That’s How We Met

Skylar Brandt, American Ballet Theatre Principal Dancer and revered international pianist Vladimir Rumyantsev make their professional and personal debuts as partners in this beautifully curated classical music and ballet concert. Programming includes works by Chopin, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff, Liszt, Saint-Saëns and Feinberg with special arrangements by Rumyantsev, inspired by his invitations to perform with the world’s most prestigious dance companies. It will also feature the world premiere of No. 1, composed by Brandt’s mother at the young age of 16 years old. Set to her mother’s music, Brandt will make her choreographic debut with a solo entitled “For Mom” and will also perform a piece based on “Le Cygne” from The Carnival of the Animals.

Vladimir Rumyantsev, piano
Skylar Brandt, Principal Dancer at American Ballet Theatre

BARBARA BRANDT  –  No. 1, “For Mom” (world premiere)
FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN  –  Waltz in E-flat Major, Op. 18 "Grande Valse Brillante"
FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN  –  Nocturne in E-flat Major, Op. 9 No. 2
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY  –  Rose Adagio from The Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66 (arr. Rumyantsev)
SERGEI RACHMANINOFF  –  Four Preludes from Ten Preludes, Op. 23
FRANZ LISZT  –  Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in C-sharp Minor (with Rachmaninoff cadenza)
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY  –  Barcarolle (June), from The Seasons, Op. 37a No. 6
CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS  –  The Dying Swan (arr. Rumyantsev)
TCHAIKOVSKY/FEINBERG  –  Scherzo from the Sixth Symphony