Matthew Bourne’s Romeo and Juliet is back at Sadler’s Wells [Johan Persson]

IT was 70 years ago, in 1953, that Sergei Prokofiev died – on the same day as Stalin, which somewhat overshadowed the event. But composers are more happily remembered than dictators (a comparison the current Kremlin overlord should note). And Prokofiev – who can claim the rare accolade of never having fallen out of fashion since his death – is remembered with a vengeance this week in London, where two major scores are playing at the Proms while his most celebrated ballet opens a new run at Sadler’s Wells.

The Proms have his 3rd Symphony at the Albert Hall on July 30 (in a concert that should also have featured the star Russian pianist Daniil Trifonov in a new concerto, but beware: Trifonov has cancelled due to “visa issues”). And at the same hall on Aug 1 one of the multi-talented Kanneh-Mason family, pianist Isata, plays Prokofiev’s ever-popular 3rd Piano Concerto. Details: bbc.co.uk

• Meanwhile, Sadlers Well’s is reviving Matthew Bourne’s celebrated reinterpretation of the ballet Romeo and Juliet, from Aug-1 Sept 2. Expect all the usual dazzle of a Bourne show, sassy, sexy, passionate – and with perhaps the greatest ballet score of all time (though the warning here is that it doesn’t come exactly as Prokofiev intended: it’s been rescored and is pre-recorded). sadlerswells.com

• With all this Russian rep, it’s probably as well that there’s a balancing presence at the Proms this week, with Ukrainian conductor Kirill Karabits not only in residence with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra on Aug 2 and 3 (playing Rachmaninov both times!) but introducing UK audiences on Aug 2 to a piece by his own father, the composer Ivan Karabits. Called a Concerto for Orchestra, it was written in 1982 to mark the 1,500th anniversary of the founding of Kyiv. And with fanfares, bells and marches it’s described as a “sonic snapshot of a city in happier times”. The blue-and-yellow flags will certainly be out for that. bbc.co.uk

• It’s also a good week for William Walton at the Proms – and never underestimate the genius of Walton: when he was on form, he wrote some of the finest works in British music history, electrifying with excitement, impact and intensity. On Aug 3, at lunchtime, you get his Coronation march Orb and Sceptre. On the same day in the evening you get the super-stylish Canadian virtuoso James Ehnes playing his Violin Concerto. And then – unmissably – on Aug 4 you get the seismic splendour of his biblical-blockbuster oratorio Belshazzar’s Feast: a piece for which the Albert Hall might have been designed, because it needs a grand space.

That Aug 4 concert has to be one of the highlights of the season, because it also features the dazzling Yuja Wang playing Rachmaninov’s Paganini Rhapsody, and is conducted by Klaus Makela – the hottest property among the young stars of the podium. If you catch no other Prom this season, here’s the one. And as with all Proms, you can hear it for just £8, standing, or for absolutely nothing courtesy of Radio 3. bbc.co.uk