Schubert's Unfinished Symphony from the BBC Proms

Elizabeth Alker introduces a week of highlights from the BBC Proms, featuring some of the festival's standout performances. Paweł Kapuła conducts the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in Schubert's Unfinished Symphony; the programme also includes Strauss's Four Last Songs, performed with the orchestra by the Welsh/Ukrainian soprano Natalya Romaniw.

From the German summer festival of Imperial Hall Concerts in Füssen, clarinettist Ib Hausmann and the Amatis Trio perform chamber works by Horovitz and Poulenc.

BBC Proms:
Robert Schumann
Symphony No. 2 in C major, Op. 61
Freiburg Baroque Orchestra
Simon Rattle (conductor)

Imperial Hall Concerts, Füssen:
Joseph Horovitz
Sonatina for Clarinet and Piano
Ib Hausmann, (clarinet)
Lea Hausmann, (violin)
Mengjie Han (piano)

BBC Proms:
Franz Schubert
Symphony No. 8 in B minor ('Unfinished')
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Paweł Kapuła (conductor)

Imperial Hall Concerts, Füssen:
Francis Poulenc
Incidental music from L’invitation au chateau
Ib Hausmann (clarinet)
Lea Hausmann (violin)
Mengjie Han (piano)

BBC Proms:
Richard Strauss
Four Last Songs
Natalya Romaniw (soprano)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Paweł Kapuła (conductor)

BBC Proms:
Béla Bartók
Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ryan Wigglesworth (conductor)