Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London. Tippett champion Colin Davis continues this year's celebrations of the composer's centenary with a work that Tippett described as a lyrical journey from first to last breath. Complementing this, Beethoven's Eroica symphony, which culminates in a celebration of the greatness of human life.
Presented by Tommy Pearson.
London Symphony Orchestra, conductor Colin Davis

Tippett Symphony No 4
7.35 Twenty Minutes: Talking Proms
Tommy Pearson is in the Proms box for another in a weekly series of programmes with news, views and features on the current Proms season. Plus a look at the statues in Hyde Park and at some items in the Proms A-Z.
7.55 Beethoven Symphony No 3 in E flat (Eroica)

(Repeated Thursday 1 September at 3pm)