Gosh, Spice Girls at Glyndebourne is almost Partridge-esque. Bound to happen one day.
Agree that there is too much gushing in the presentation. Let the music speak for itself.
BTW a Welsh newsreader was due to be presenting some of the Proms this year, but is now otherwise engaged.
Mostly I agree with you. I usually hate orchestral pop and rock music. The LSO doing Stairway to Hwaven is almost as bad as Rolf Harris doing it. However, those soul tunes were made for big orchestration and works really well.
Another vote for really enjoying listening to this on playback. I know it'll be on the telly, but I wonder if they will release it as an album at some point