The new Finnish conductor of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra makes his Proms debut this evening. Sakari Oramo is a keen champion of the works of Nielsen, whose Fourth Symphony, the Inextinguishable, is performed after the interval. He is joined by a young star violinist for Sibelius's exultant and heart-rending concerto, and revives Bridge's epic tone poem, first performed at the Proms under Henry Wood in 1912.

Sarah Chang (violin), City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, conductor Sakari Oramo

Bridge The Sea

Sibelius Violin Concerto

8.00 Carl Nielsen in His Own Words
A portrait of the life and ideas of Carl Nielsen - robust, earthy and humorous - drawn from his own words and music.

8.20 Nielsen Symphony No 4 (Inextinguishable)

(Tonight's concert is also on BBC2)