Special LIVE Performance & Slide Presentation. Cellist Suellen Primost, joined by gifted collaborators, offers a feast of exquisite music, captivating images and poetry to stir the imagination, enliven the soul and serve as a source of inspiration for the journey.
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Shibui is the Japanese word for subtle beauty, and in this album cellist Suellen Primost (known for her intense, melodic line) has gathered musicians from a variety of traditions to produce a celebration of the inner life. The CD is a meditation cycle, an active imagination that calls forth intensely visual images. It's the equivalent of a poetry reading, a Tea ceremony, a Sufi dance, a moment of worship and a lover's embrace, as we move from one song to the next. Primost has taken her inspiration from poets, including Dickinson, Rilke and Rumi and produced music that has the same shimmering interiority. This CD moves seamlessly between the mystic and the sensual realms. The narrative embraces our experience of longing and fulfillment, desire and surrender. The musicianship is superb, and all the gifted performers play the role of psychopomps, leading us closer to the Beloved, and to the soul of the world. ---Valerie Andrews, composer, pianist (CD, Mindful Music), and author of "A Passion for this Earth"
Artists include Suellen Primost,Savannah Jo Lack, Ann Licater,Wendy Markel, John Kadyk, Diana Marto, Wendy Markel, Mori Achen, AnaDiane Landelle, Troy Arnett, Stuart Rabinowitsh, Ali Tahbaz, Kathleen Farrell & Chuck Cunningham. Suggested Donation: $15-20. RSVP sprimost@aol.com or 510-530-3735.
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Cost: $15-20