Live from the Royal Albert Hall , London. A concert to mark the 100th birthday of Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, including the march Walton wrote as a BBC commission forthe 1937 Coronation and works by Handel and Elgarwhich the Queen Mother took her daughters to hear at Robert Mayer concerts in the 1930s. Plus Berlioz's great symphony- a salute to youthful ardour.
National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain, conductor Roger Norrington The National Anthem
Walton Coronation March: Crown Imperial Handel Music for the Royal Fireworks
Elgar Overture: Cockaigne (In London Town)
8.20 Twenty Minutes: The South
Nine talks in which writers immerse themselves in the idea of the south.
4: South London is not a glamorous place. Yet Philip Hensherfeels at one with Clapham boy Noël Coward, whose description of the bus ride to the West End reveals it is worth living south of the river in orderto make the journey across it regularly.
8.40 Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique Repeated Wednesday 9 August 2pm
Brian Kay 's Prom of the Week: Music, p48