Nordic Symphonies And A $100 Guitar: Music We Love Now

By Tom Huizenga,

Anastasia Tsioulcas

Published February 20, 2013 at 12:25 PM EST

Conductor Colin Davis concludes his cycle of Carl Nielsen's symphonies with the London Symphony Orchestra.

1 of 3 — Carl Nielsen Symphonies.

/ LSO

2 of 3 — Symphonic music by Leevi Madetoja.

/ Ondine

3 of 3 — 100 Dollar Guitar Project.

/ courtesy of Bridge Records

Tom Huizenga

Tom Huizenga is a producer for NPR Music. He contributes a wide range of stories about classical music to NPR's news programs and is the classical music reviewer for All Things Considered. He appears regularly on NPR Music podcasts and founded NPR's classical music blog Deceptive Cadence in 2010.

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Anastasia Tsioulcas

Anastasia Tsioulcas is a reporter on NPR's Arts desk. She is intensely interested in the arts at the intersection of culture, politics, economics and identity, and primarily reports on music. Recently, she has extensively covered gender issues and #MeToo in the music industry, including backstage tumult and alleged secret deals in the wake of sexual misconduct allegations against megastar singer Plácido Domingo; gender inequity issues at the Grammy Awards and the myriad accusations of sexual misconduct against singer R. Kelly.

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