A first opportunity at the Proms to hear Elgar's dramatic and expressive oratorio The Apostles - a broad musical canvas richly coloured by his imagination.
The life of Christ is treated obliquely to focus on the consequences for his followers, and the work ends with a visionary meditation on the Ascension.
BBC Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Andrew Davis

Part 1

8.45 What Will Survive of Us?
Andrew Motion introduces and reads poems which explore the twinned themes of loss and love, one year after the death of Diana, Princess of Wales.

9.05 Part 2