Few composers captured life鈥檚 struggles as vividly as Tchaikovsky. 鈥楾his is Fate,鈥� wrote the composer in 1877 as he grappled with the opening notes of his Symphony No. 4. 鈥業t hangs above your head like the sword of Damocles.鈥� By the symphony鈥檚 final pages, Tchaikovsky had wrested hope from despair. John Storga虋rds conducts his 成人快手 Philharmonic in this full-blooded symphony, after the delicate, white luminosity of Hans Abrahamsen鈥檚 Horn Concerto and the brusque drama of Sibelius鈥檚 symphonic fantasia Pohjola鈥檚 Daughter, based on a tale from Finnish folk epic the Kalevala, in which the ancient bard Va虉ina虉mo虉inen attempts to woo the beautiful Daughter of the North. The Prom opens with Schumann鈥檚 much-overlooked dramatic overture for his opera on the medieval legend of St Genevieve of Brabant, Genoveva.

Broadcast live on 成人快手 Radio 3

Stefan Dohr 漏 Simon Pauly