Natalia Luis-Bassa conductor

Leonard Bernstein   ‘Symphonic Dances’ from West Side Story
John Williams   ‘Escapades’ from Catch Me If You Can with saxophonist Jess Gillam
Dmitry Shostakovich   The Gadfly Suite

The National Children’s Orchestras of Great Britain is proud to present its exceptional 2022 Main Orchestra at The Bridgewater Hall for their final performance with the orchestra, following their summer residential.

At just 13 and 14 years old, these are some of the UK’s most remarkable young musicians and their creativity, skill, resilience, determination and flair is truly impressive. Here they share the culmination of their hard work as they perform for you their Cinematic Scores programme, conducted by Natalia Luis-Bassa, with saxophonist Jess Gillam.