At the Still Point
Christopher Theofanidis
I. In my beginning is my end
II. A condition of complete simplicity (costing not less than everything)
III. Knowledge imposes a pattern
IV. The world becomes stranger, the pattern more complicated
John Macfarlane, violin
Karyn Macfarlane, violin
Rose Armbrust-Griffin, viola
Haddon Kay, cello
Daniel Schlosberg, piano
Athenaeum Center presents an early evening of music and art inspired by T.S. Eliot’s Four Quartets.
At the Still Point is a piano quintet by composer Christopher Theofanidis, is his response to “reconcile the eternal with the transitory in Eliot’s work. In Theofanidis’ own words, “In Eliot, there is a swirling set of ideas and phrases which thread the poems, but which come to a focal point around what Eliot refers to as ‘the still point of the turning world.’”
Actor Mike Rogalski will perform excerpts from Four Quartets to accompany the movements.
The performance will be preceded by a talk by the composer at 3:30pm.
VIP Tickets include:
- Early admission
- A cocktail hour with the composer
- Begins at 2:30PM
