Comments on: Stevie Wonder’s Innervisions at BBC Proms (Review)

By: Jim

Jim — Tue, 22 Aug 2023 12:57:09 +0000

My first visit to the Royal Albert Hall and my first Prom – I will remember and treasure the memory of last night for the rest of my life. And what a night for everyone who was so fortunate to be there! A night that will never be recreated and now exists only in the memory (it’s not on BBC iPlayer, presumably for copyright reasons). Total joy, delight and emotion for the entire audience and the performers too, each feeding off each other to create two hours of “Wonderment” – even the BBC Radio 3 team in the control box opposite were standing, clapping and swaying to the music. At one point I was so moved, when Lianne La Havas was singing “He’s Misstra Know-It-All” together with the amazingly talented and beautiful person that is Cory Henry, that I found tears running down my cheeks – me, a 66 year old white man, transported back 50 years to when he listened for the first time as a teenager to his newly acquired LP treasure, again and again, transfixed by this incredible Stevie Wonder album. Thank you – just thank, to everyone involved in creating last night.

By: Terri Green

Terri Green — Tue, 22 Aug 2023 12:34:46 +0000

The orchestral arrangements suited the tunes better than I expected. Cory so expressive on the keyboards. I passed Hugh Jackman in the corridor … He would’ve put more feeling into Misstra Know-It-All.

By: Natalie cusack

Natalie cusack — Tue, 22 Aug 2023 11:36:04 +0000

What an amazing evening in the company of Cory Henry.
Phenomenal evening.
The whole of the Royal Albert Hall was filled with a cascade of different cultures all joined together by the evening’s soundtrack, orchestra, composer and a wonderful singer Cory Henry.
Thank Royal Albert Hall for the diversity and the vibe