This is kind of interesting. In 2010, the BBC Proms organization did an evening of Stephen Sondheim music with a huge orchestra and a huge chorus and a huge cast in a huge building…and I dunno. There's something about doing some of those songs in that situation, out of the storyline of their shows and with everyone in formal wear, that just seems amiss to me. This is the closing number — "Side by Side by Side" from Company performed not as an acting piece (I don't think anyone is playing Bobby) but as just a song performed because it's a good song. Which it is but…well, watch it and decide for yourself.
The crowd loved it and at the end as you'll see, Mr. Sondheim came onstage to hug many of the performers. I wonder if he was thinking, "Gee, that's not a bad song completely out of context…"