FOUR QUARTETS by T. S. Eliot

Burnt Norton & Little Gidding with music by Purcell, Haydn, Beethoven, Dowland, Locke, and Britten

Reading by A. N. Wilson
Exhibition by Jérémie Queyras

T. S. Eliot’s Four Quartets is a sequence of four interlinked poems written between 1935 and 1942: Burnt Norton, East Coker, The Dry Salvages, and Little Gidding. Often regarded as the culmination of Eliot’s poetic career, the Quartets meditate on time, spirituality, and the human search for stillness amid change. Each poem combines philosophical reflection with musical structure, drawing on patterns of rhythm and motif.

This programme weaves music by Purcell, Haydn, Beethoven, Dowland, Locke, and Britten with two poems from T. S. Eliot’s Four Quartets, read by A. N. Wilson. As Eliot’s words unfold through Burnt Norton and Little Gidding, the music reflects their themes - time, memory, silence, and renewal - meeting at the still point of the turning world.

Exhibition
From 1 to 28 February 2026, a selection of paintings by artist and ex-Waldorf/Steiner school pupil Jérémie Queyras, inspired by Four Quartets, will be on display in the foyer of the theatre.

Artists
Reader: A. N. Wilson
Violin: Charlotte Spruit, Catherina Lee
Viola: Adam Newman
Cello: Matthew Huber
Musical direction: Charlotte Spruit

Duration: 1 hour without interval

Ticket price:
£18 full price
£10 for under 35s

Booking: https://tickets.marylebonetheatre.com/tickets/series/4quartets