Encantado
(on hearing the Sexteto Astillero at Pista Urbana, BuenosAires)
Abdiel returned to Buenos Aires in May 2019, once again to experience the city's musical enchantments.
A jaw-dropping cadenza on the cello,
Oroc recalling Jacqueline Du Pre
(Her namesake) to forget mortality,
Summoning souls in awe to hear, to pray,
While on the violin, sometimes on top
And sometimes underneath, dual interplay
Of duel divine, Alexey Musatov
Weaves in and out in virtuous display,
And even seems to mimic human speech
In bowing below the bridge, while at his side,
Maiocchi’s contrabajo underscores
With urgent pulse Tango’s relentless ride.
Bandoneonistas Maniowicz and Calo,
Breathing the breath of life throughout, impart
Their universe of sound, and guiding all,
Peralta is the sextet’s beating heart.
Exemplars all, and I, bewitched again
By Buenos Aires’ maestros unsurpassed,
Musical priests and messengers to Earth
Beyond the reach of future, present, past!
May 7, 2019
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