In the week of a rare performance at the Proms of Franz Schmidt's 1938 oratorio about the Apocalypse, Peter Kislinger charts Austria's decline between the wars from Hapsburg glory to Hitler's pawn. With contributions from Andrew Barker, Thomas Gayda, Ray Monk and Olga Neuwirth. Reader David Timson.
Producer Piers Burton-Page
See also BBC Proms 2000 7pm