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

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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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