Rob Cowan presents live from the Royal Albert Hall, London.
Esa-Pekka Salonen makes a return to the BBC Symphony Orchestra for a programme with French connections. There's Salonen's own selection of orchestral excerpts from Berlioz's great Shakespearean dramatic symphony, Ravel's homage to early French dance forms, and Salonen's new Piano Concerto.
Yefim Bronfman (piano), BBC Symphony Orchestra, conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen

Ravel Le Tombeau de Couperin
Esa-Pekka Salonen Piano Concerto
(BBC co-commission: first European performance)

8.30 Twenty Minutes: This Green Plot
Michael Dobson takes his exploration of the history of outdoor productions of Shakespeare into the realms of the amateur theatre company.

8.50 Berlioz Romeo and Juliet (excerpts)

(This concert is also broadcast live on BBC4)
(Repeated on Monday 6 August at 2pm)