Charles Mackerras authority on Mozart's operas and those of Sir Arthur Sullivan. His ballet with John Cranko, "Pineapple Poll", is an arrangement of Sullivan music with a story based on one of W. S. Gilbert's "Bab Ballads". The piece premiered in 1951, soon after the expiration of copyright on Sullivan's music, and continues to be a popular light music favourite in English speaking countries. Mackerras later arranged music by Giuseppe Verdi for the ballet "The Lady and the Fool". He also arranged a suite from John Ireland's score for the 1946 film "The Overlanders", after Ireland's death in 1962. He became principal
Geoff Smith (music composer) Emily Brontë, John Keats, Christina Rossetti, Percy Bysshe Shelley, and Elizabeth Siddal. Smith is a former student of English composer/double bassist Gavin Bryars. After fourteen years of inactivity a reformed Geoff Smith Band recorded several new tracks in early 2014 and made them available via SoundCloud. This latest incarnation of the group features Geoff (Piano & Keyboards), Nicola (Vocals), Adrian Utley (Guitars & Bass), James Woodrow (Guitar), and Clive Deamer (Drums). Geoff Smith (music composer) Geoff Smith (born 1966) is a British music composer, writer, and academic. Along with his wife, singer Nicola Walker Smith (born 1964), he has written