A guide to Oliver Knussen's music

Oliver Knussen's music packs as much incident and expression into mere minutes than some composers manage in a lifetimeAll articles in this seriesOliver Knussen's huge influence as conductor, teacher, programmer, artistic director, and catalyst for so much of the energy of the contemporary British musical scene can sometimes make you underestimate his real legacy: the music of crystalline concision, complexity, and richness. He has been composing since his teenage years, pieces whose distilled,...

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