Stevie Wonder’s 16th studio album, Innervisions, was released fifty years ago in August 1973, when he was only 23. With iconic tracks including “Don’t You Worry ‘Bout A Thing”, “Higher Ground”, “He’s Misstra Know-It-All”, and “Living For The City”, it has gone down in history as one of the greatest albums of all time: no wonder that the Proms favourite Jules Buckley Orchestra would want to take this on.

Where the original album is famous for its small-scale arrangements, almost entirely performed by Stevie Wonder multi-tracking himself, here we get the full symphonic treatment. With arrangements by Rob Taggart, Callum Au, Jochen Neuffer, Tommy Laurence, Tim Davies, Tom Richards and Jules Buckley, it’s a gorgeous, celebratory sound. That breathtaking string arrangement in “Visions” (Callum Au) – wasn’t that always there?

Lead singer Cory Henry (Snarky Puppy), another African-American child prodigy, dazzles on the organ and piano, with high-octane shredding solos on synth. He’s joined by special guests Laura Mvula, Lianne La Havas, and Sheléa, as well as members of the vocal ensemble Vula’s Chorale, whose female voices bring a fresh sound to these legendary songs.

There’s a question over whether less is more. While the sold-out, six thousand-strong audience love every second of the two-hour concert, it feels like the classier move would be to just perform the album straight through, rather than fiddle around with the order of the songs, and shove in other Stevie Wonder tracks from other albums. The stage is rammed with a massive orchestra, rhythm section and singers — but is it actually better than Stevie Wonder alone in the studio, just multi-tracking himself on piano, bass and drums?

Tickets for all 71 Proms are available from just £8 on the BBC Proms 2023 website.