Stephanie Hughes and Christopher Cook look forward to the new Proms season, which begins this Friday. With Proms director Nicholas Kenyon they explore the themes and anniversaries of the year, talk to key people and slip backstage at the Royal Albert Hall. With live music from Radio 3 New Generation Artists the Karol Szymanowski Quartet.
Plus:

Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No 3 in D minor (1st mvt) - Lang Lang (piano), St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Yuri Temirkanov

8.00 Wolf Italian Serenade - Karol Szymanowski Quartet

8.15 Mendelssohn Antigone (Overture and excerpts) - Berlin Radio Choir and SO, conductor Stefan Soltesz

9.00 John Barry Goldfinger - BBC Concert Orchestra, conductor Barry Wordsworth

9.45 Vivaldi, arr McFerrin Concerto in G minor for two cellos, RV531 - Peter Howard (cello), Saint Paul CO, conductor Bobby McFerrin (vocalist)