By Andrew Clark [Financial Times, 18 January 2010]
Having fallen from the public eye in Britain in recent years, Hans Werner Henze basked in the limelight of this two-day tribute involving the BBC Symphony Orchestra and the Frankfurt-based Ensemble Modern. With two substantial UK premieres, plus a cross-section of symphonic, piano and vocal music, the weekend did credit to everyone – not least the 83-year-old composer, looking frail but alert as he stood to acknowledge the hefty applause.