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Klaus Mäkelä and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Perform Anders Hillborg's Eleven Gates

Apr. 21, 2022

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Klaus Mäkelä performed Anders Hillborg’s set of orchestral panoramas, Eleven Gatesat the Symphony Center on April 14-15. The Orchestra has previously performed Hillborg’s chamber pieces Vaporised Tivoli and Exquisite Corpse, under Cristian Măcelaru and Alan Gilbert respectively.

Anders Hillborg’s 19-minute piece moves through eleven “gates” of musical perception, often evocatively named: “Suddenly in the Room with Floating Mirrors;” “D-major Still Life;” “Confused Dialogues with Woodpecker;” and “Waves, Pulse, and Elastic Seabirds.” The orchestral effects are just as startling and imaginative as the composer’s various titles suggest.


(Eleven Gates/Anders Hillborg/Los Angeles Philharmonic/Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor)

To learn more about Anders Hillborg, visit: fabermusic.com

Anders Hillborg
Eleven Gates (2006)
for full orchestra
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19'

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