Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London.
The Great Escape: Hollywood Golden Age. Elmer Bernstein, composer of some of the most famous Hollywood film scores, conducts a sequence of film music from the golden age of Hollywood. Presented by Tommy Pearson.

John Harle (saxophone), BBC Concert Orchestra, conductor Elmer Bernstein

Elmer Bernstein Hollywood and the Stars

Rozsa Overture: Parade of the Chariots (Ben-Hur)

Korngold Old England: Robin Hood and His Merry Men (Robin Hood)

Steiner Tara's Theme (Gone With the Wind)

Tiomkin Red River: Duel in the Sun; Giant; Rawhide; High Noon (A President's Country); The Green Leaves of Summer (The Alamo)

Elmer Bernstein The Ten Commandments

8.05 Twenty Minutes: Poetry Proms
Jo Shapcott presents the fourth in a series of poetry readings recorded at the Serpentine Gallery in London. Tonight Kathleen Jamie and Ken Smith.

8.25 Copland Morning on the Ranch: Dream March Circus Music (The Red Pony)

David Raksin Theme from "Laura"

Waxman A Place in the Sun

Herrmann Taxi Driver

Elmer Bernstein The Man with the Golden Arm; The Magnificent Seven

(Quentin Cooper on movie music and Slatkin's Proms pick: page 20)