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Four conductors pass the baton in an all-English First Night featuring works by Turnage, Elgar, Delius and Tippett.

Lush Strauss favourites (Four Last Songs and Also sprach Zarathustra) feature alongside music by Finns Sibelius and Saariaho.

Handel鈥檚 resplendent Water Music suites and Music for the Royal Fireworks get an upsized French period-instrument treatment.

Daniel Barenboim begins his Beethoven symphony cycle at the beginning, with the First and Second; plus Boulez鈥檚 D茅rive 2.

Boulez鈥檚 work for solo clarinet and its electronic double appears in between Beethoven鈥檚 Fourth and the mighty Third (鈥楨roica鈥�).

Daniel Barenboim reaches the midpoint of his Beethoven cycle, exploring Nature and Fate in the 鈥楶astoral鈥� and Fifth symphonies.

Two more Beethoven symphonies frame Boulez鈥檚 Anth猫mes, for violin and electronics, under Daniel Barenboim鈥檚 baton.

Daniel Barenboim鈥檚 Beethoven cycle concludes with the universal message of the Ninth, on the opening day of the London Olympics.

An all-British Prom including Vaughan Williams鈥檚 spacious 鈥楾allis鈥� Fantasia and Walton鈥檚 riotous choral Belshazzar鈥檚 Feast.

One of the great choral classics of Western classical music, Bach鈥檚 Mass in B minor, under Baroque specialist Harry Bicket.

Feted interpreter of the late Romantic repertoire, Donald Runnicles conducts Wagner and Bruckner, with his 麻豆社 Scottish Symphony.Feted interpreter of the late Romantic repertoire, Donald Runnicles conducts Wagner and Bruckner, with his 麻豆社 Scottish Symphony.

Curve-ball pieces from Var猫se and Anna Meredith and Messiaen鈥檚 ecstatic Turangal卯la Symphony from the National Youth Orchestra.

Part concert piece, part theatrical spectacle, Bernstein鈥檚 Mass is an unmissable rarity, receiving it first Proms performance.

Bruckner (Sixth Symphony) and James MacMillan (Credo), associated with religious expression, are joined by Wagner鈥檚 hymn to love.

Sir Mark Elder honours Ivor Novello 鈥� the tunesmith and matinee idol who dominated London鈥檚 stage musicals in the 1930s and 1940s.

A wide-ranging set, taking in tributes to Thelonious Monk and HM The Queen plus a new, flamenco-inspired piece from Tim Garland.

Dvo艡谩k鈥檚 popular 鈥楴ew World鈥� Symphony, written in the USA, plus old- and new-world works by Copland, Ginastera and others.

A triple helping of differently powerful symphonies by Vaughan Williams 鈥� Andrew Manze conducts the Fourth, Fifth and Sixth.

Russian Vladimir Jurowski conducts Tchaikovsky鈥檚 Byron-inspired Manfred; Alice Coote is the soloist in Mahler鈥檚 wayfaring songs.

Gilbert & Sullivan鈥檚 The Yeomen of the Guard, one of the duo鈥檚 grandest Savoy operas, celebrates London in this Olympic year.

Wagner鈥檚 'Prelude' and 'Good Friday Music' from Parsifal and Berg鈥檚 Violin Concerto preface waltz-inspired works by Strauss and Ravel.

John Wilson and his orchestra pay tribute to the composers who created the 鈥楤roadway sound鈥� 鈥� with excerpts from favorite shows.

Elgar鈥檚 First was a turning point in the British symphony. Martyn Brabbins conducts it, as well as Howells鈥檚 Hymnus Paradisi.

Bernard Haitink pairs Haydn鈥檚 鈥楲ondon鈥� Symphony with Strauss鈥檚 An Alpine Symphony in his second Prom with the Vienna Philharmonic.

The Last Night: this year鈥檚 musical celebration brings Nicola Benedetti and Joseph Calleja, plus John Williams鈥檚 Olympic Fanfare.