“This album was created with so much emotion,” Florence Welch told the audience. “I never imagined that anyone could add more emotion to it.”
Florence and Machine relive their debut album – but with orchestral backing! Last night, the BBC Orchestra joined Florence Welch for a symphonic reimagining of the band’s debut album, Lungs.
The show, called “Symphony of the Lungs”, was part of the BBC Proms Festival, and saw Welch sing the 2009 album in its entirety from the Royal Albert Hall in her only full concert of the year.
“This album was created with so much emotion,” she told the audience. “I never imagined that anyone could add more emotion to it.”
The show featured Welch and the orchestra, led by Jules Buckley, performing several songs from Lungs The band will also bring back other classic songs that haven't been on the setlist, including “Bird Song,” which Welch hasn't performed in 15 years. The setlist also includes songs like “Howl” and “Blinding,” which she hasn't performed since 2014, and “Hardest of Hearts,” which fans haven't heard since 2010.
“With high drama and precise flow in equal parts, Welch commands the stage through the album’s deep cuts—the rolling rhythms of “Blinding” and the shimmering swing of “Hurricane Drunk” are exceptional—all the way to roaring hits like “Dog Days Are Over,” one post reads. Rolling Stone Review the party.
Welch has revealed she will be joining the BBC Proms in British Vogue Magazine In an interview last April, he told the newspaper: “When [the invitation] “When I walked in, they said, ‘We know you’re out, but are you going to…?’ And I said, ‘Yes!’
“The backdrop to my home life is classical music, especially obscure stuff,” she added. “So to be asked to play in concerts is really exciting – concerts are so special.”
