Three to look out for

Alan Davey, the controller of BBC Radio 3, picks out three great moments to listen out for in July

First Night of the Proms

It’s an all-british affair at this year’s First Night, with Holst’s The Planets and Vaughan Williams’s Toward the Unknown Region taking centre stage. The evening will close with a new commission by Anna Meredith and 59 Productions, Five Telegrams, featuring digital projections inspired by letters written by soldiers in 1918.

Radio 3 in Concert; 13 July, 8pm

WOMAD

Radio 3 returns to WOMAD (World Music, Arts and Dance) festival for its 19th year. Music Planet ’s Lopa Kothari and Kathryn Tickell are presenting from the Radio 3 stage, introducing audiences to the likes of Welsh folk, Polish punk and Ugandan multi-instrumentalists.

WOMAD; 27-29 July

Wagner’s Lohengrin

Wagner’s epic Romantic opera Lohengrin returns to the Royal Opera House in a production conducted by Andris Nelsons. Wagner aficionado Klaus Florian Vogt takes on the role of Lohengrin, a character he has portrayed several times to acclaim. Opera on 3; 7 July, 5-10pm