Malcolm Arnold's one act ballet score Homage To The Queen was commissioned in 1953 by the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, to celebrate the coronation of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. The ballet was conceived andchoreographed by Frederick Ashton, with designs by Oliver Messel, and was danced by the full company of the Sadler's Wells Ballet, with an illustrious cast that comprised Nadia Nerina as Queen of the Earth, Violetta Elvin as Queenof the Waters, Beryl Grey as Queen of Fire and M...

• Air
• Earth (Dance Of The Insects)
• Finale
• Fire Dance
• Prelude And Opening Scene
• Water