In the 1930s Russia was ruled by fear, and for most people the top priority was survival. David Fanning looks at some of the survival tactics of composers at the time, including Shostakovich and Prokofiev, and plays a variety of music composed in the name of Socialist Realism. Excerpts include Shostakovich Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, Prokofiev Peter and the Wolf, Shelabin Dramatic Symphony on Vladimir Il'ich Lenin, Knipper Symphony No 4 Shostakovich The Boh, Prokofiev Cantata for the 20th Anniversary of the October Revolution