Performance

Five significant albums by Stevie Wonder

3 upcoming performances in New York

Now at BAM, “Five significant albums by Stevie Wonder” revisits key records from Wonder’s catalogue through a classical lens. Premier musicians and world-renowned guests join Stevie Wonder, with rotating ensembles that privilege balance, precise phrasing, and careful orchestration over spotlight solos. In New York City, where BAM has long functioned as a proving ground for cross-genre rethinking, the program reads like a local chapter in a broader American songbook conversation. The earned insight is that the classical framing exposes how structurally rigorous these songs are, even without their original studio sheen.