Year of composition: 2008
Published by Boosey & Hawkes

Michael has created a complete score from the film cues that Prokofiev composed for a 1936 film, The Queen of Spades. The ballet Rushes is based upon this score and choreographed by Kim Brandstrup. It included several stars of the Royal Ballet, including Carlos Acosta, Alina Cojocaru and Tamara Rojo. The score was highly praised and has now been recorded in a slightly different form with the title Symphonic Suite adapted from The Queen of Spades. The Royal Scottish National Orchestra is conducted by Neeme Järvi on Chandos 10519.