Rachmaninov

[Jhb_Boy]

I'm keen to find out which ballets make use of music by Rachmaninov. Can anyone give me a list?

Thanks so much.

[rg]

a list is a big request and as likely a solid piece of research.

i suppose some ballettalkers might chime in as the items in quetion strike them.

as for a 'list' i suspect you'll need to get some good reference sources and have a long look.

for starters there is messerer's concert number, once a popular bolshoi ballet 'highlight': SPRING WATERS.

[carbro]

You can search the repertories on the lists of major ballet companies. ABT's for instance, gives the option of a composer search. For Rachmaninoff, it lists:

• Elegy
  
• Grass
  
• Rendezvous
  
• Spring Waters
  
• Three Preludes
  

each ballet linked to further credits and notes.

At NYCBallet.com, you can enter the composer's name in the site's search engine: Rachmaninoff.

Etc., etc.

[Natalia]

Boris Eifman's recent 'The Seagull' uses Rachmaninoff music.

Many ballets exist to his 'Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini' (Sir Frederick Ashton, Stanton Welch, Leonid Lavrovsky, among numerous choreographers).

[Mel Johnson]

Christian Holder set a pas de deux on Denise Jackson and Russell Sultzbach using some Rachmaninoff piano pieces for the Joffrey. But on the whole, he's resisted choreography, as his melodies are so highly dependent on rubato.