Yale Bulletin and Calendar

February 13, 2004|Volume 32, Number 18

Pianist Joan Panetti is shown here with the Tokyo String Quartet, which will join her onstage at Alice Tully Hall in New York City on Feb. 18.

Panetti piece celebrating work with
quartet to make East Coast premiere

The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center will present the East Coast premiere of a work composed by Joan Panetti, professor (adjunct) at the School of Music, on Wednesday, Feb. 18, at Alice Tully Hall in New York City.

Panetti, a pianist, will perform her Quintet for Piano and String Quartet, subtitled "In a Dark Time, the Eye Begins To See," with the Tokyo String Quartet, artists-in-residence at the School of Music.

The 20-minute piece celebrates the long relationship between the Tokyo Quartet and Panetti at both the School of Music and the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, which the pianist directed for over 20 years.

The piano quintet is inspired by Theodore Roethke's poem, "In a Dark Time," says Panetti. "To me, the poem is about the struggle and determination -- the journey -- to find meaning in life and with 'God.' The journey unfolds in four stanzas, as does the quintet. While I reference the main subject of the poem as specific words, the music is not programmatic."

The work received its world premiere on the occasion of the centennial of the Coleman Chamber Music Association in Pasadena, California, on Jan. 25. It was commissioned by Music Accord, a consortium of national presenters that includes the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and the Coleman Association, among others.

For tickets to or information about the New York performance, call (212) 875-5788.

Panetti was director of the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival and the Yale Summer School of Music and Art 1981-2003, and is credited with elevating the Norfolk program to international status. She has toured extensively in the United States and Europe and performs frequently as a soloist and in chamber music ensembles. She is a prolific composer and a noted educator, who has served for the past 30 years on the faculties of Yale College and the School of Music, where she has developed an internationally acclaimed course emphasizing the interaction between performers and composers.

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