Anders Hillborg (1954)

Aeterna (2016 -2017)

Charismatic Megafauna, for orchestra and mixed choir

  • General information
    • Composition date: 2016 - 2017
    • Duration: 1 h 30 mn
    • Publisher: Faber Music
    • Commission: Fasad Productions pour accompagner le film Aeterna réalisé par Jesper Kurlandsky et Fredrik Wenzel
Detailed formation
  • soloist: soprano
  • mixed choir
  • 3 flutes (also 3 piccolos), 3 oboes (also English horn), duduk, 3 clarinets, 3 bassoons (also contrabassoon), 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 2 trombones, bass trombone, 3 percussionists, harp, piano, strings

Premiere information

  • Date: 23 August 2017
    Location:

    Suède, Stockholm, Berwaldhallen, Baltic Sea Festival


    Performers:

    Hannah Holgersson, soprano ; Hayk Hakobyan, duduk ; Swedish Radio Choir ; Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra ; Esa-Pekka Salonen, direction