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
Wild Swans (ballet) 2011 onwards has been used as the theme music for an ABC Radio National programme ("Late Night Live"), replacing another piece of hers ("Russian Rag"). The "Eliza Aria" was also used as the basis of "The Journey Continues", a dance music single and music video by DJ Mark Brown and singer Sarah Cracknell. The video is notable for its use of thousands of still photographs, played in sequence to produce a surreal effect, a form of stop motion animation with live subjects. Wild Swans (ballet) Wild Swans is a ballet by Soviet-born Australian composer Elena Kats-Chernin. The story is based