Scraps Of Mind

La Voce Della Luna (The Voice of the Moon)

Picture this.

A beautiful crisp sunny afternoon at a little winery just outside of Kyneton. An open fireplace providing atmosphere (although not really able to provide meaningful heat to the large space). A continuous supply of mulled wine (providing the required meaningful heat). A delicious barbeque lunch followed by a French vanilla slice to die for.

Sounds great, eh? Now add the fun, excitement and ‘joy of living’ sound of La Voce Della Luna, the Italian Women’s Choir and you have a perfect afternoon!

Together with my friends Thatch and Jools, I was fortunate enough to enjoy this perfect afternoon at the Harmony Row Winery yesterday.

The Italian Women’s’ Choir is a wonderful ensemble of ladies who, under the direction of the brilliant and engaging Kavisha Massella, perform a repertoire of Italian Folk songs. Not speaking the language is absolutely no impediment to enjoying the performance just as much as the members of the Choir, who so clearly enjoy performing.

Kavisha, who is a well known singer/songwriter on the folk scene, treated us to a wonderful solo set in the second session and kept a lively connection with the audience as she translated the stories of the songs and added some insights into the background that inspired them.

By the second session the audience were singing along to songs they’d never heard before and in a language that most of us didn’t speak. And by the time they got to the Tarantella most of the audience were happy to get out of their seats, learn a new dance and have a go as the song whirled them faster and faster around. I did mention we were at a winery, didn’t I?

An afternoon to inspire you with a zest for life!