The music of Lili Boulanger returns to the Proms after many decades. A fascinating figure in French music who died tragically young in 1918, Nadia Boulanger's younger composer sister poured the fervour of her rare inspiration into her psalm settings - dramatic studies in light and shade - complemented here by two famous orchestral showpieces.

Ann Murray (mezzo), City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus, BBC Philharmonic, conductor Yan Pascal Tortelier

Lili Boulanger Psalm 24

Debussy La Mer

Lili Boulanger Psalm 130 (Du fond de l'Abime)

8.00 Balzac's Human Comedy
On the bicentenary of Balzac's birth, biographer Graham Robb explains how the son of an administrator from Tours transformed himself into one of France's literary giants.

8.20 Sibelius Symphony No 2

(Repeated Thursday 2pm)