BBC Philharmonic
Live from the Royal Albert Hall , London.
Rimsky-Korsakov's opera tells of how Tsar Ivan the Terrible's discovery of a secret love-child led him to save a city from destruction. A more tragic view of the human effects of war is depicted in Shostakovich's searing Eighth
Symphony, and Glazunov's beautifully lyrical concerto is performed by one of Britain's finest violinists, Tasmin Little. Presented by Christopher Cook.
Tasmin Little (violin), BBC Philharmonic, conductor Vassily Sinaisky
Rimsky-Korsakov Overture: The Maid of Pskov (Ivan the Terrible)
Glazunov Violin Concerto in A minor
8.05 Twenty Minutes: Frank Gardner 's Cairo BBC security correspondent Frank Gardner , paralysed in an al-Qaeda attack in Cairo, returns to the city for the first time since his accident.
8.25 Shostakovich Symphony No 8 This Prom is repeated on Friday 4 August at 2pm