Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London.
A triumphant return to the Proms for Maxim Vengerov after last year's enthralling solo recital. The Russian virtuoso directs the English Chamber Orchestra and appears as soloist in Bach's great double concerto - with Paul Barritt - and one of Mendelssohn's most youthful works. After the interval, a symphony by Mozart and two of his shorter works for violin and orchestra.

Paul Barritt (violin), English Chamber Orchestra, director Maxim Vengerov (violin)

Bach Double Concerto in D minor, BWV1043

Schubert Adagio and Rondo in A, D438

Mendelssohn Concerto in D minor for violin and strings

8.30 Twenty Minutes: The South: 6
Nine talks in which writers immerse themselves in the idea of the south.
Francis Spufford, author of I May Be Some Time: Ice and the English Imagination, discusses the lure of the South Pole.

8.50 Mozart Adagio in E, K261; Rondo in C, K373; Symphony No 29 in A, K201

(Repeated Thursday 24 August 2pm)