the British debut

The Guardian - UK · Mar 3

Hannigan/ Chamayou review – strange and beautiful musical magic

Barbara Hannigan and Bertrand Chamayou were exhilarating in John Zorn’s monumental Jumalattaret; a beautifully intimate performance of Messiaen’s Chants de Terre et de Ciel completed the evening

The Guardian - UK · Dec 9, 2025

Queen to receive Polar Music Prize 2025

Queen are among the recipients of the Polar Music Prize 2025.

BANG Premier · Mar 18, 2025

Queen, Herbie Hancock and Barbara Hannigan awarded 2025 Polar Music Prize

The prize is awarded to individuals, groups or institutions for excellence in the world of music.

Evening Standard · Mar 18, 2025

LSO/Rattle review – old, new, borrowed and Boulez for conductor’s birthday concerts

World premieres by George Benjamin and Mark-Anthony Turnage were centrepieces of two concerts celebrating Rattle’s 70th, but it was symphonies – Brahms and Vaughan Williams – that were the high points

The Guardian - UK · Jan 13, 2025

Boulez, Benjamin & Brahms at the Barbican review: Simon Rattle brought new light to familiar works

5/5 The LSO marked Boulez's centenary and the great conductor’s birthday with a subtle, understated belebration

Evening Standard · Jan 13, 2025

Stravinsky: Chamber Works album review – Juilliard and Royal Academy of Music offers much of interest

Students from the UK and the US, conducted by Barbara Hannigan, mix familiar Stravinsky works with the rarely heard

The Guardian - UK · Oct 3, 2024

Messiaen: Poèmes pour Mi; Chants de Terre et de Ciel album review – beguiling, soft-edged intimacy

The superb projection of Hannigan’s voice and the rainbow of colours in Chamayou’s piano lay bare the sexual desire and religious fervour prevalent in Messiaen’s early works

The Guardian - UK · May 16, 2024

Our top 10 classical recordings of 2023

Previously unexplored corners of repertoire, why Italians are outstanding Monteverdians, and a recording of Liszt with huge verve and personality

The Guardian - UK · Dec 20, 2023