Royal Opera House, LondonThe Royal's engaging mixed programme spans work by Liam Scarlett, George Balanchine and Christopher Wheeldon, with music by Rachmaninov, Tchaikovsky and Michael NymanIn many ways, Rachmaninov's Trio elegiaque is the ideal music for Liam Scarlett's ballet Sweet Violets. With its racing pulse and undertow of dread, its contrasts of glitter against darkness, the score embodies all the queasy mel…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:59AM on May 15, 2014