First Night of the BBC Proms! Dalia Stasevska leads the BBC Orchestra in Ravel's Piano Concerto in G (Yunchan Lim, piano) and Finzi's For St. Cecilia (Thomas Atkins, tenor), as well as Josephine Stephenson’s That the sunrise not leave us unmoved, Gershwin's An American in Paris, and Copland's Fanfare for the Common Man.

Yuja Wang brings her dramatic flair and interpretive finesse to two piano concertos: Maurice Ravel’s Piano Concerto for the Left Hand and Einojuhani Rautavaara’s post-modern Piano Concerto No. 1. Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts Debussy’s Images, a work that outlines a vivid realm of ancient dances, sun-splashed Spanish ballads, and intoxicating orchestral colors. (Part of the WFMT Orchestra Series)

Each week Bill explores a different theme in classical music with illuminating commentary and musical examples, over the course of time sampling from all genres and eras of classical music. This week: "String Quartets from Fibich to Sibelius" - Works by lesser-known late-19th-century composers.