Title: An Evening of Music and Dance
Date: Saturday 7th May 2022, Evening
Type: Gala Evening
Company: Birmingham Royal Ballet and Royal Ballet Sinfonia
Location: Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham, England
Conductor: Paul Murphy
Compère: Dominic Heale
Collection Folder: Folder 29

Programme

Act 1

Overture, Nabucco (Giuseppe Verdi)

Coppélia Pas de Deux

Choreography: Peter Wright after Marius Petipa and Enrico Cecchetti
Music: Léo Delibes
Production: Taken from Peter Wright’s production
Dancers: Céline Gittens (Swanhilda), Brandon Lawrence (Franz)

Evening Prayer and Pantomime, Hansel and Gretl

Music: Engelbert Humperdinck
Soprano: Helsa Townsend
Mezzo-Soprano: Samantha Lewis

Bluebird Pas de Deux, Sleeping Beauty

Choreography: Peter Wright after Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov
Music: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Production: Taken from Peter Wright’s production
Dancers: Miki Mizutani (Princess Florine), Max Maslen (Bluebird)

Act III Entracte, Carmen (Georges Bizet)

Ride of the Valkyries, Die Walküre (Richard Wagner)

Act 2

Waltz, Eugene Onegin (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky)

End of Time

Choreography: Ben Stevenson
Music: Sergei Rachmaninoff
Dancers: Yijing Zhang, Brandon Lawrence
Solo Cello: Antonio Novais
Solo Piano: Jeanette Wong

Flower Duet, Lakmé

Music: Léo Delibes
Soprano: Helsa Townsend
Mezzo-Soprano: Samantha Lewis

Bacchanale, Samson et Dalila (Camille Saint-Saëns)

Majisimo

Choreography: Jorge Garcia
Music: Jules Massenet
Dancers: Yaoqian Shang, Mathias Dingman, Karla Doorbar, Yu Kurihara, Beatrice Parma, Tzu-Chao Chou, Shuailun Wu, Alexander Yap

Orchestra

First Violins:
Robert Gibbs (Leader)
Hikaru Matsukawa
Vanessa David
Amanda Brown
Deborah Schlenther
Philip Aird
Caroline Ferriman
Cathy Hamer
Chris Hughes

Second Violins:
Jenny Sacha
Mary Martin
Fiona Robertson
Bob Simmons
Shelley Deacon
Caroline Bodimead

Violas:
Errika Horsley
Amy Swain
Louise Parker
Henrietta Ridgeon

Cellos:
Antonio Novais
Jane Rainey
Abi Hyde-Smith
Emma Vidgeon

Double Basses:
Vera Pereira
Georgina McGrath
Alex Verster
Hannah Turnbull

Flutes:
Daniel Shao
Tim Taylorson
Sandra Skipper (Piccolo)

Oboes:
Isabella Cheesman
Ben Marshall
Max Spiers (Cor anglais)

Clarinets:
Ian Scott
Ruth Buxton
Peter Cigleris (Bass Clarinet)

Bassoons:
Llinos Owen
Alexandra Davidson
Laura Vincent (Contrabassoon)

Horns:
Andrew Littlemore
Neil Mitchell
Chris Pointon
Richard Stroud
Richard Dilley

Trumpets:
Tim Hawes
Steven Walton
Julie Ryan
John Ellwood

Trombones:
Andrew White
Charlotte Van Passen
Adam Chrichton

Tuba:
David Gordon Shute

Harp:
Sue Blair

Timpani:
Grahame King

Percussion:
Kevin Earley
Paul Parker
John McCutcheon
Austin Beattie
Malcolm Neale

Celeste/Piano:
Jeanette Wong

Notes

The Act 1 programme was originally Nabucco, Coppélia, Hansel and Gretl, Our Waltzes Red Pas de Deux, Bluebird Pas de Deux, Ride of the Valkyries. After Hansel and Gretl it was announced that due to injury, Our Waltzes (due to be danced by Momoko Hirata and César Morales, Hirata was injured) would be replaced. The running order then became Hansel and Gretl, Bluebird Pas de Deux, Carmen and Ride of the Valkyries.

Yaoqian Shang replaced Momoko Hirata in Majisimo