Date/Time
Date(s) - 11/04/2026
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Location
Richmond School
Categories
Penny Appleyard soprano and Jonathan Delbridge square piano.
Never having been able to resist singing with a period instrument, Penny began researching all things Jane Austen and square piano swiftly following her first meeting with Jonathan in early 2024. This resulted in ‘Sense & Musicality’, happily coinciding with Austen’s 250th anniversary year. The programme explores the importance of music in Jane’s life, and her relationship with it. It also considers that her characters Elinor and Marianne Dashwood might represent the author’s own conflicting traits of romance and logic, and her views on all things musical and emotional.
The programme includes music we know Jane played and sang herself (some being scores found in the Austen family music albums, often in her own hand) as well as music and composers mentioned or alluded to in her novels. Also included are pieces from the soundtracks of much loved screen adaptations, quotes from her writing, as well as extracts from letters between Jane and family members, most often her beloved sister Cassandra.
Details and tickets at rsconcerts.org
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