Radio 3

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)