Use BBC.com or the new BBC App to listen to BBC podcasts, Radio 4 and the World Service outside the UK.

Find out how to listen to other BBC stations

Episode details

Radio 3,22 Jan 2026,360 mins

John Storgårds conducts Tchaikovsky’s Fourth Symphony

Through the Night

Available for 27 days

John Storgårds conducts the BBC Philharmonic in Tchaikovsky’s Symphony no 4, after Hans Abrahamsen’s delicate Horn Concerto, Sibelius’s symphonic fantasia Pohjola’s Daughter and Schumann’s much-overlooked overture to his opera Genoveva. Penny Gore presents. 12:31 AM Robert Schumann (1810-1856) Overture to Genoveva, Op 81 BBC Philharmonic, John Storgårds (conductor) 12:40 AM Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) Pohjola's Daughter, Op 49 BBC Philharmonic, John Storgårds (conductor) 12:55 AM Hans Abrahamsen (b.1952) Horn Concerto Stefan Dohr (horn), BBC Philharmonic, John Storgårds (conductor) 01:16 AM Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) Symphony no 4 in F minor, Op 36 BBC Philharmonic, John Storgårds (conductor) 02:01 AM Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714-1787), arr. Fritz Kreisler Dance of the Blessed Spirits (Orfeo ed Euridice) Gyözö Máté (viola), Balázs Szokolay (piano) 02:04 AM Antonio Caldara (c.1671-1736) Medea in Corinto - solo cantata Gerard Lesne (counter tenor), Il Seminario Musicale 02:19 AM Franz Schubert (1797-1828) Rosamunde: Overture, D.644 Orchestre National de France, Emmanuel Krivine (conductor) 02:31 AM Leoš Janáček (1854-1928) Glagolitic mass Andrea Danková (soprano), Jana Sýkorová (alto), Tomáš Juhás (tenor), Jozef Benci (bass), Aleš Bárta (organ), Prague Philharmonic Chorus, Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, Tomáš Netopil (conductor) 03:10 AM Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Serenade in C minor for Wind Octet, K.388 Wind Ensemble of Hungarian State Opera 03:32 AM Mario Nardelli (1927-1993) Three pieces for guitar Mario Nardelli jr (guitar) 03:42 AM Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986) Quatre motets sur des themes gregoriens, Op 10 Tallinn Music High School Chamber Choir, Evi Eespere (director) 03:50 AM Johann Strauss II (1825-1899) Roses from the South - waltz, Op 388 RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra, Rossen Milanov (conductor) 04:00 AM Healey Willan (1880-1968) Five Pieces Ian Sadler (organ) 04:11 AM Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) Concerto da Camera in D major (RV.94) Camerata Köln, Michael Schneider (recorder), Hans-Peter Westermann (oboe), Michael McCraw (bassoon), Mary Utiger (violin), Hajo Bäß (violin), Rainer Zipperling (cello), Harald Hoeren (harpsichord) 04:23 AM Pauline Viardot (1821-1910) Choeur des elfes Olivia Robinson (soprano), BBC Singers, Libby Burgess (piano), Grace Rossiter (conductor) 04:31 AM Franz Liszt (1811-1886) Fantasies on 'Szozdat' (Second Hungarian National Anthem) Klára Körmendy (piano) 04:40 AM Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c.1525-1594) Stabat Mater for 8 voices Silvia Piccollo (soprano), Teresa Nesci (soprano), Marco Beasley (tenor), Furio Zanasi (bass), Paolo Crivellaro (organ), Alberto Rasi (viola da gamba), Theatrum Instrumentorum, Chorus of Swiss Radio, Lugano, Diego Fasolis (conductor) 04:46 AM Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) Coriolan Overture, Op 62 Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Manfred Honeck (conductor) 04:54 AM Germaine Tailleferre (1892-1983) Sonata for harp Godelieve Schrama (harp) 05:05 AM Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber (1644-1704) Battalia a 10 in D major (C.61) Ensemble Metamorphosis 05:15 AM Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op 115 Thomas Friedli (clarinet), Quartet Sine Nomine 05:52 AM Edward Elgar (1857-1934) Variations on an original theme 'Enigma', Op.36 Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Christopher Warren-Green (conductor) 06:24 AM Josef Suk (1949-2011) Elegie, Op 23 Suk Trio, Josef Suk (violin), Josef Chuchro (cello), Jan Panenka (piano)

Programme Website
More episodes

Tracklist

  1. Track
    Artist
  2. 1.
    Overture to Genoveva, Op 81
    Overture to Genoveva, Op 81
    Robert Schumann
  3. 2.
    Pohjola's Daughter, Op 49
    Pohjola's Daughter, Op 49
    Jean Sibelius
  4. 3.
    Horn Concerto
    Horn Concerto
    Hans Abrahamsen
Trending Now