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Josef Otto af Sillén (1859-1951)

Symphony No. 3 in E minor

I. Andante - Allegro moderato 0:00
II. Andante 9:09
III. Allegretto 18:11
IV. Moderato - Allegro vivace 22:02

Gävle Symphony Orchestra
Göran W. Nilson, conductor

Josef Otto af Sillén (1859−1951) was born in Solna on 2 July 1859 and died in Stockholm on 14 July 1951. After completing secondary school he began a career in the military with the Västgöta-Dals regiment. He later went on to a career in the insurance industry and from 1900 until 1928 he worked as the director for the Heimdall insurance company, which he also founded. During 1903−17 he was chair of the New Philharmonic Society in Stockholm. As a composer Sillén was particularly devoted to orchestral music and, among other things, he wrote several symphonies in a late Romantic style.