West Side Story suite (Bernstein/Sondheim)
Movements
i America, ii Tonight, iii Cool, iv Somewhere, v Gee, Officer Krupke
Notes
The musical West Side Story has had two famous incarnations: firstly, the original Broadway production which opened in 1957 and ran for 732 performances; secondly, the 2021 film version directed by Steven Spielberg. The book is a re-telling of the Romeo and Juliet story set in 1950s New York. The score blends jazz, Latin, symphonic grandeur and musical-comedy conventions in a format that was groundbreaking for its time; instrumental extracts from West Side Story have since become a staple of classical concert programmes.
