Superlative playing from the John Wilson Orchestra

By Benjamin Poore, 12 August 2018

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“the music swaggers and kicks its way into the audience’s sensibility”

Reviewed at Royal Albert Hall, London on 11 August 2018

Bernstein, West Side Story (concert performance)

John Wilson, Conductor

Mikaela Bennett, Maria

Ross Lekites, Tony

Eden Espinosa, Anita

Emma Kingston, Rosalia

Leo Roberts, Riff

Gian Marco Schiaretti, Bernardo

Leila Zaidi, Vocals

Jocasta Almgill, Vocals

Christopher Jordan Marshall, Vocals

Alistair Brammer, Vocals

Jack North, Vocals

Michael Colbourne, Vocals

Fra Fee, Vocals

Louise Alder, Soprano

Students from ArtsEd and Mountview

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Benjamin Poore

Benjamin Poore is a writer and critic. His book on psychoanalysis and literature is forthcoming in 2019. He has previously written about literature and culture for the Independent, the Times Literary Supplement, and Times Higher Education. In his spare time he tries to sing Schubert; he has a very patient teacher.

Prom 38: Superlative playing from the John Wilson Orchestra in West Side Story