Barbara Hannigan has received considerable praise from the German press for her performances of Abrahamsen’s Let me tell you with the Sinfonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks under Andris Nelsons at the Herkulas Hall in Munich on 2 and 3 July.

Münchner Merkur said that ​“Barbara Hannigan is something really special”, whilst Süddeutsche Zeitung commented ​“Nobody sings as captivating as Barbara Hannigan…she is every composer’s dream” and that ​“Hannigan has an extraordinary feeling for the emotional and intellectual meaning of the pieces she performs and the expressive talents to convey this”.

Let me tell you was commissioned by Berliner Philharmoniker for Barbara Hannigan and she premiered it with them under Nelsons in 2013. Hannigan has since performed the piece at numerous concert halls across Europe and next season she performs the US premiere with The Cleveland Orchestra and Music Director Franz Welser-Möst.