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Prom 57: On the Town where score, orchestra and conductor are the stars

By Sebastian Scotney, 26 August 2018
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“John Wilson was constantly persuading the orchestra to dig deep”
Reviewed at Royal Albert Hall, London on 25 August 2018
Programme
Bernstein, On the Town (concert performance)
Performers
John Wilson, Conductor
Martin Duncan, Director
Nathaniel Hackmann, Gabey
Louise Dearman, Hildy
London Symphony Orchestra
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Sebastian Scotney
Sebastian Scotney
Sebastian has written about music for the Daily Telegraph, Prospect, Arts Industry and the Bulletin in Brussels. He has been a professor at the Royal College of Music and has recorded a CD of the Mozart clarinet quintet with the Maggini Quartet.