Bach's Birthday & Blue Guitar Gallery by Twilite

Bach's Birthday Bash and the Rites of Spring!
Poetry and Music Performance
Harry Azmitia and Saundra Dubow, Poets
Lynne Camenga, Violin - Sonya Lawson, Viola
Westfield Atheneum
March 21

On rare occasions magic occurs. There are those moments in life and art that completely blow yer freakin' mind. This performance caught me totally by surprise. Lori Desrosiers poetry, read by Saundra, captured something like a sunny day from childhood, elusive and ebullient and brilliantly performed. Harry hit the mark with his well read, traditional verse straight from the inner soul. The music was delicious compliment, especially the expressive violin of Lynne Camenga, and Sonya Lawson capped off the evening with her toneful renditions of Bach on a Dali inspired, ergonomically correct viola. What a triumph!

Twilite's rating - 9.4

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Poetry Reading and Performance - Karen Randall (art and poetry), Christina Svane, Bill O'Haire, Erica Russo
Blue Guitar Gallery, Easthampton - March 31, 2007

Is it possible for Twilite to be taken aback? The short answer is yes, absolutely! Guitar virtuoso O'Haire provided effective backdrop to the abstract, atmospheric poetry of Randall, while O'Haire's better half, Svane, performed almost yogaesque movement, poetry in French, and something that sounded like Middle Eastern wail. It was all brilliantly weird as we all sat around in a circle on the floor and didn't really watch or listen, but experienced. I even got up during the "open" part of the performance and read a poem which fell almost completely flat. Apparently, I just couldn't dial in my mojo to the appropriate cosmic strangeness. Oh well, just give 'em hell!

Twilite's rating - 8.4