Ninety minutes of performances, under blue and orange spotlights, featured music from Harding, readings from National Book Award finalists Mary Gaitskill and Jim Shepard and a brief, precocious set of songs from Moody and singer Claudia Gonson of the Magnetic Fields. Harding and fellow musicians closed with a cover of Neil Young's "Heart of Gold," then turned over the stage to Bock, steady, but emotional as he thanked attendees and noted his wife was in the hospital.