Verdi: Requiem

In the first of six programmes recorded at this year's Henry Wood

50th Anniversary of Janacek's Death

In the second of six programmes recorded at this year's Henry Wood

The third in a series of six programmes recorded at this year's Henry Wood

Esther Rantzen is the hostess for the ever-popular Viennese Night with the BBC Symphony Orchestra led by MAURICE BRETT conducted by Walter Susskind

BBC2 joins Radio 3 in stereo for a live relay of the first half of this evening's Henry Wood Promenade Concert from the Royal Albert Hall , London.

In tonight's programme, one of Schubert's most charming and graceful orchestral works, written when he was only 19: the Symphony No 5 in B flat major. given by the BBC Symphony Orchestra led by MAURICE BRETT conducted by Walter Susskind

A stereo relay with Radio 3 from the Royal Albert Hall, London.

In the last of six programmes recorded at the 1978 Henry Wood Promenade Concerts, RICHARD BAKER introduces one of the worm's great orchestras, under their chief conductor, playing at the Proms for the first time.

Introduced by Richard Baker

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra plays Beethoven's Symphony No 1, the second of three In Performance programmes featuring Sir Georg Solti. Under his direction the Chicago Symphony Orchestra has become one of the most dynamic and expressive of the world's great orchestras. Tonight's programme was recorded when the Chicago Symphony Orchestra made its first-ever appearance at the Proms.

Tonight in The Lively Arts, an outstanding performance of this radiant and majestic work, recorded during the highly-acclaimed visit to the 1978 Proms by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under its chief conductor Sir Georg Solti.