New to the Proms, one of Haydn's endlessly inventive symphonies, and arias by Gluck from his political operas on Greek myths. The political theme continues at the Royal Albert Hall in Beethoven's powerfully heroic symphony.

Thomas Allen (baritone), Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, conductor Heinrich Schiff

Haydn Symphony No 70 in D; Dice Benissimo (La Scuola di'Gelosi; Un Cor Si Tenero (Il Disertore)

Gluck Overture: Alceste; Dieu Qui Me Poursuive (Iphigenie en Tauride); Tu Decides Son Sort (Iphigenie en Aulide)

8.20 The Politics of the Romantic Hero
The heroes and heroines of romantic art have traditionally been represented as exiles from politics and society, visionaries who enter a glorious other world of the pure imagination.
But now the cult of the romantic hero is viewed differently. Nicholas Roe of St Andrews University explores the politics of the romantic hero in the golden age of romanticism - from the French Revolution in 1789 to the exile of Napoleon in 1815.

8.40 Beethoven Symphony No 3 in E flat (Eroica)