Osmo Vänskä conducts the Minnesota Orchestra in Havana, Cuba in May 2015. Yamil Lage/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Carl Nielsen
Danish composer Carl Nielsen wrote six exuberant symphonies. Royal Danish Library hide caption
The Pulitzer Prize-winning Become Ocean by John Luther Adams is one of NPR Classical's favorite albums of 2014. Cantaloupe hide caption
A 1931 portrait of Danish composer Carl Nielsen by Sigurd Swane. Nielsen's symphonies are still undervalued. Alfredo Dagli Orti/The Art Arc hide caption
Conductor Colin Davis concludes his cycle of Carl Nielsen's symphonies with the London Symphony Orchestra. LSO Live hide caption