Portsmouth Rolling Stones, and Fleetingwood Mac. Numerous musical works are set in the city. "Portsmouth Point" is an overture for orchestra by the English composer William Walton in 1925. The work was inspired by Thomas Rowlandson's etching depicting Portsmouth Point, otherwise known as "Spice Island" in Old Portsmouth. The overture was used for the BBC Proms Concert in 2007. "H.M.S. Pinafore" is a comic opera in two acts set in Portsmouth Harbour, with music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W.S. Gilbert. John Cranko's 1951 ballet "Pineapple Poll", which features the operetta music of "The Bumboat Woman's Story" by Gilbert and
The Girl in White (ballet) Guild, courtesy of Opera Australia in 2010. Ackley has referred to Bradshaw’s music as “unmistakably American, with a mixture of jazz and rock rhythms superimposed over fanciful melodies that ring true for the audience” The Girl in White (ballet) Ballet No. 1 The Girl in White is a contemporary ballet in three acts written by American composer Robert J. Bradshaw. The story is based on Mexican folklore and the music is influenced by Mexican folk music or Mexican Son music. The ballet was commissioned and first recorded by James Ackley and the Palmetto Camerata with funding by a University of