The Proms salutes the Goethe anniversary with Schumann's loftiest and most ambitious work, which occupied him during the final decade of his life.

Dietrich Henschel (baritone), Hillevi Martinpelto and Miah Persson (sopranos), Catherine Denley (mezzo), Steve Davislim and Mark Beesley (tenors), City of Birmingham Symphony Youth Chorus, Monteverdi Choir, Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique/John Eliot Gardiner

Schumann Scenes from Goethe's Faust, Parts 1 and 2

8.45 Monsters Unleashed
Canadian historian Alexandra Richie, author of Faust's Metropolis - a recent history of Berlin - relates Goethe's drama to Germany's own Faustian pact with the Nazis and asks if the country has finally reclaimed its soul.

9.05 Part 3

(Brian Kay's Pick of the Proms: p40)