Classical Interludes: Theo Bleckmann presents 12 Easy Songs
A jazz singer and new music composer of eclectic tastes and prodigious gifts, Theo Bleckmann makes music that is accessibly sophisticated, unsentimentally emotional, and seriously playful. His iconoclastic approach blurs boundaries, surprises expectations, and leaves listeners feeling like the world is a bit bigger, weirder, and more interesting than they thought.
Unconstrained by genre, Bleckmann brings his adventurous sensibility to re-imagining songs from the likes of Henry Purcell, Charles Ives, George Gershwin and Kurt Weil to Kate Bush, Massive Attack and the Bee Gees.
In this performance of 12 Easy Songs, Bleckmann puts music to “found” writings, New York City’s overheard conversations, words on street signs, and even verbiage scrawled in graffiti.
Bleckmann will be joined by Timo Vollbrecht, Luke Marantz, and Joseph Branciforte.
BPL Presents programs are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, as well as generous individual donors.
