Kurt Atterberg's Second Symphony

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I'd always loved the symphonies of Swedish composer Kurt Atterberg, especially the Second Symphony. For some years I had thought of getting a complete set of the recordings. Eventually I ordered the boxed set from Amazon. It arrived on December 12th 2011. I looked through the booklets and discovered that December 12th was also Atterberg's birthday. Then, reading the notes about the Second symphony, I found that its first performance was also on December 12th. (Incidentally, it was composed almost exactly 100 years ago, between 1911 and 1912)
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