From the Royal Albert Hall, London.

"My people are American, my time is today." In the first of several Proms tributes to George Gershwin in his centenary year, his most celebrated piano hit is paired with Ravel's exuberant jazz-inspired concerto. Aspects of America also feature in the film music of Bernstein and an exciting symphony by Hindemith.

Louis Lortie (piano), BBC Philharmonic, conductor Yan Pascal Tortelier

Bernstein Suite: On the Waterfront

Ravel Piano Concerto in G

8.15 Paul Whiteman and the Rhapsody
John Fordham traces the links between the Paul Whiteman Band and the music of George Gershwin, which reached its climax in the premiere of Rhapsody in Blue in New York in 1924.
(See also Wednesday 10.30pm)

8.35 Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue

Hindemith Symphony in E flat

(Repeated Wednesday 2pm)