Performance

Songs from five iconic albums by Stevie Wonder

1 upcoming performance in New York

At BAM, “Songs from five iconic albums by Stevie Wonder” places selections from Wonder’s catalogue inside a classical frame, emphasizing ensemble blend, line, and phrasing over solo display. Stevie Wonder appears alongside premier musicians and a rotating roster of world-renowned guests, with arrangements that treat familiar melodies as material for chamber-like conversation. In a city where BAM has long served as a testing ground for cross-genre concert work, the program reads as part of New York’s ongoing habit of re-hearing popular song as repertory. The earned effect is restraint: the songs hold up when the groove is translated into structure.