Live from the Royal Albert Hall , London. Leonard Slatkin launches his first Proms season as chief conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra.
Emma Bell, Sarah Fox, Gweneth-Ann Jeffers and Sally Matthews (sopranos), Anna Burford, Sarah Connolly, Emma Curtis and Louise Mott (mezzos), Alfred Boe, Wynne Evans, Gwyn Hughes Jones and Rhys Meirion (tenors), Leigh Melrose and Hakan Vramsmo (baritones), Jonathan Lemalu and James Rutherford (basses), Guy Johnston (cello) Colin Matthews

Fanfare (BBC commission, first performance)
Britten, orch Matthews Overture: Paul Bunyan
Vaughan Williams Serenade to Music
Elgar Cello Concerto in E minor

8.30 Twenty Minutes: John Adams
John Adams talks about his life and work.

8.50 John Adams Harmonium

Focus on Guy Johnston: page 12
Leonard Slatkin's Kind of Day: page 138