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Supporting Content

• Simon Morrison discusses the life of Lina Prokofiev, the subject of his new biography.

  

• Listen to more Audio Books

  Including My Sister The Serial Killer, Queenie, The Flatshare and more.

  

• Opening Lines

  John Yorke unpacks the themes behind the stories in Radio 4's weekend afternoon dramas.

  

• Interviews, previews and reviews

  

• Featuring the best stories from the UK's finest writers

  

• How many of these 100 Novels have you read?

  After a passionate debate, our panel has come up with this surprising literary selection.

  

• Finding Your Story

  Ten remarkable novels about identity: Which one will help you discover yourself?

  

• Celebrating reading and the 100 novels that have shaped our world.

  

• Photographs

  The photographs of Lina Prokofiev are provided by The Prokofiev Estate.

• Music used in the series

  Episode 1
  Field of the Dead from Prokofiev: Alexander Nevksy
  Piano Concerto No 1 from Prokofiev: The Piano Concertos
  
  
  Episode 2
  Tableau III: le desert from The Love For Three Oranges
  Danse des Buffoon from Buffoon
  Tableau I: Tchelio et Fata Morgana from The Love For Three Oranges
  Marche from Prokofiev – Classical Symphony
  
  
  Episode 3
  No 1 Introduction from Romeo and Juliet
  No 43 Interlude from Romeo and Juliet
  No 37 Introduction from Romeo and Juliet
  
  Episode 4
  Symphony No 5 Adagio from Complete Symphonies
  The Battle on the Ice from Alexander Nevsky – Lieutenant Kije
  Zdravista from Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky
  Symphony No 5 Andantefrom Complete Symphonies
  Symphony No 5 Adagio from Complete Symphonies
  
  
  Episode 5
  Field of the Dead from Prokofiev: Alexander Nevksy
  The Glorious Departure of Lolly and Sun’s Procession from Scythian Suite
  Peter and the Wolf from Peter and the Wolf/Cinderella