James Naughtie presents live coverage from London's Royal Albert Hall of Berlioz's Requiem (Grande Messe des Morts), a unique cross-Channel collaboration bringing together young musicians from England and France. As part of his Berlioz cycle Colin Davis conducts the choruses and orchestras of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and the Paris Conservatoire alongside tenor Stuart Neill.
(Also broadcast on Radio 3)
(Davis returns to conduct more Berlioz in the Prom on 2 September, while a Prom marking the 250th anniversary of Bach's death can be seen on Friday at 7pm)
See Choice (W)
(Brian Kay's Proms of the Week: Music - page 43)
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(Subsequent programmes may run late)