Four Quartets in Concord, MA
“And the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time.” —T.S. Eliot
FST’s John Farrell returns to his hometown of Concord, Massachusetts, for a noontime, July 15 recitation of T.S. Eliot’s Four Quartets at 51 Walden, Concord’s performing arts consortium. The Egg Rock String Quartet will introduce the recitation with a performance of Beethoven’s Heiliger Dankgesang, a piece Eliot loved.
The event honors Tama and Jiro Ishihara, longtime supporters of 51 Walden, who were John’s next door neighbors from 1954, when the neighborhood was built, to 1965, when John’s family moved to Holland.
Some 28 years later, John stopped by the old neighborhood and found Mr. Ishihara working in the backyard garden. John re-introduced himself and they immediately hit it off. Tama and Jiro became enthusiastic supporters of FST’s work, sponsoring a performance of Dragon’s Daughter at 51 Walden, and traveling to Maine to see She Who Loves and Anerca. John’s renewed friendship with Tama and Jiro lasted until the couple’s passing, in 2005 and 2012, respectively.
July 15, 2015, Wednesday, at 12:00 Noon
Suggested donation: $10
All proceeds from the performance will benefit 51 Walden.
51 Walden Street
Concord, MA
978-369-7911
Directions: http://www.51walden.org/directions/