Listen to music in the Spotlight: Nordic Music category from the 2026 Music Listening Contest playlist.
Drømde mik en drøm III
From the album Ice and Longboats: Ancient Music of Scandinavia
Performed by Ensemble Mare Balticum, Ute Goedecke, Aino Lund Lavoipierre, Per Mattsson & Stefan Wikström
Lyric Pieces, Op. 65 (Book 8): No. 6, Wedding Day at Troldhaugen (Bryllupsdag på Troldhaugen)
From the album Grieg: Lyric Pieces
Performed by Leif Ove Andsnes
Symphony No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 7, FS 16: I. Allegro orgoglioso
From the album Nielsen: Symphony No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 7, FS 16
Performed by The Royal Danish Orchestra & Thomas Søndergård
Finlandia for Orchestra, Op. 26
From the album Grieg: Peer Gynt, Op. 23 (Excerpts)
Performed by Esa-Pekka Salonen & Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Heyr þú oss himnum á
From the album Meditatio: Music for Mixed Choir
Performed by Schola Cantorum Reykjavicensis & Hörður Áskelsson
Æ Rømeser
From the album Last Leaf
Performed by Danish String Quartet
Ispolskan (feat. Arvid Svenungsson)
From the album Stories from the Outside
Performed by Lena Jonsson Trio
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