Symphonic Works

Although as a composer he admired both the sublime and the lyrical Beethoven and was of the opinion that the old forms still had much to say, Edvin Kallstenius (1881-1967) filled those old forms with unique harmonic designs and his own personal content. He avoided rigid commitment to a monolithic tonal language. He was an uncompromising craftsman whose scores contain meticulously precise playing instructions. His first symphony is considered one of the most remarkable symphonies composed in 1920s Sweden. Conductor Frank Beermann leads the Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra.