Earlier this month, Sharon Van Etten performed at London’s Royal Albert Hall with the Heritage Orchestra. Part of BBC Proms, a series of classical music concerts held over eight weeks each summer, Sharon performed as part of Proms 35: New York: Sound of a City. In keeping with the theme, she took on LCD Soundsystem’s classic song “New York, I Love You But You’re Bringing Me Down,” making it sound totally epic with orchestra backing, directed by Jules Buckley. Watch a video of the performance below.
Also featured in “New York: Sound of a City” were serpentwithfeet, who performed “bless ur heart, and Hercules and Love Affair, who were joined by Paris-based vocalist, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Krystle Warren on “Blind.” Watch videos of both of those below, as well.
The whole hour long program is also available to stream via BBC for two weeks.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqveUCDE9ko
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSsaoITEGcM