Sir Georg Solti conducts the London Philharmonic Orchestra, leader David Nolan, in Beethoven's Mass in D (Missa solemnis)

Traditionally the last night before the Last Night of the Proms is Beethoven's Choral Symphony. Tonight, exceptionally, the Proms offer his other great choral work. On the top of the score, Beethoven wrote 'from the heart - may it go to the heart.'
Helen Donath (soprano), Doris Soffel (mezzo-soprano), Siegfried Jerusalem (tenor), Hans Sotin (bass), with the Edinburgh Festival Chorus, chorus-master John Curry

Introduced by Cormac Rigby

(For the best effect, viewers with stereo Radio 3 should turn off TV sound and position their speakers on either side of the screen, but a few feet away. Stereo headphones provide a suitable alternative)
(Book, The Henry Wood Proms, £8.75 from booksellers)