Linton Stephens presents a Prom from the Royal Albert Hall in which Nicholas Collon conducts the orchestra in a performance of Shostakovich's Symphony No 5 from memory. Actors join the musicians to bring to life a symphony born in the shadow of Stalin's regime - music on the edge of life and death by a composer treading a dangerous line between political obedience and artistic defiance.

Clive Myrie is joined at the Royal Albert Hall by guests Alison Balsom and Gyles Brandreth.for a musical celebration of landscapes and seascapes performed by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Featuring Vaughan Williams's The Lark Ascending, Elgar's Enigma Variations featuring Nimrod, Britten's Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes, and Walton's Crown Imperial Coronation March, as well as lesser-known gems from some of Britain's most illustrious composers.