From the Royal Albert Hall, London.
Britain's premier youth orchestra presents a striking programme linking the Old World and the New. Stravinsky's ballet - a pagan ritual in music of startling modernity - provoked a scandal in the Paris of 1913. America salutes the French capital in Gershwin's upbeat cityscape, and Edgar Varese greets America with a massive sound-sculpture, here receiving its first performance at the Proms.

Sally Burgess (mezzo), National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain, conductor Paul Daniel

Varese Ameriques

Gershwin But Not for Me: How Long Has This Been Going On?; Slap That Bass; Someone to Watch over Me; The Lorelei; An American in Paris

8.35 Stravinsky Remembered
In the months following Stravinsky's death 25 years ago, his wife Vera and some of his closest friends and colleagues recorded their recollections of the man and his music in conversation with John Amis.

8.55 Stravinsky The Rite of Spring

(Simultaneous Broadcast with BBC2)