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St John the Evangelist Church
Church Lane
West Meon
Hampshire
GU32 1LF
England
Tickets
Prices: £27 main aisles, £23 side aisles, students (side aisles unless accompanying centre aisle ticket holder) £5, under 16 (accompanied by adult ticket holder) £1
Season tickets: Festival pass main aisles £135, side aisles £115
Booking line: 01489 891055 (9am-5pm)
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Programme
Peter Salem – Jane Austen's Playbook
Performers
James Gilchrist – tenor
Susanne Stanzeleit – violin
Andrew Fuller – Cello
Dorothea Vogel – viola
John Thwaites – Piano
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Programme Note
West Meon Music Festival is proud to present in partnership with The Jane Austen House, this gala concert in celebration of the Jane Austen 250th anniversary. Inspired by her playbooks in the Archive in Chawton, it features texts, vocal and instrumental music woven together to present an entertaining insight into Jane Austen’s love of music.
The concert features works contemporary to Austen by Schubert, Beethoven, Pleyel, Handel, James Hook and an exciting world première of a new commission by WMMF, “Jane Austen’s Playbook” by Peter Salem (BBC TV productions including: Call the Midwife, Cider with Rosie, Great Expectations).
The Festival also welcomes back world-famous tenor James Gilchrist to join the quartet for songs including Austen’s favourite Scottish songs by Beethoven.
The narrator will be a celebrity actor (to be confirmed in mid-July) to read Austen’s letters, notebooks and extracts from her works.
Tea and cakes will be served in the interval.
