Could Carl Nielsen be next? Born the same year as Sibelius (1865), he’s also something like his country’s national composer. That country is Denmark, which is also home to Thomas Søndergård ...

The Danish soil and character (though not so much its folk music) pervades all Carl Nielsen's work; there’s an attractive, unsentimental directness about it and, though it has its bleak moments, a ...

The Nordic countries have contributed music to the world of all genres. In the world of Classical music, each Nordic country has given pieces that are played by orchestras, pianists, singers, and ...