David Owen Norris

A small number of seats in the choir are still available on the door

Our Patron David Owen Norris opens our 2025 season with a concert on his Fortepiano. Professor Owen Norris’s recitals for Stockbridge Music are a perennial favourite in which his virtuosic performances are accompanied by equally entertaining narratives about the pieces and instruments he is playing.

‘Yes, yes, we will have a pianoforte!’

A 250th anniversary concert for Jane Austen (1775-1817)

David Owen Norris will playing his Square Piano by Christopher Ganer, built in 1781.

Music by JC Bach (1735-1782) & WA Mozart (1756-1791), with items from Jane Austen’s own music collection. She was a great music enthusiast and the Austen family home had a collection of  over 600 pieces of sheet music. Find out more about her thoughts on music here: www.janeaustensummer.org/post/what-jane-austen-has-to-say-about-music

Bach

Sonata in C minor Op.17 No.2
Allegro
Andante
Prestissimo

Mozart

Pieces from the London Sketchbook (1764)

• Minuet in G [No.3]
• Bourée in F [No.8]
• Presto in B flat [No.36]

Sonata in G minor [Nos. 15, 16 & 17] ’

• Allegro
• Andante
• Presto

Anon?

Sonata in E flat

• Allegro
• Andante
• Allegretto

‘Pride & Prejudice’ theme by Carl Davis (1936-2023)

INTERVAL

The Fairy Dance, ‘as danced in the first Circles of Fashion, arranged as a Rondo for the Piano Forte by M. Holst’: Gustav Holst’s great-grandfather, who arrived in Britain in 1799.

Robin Adair. A Favorite Irish Melody with Variations for the Pianoforte by G. Kiallmark (1781-1835). The only piece of music mentioned in the novels.

Hindoo Air, with Variations for the Pianoforte by G. Kiallmark (1781-1835)
Variations on the song ‘’Tis thy will & I must leave thee’, from Jane Austen’s music collection.

Mozart

Sonata in A minor K.310

• Allegro maestoso
• Andante cantabile
• Presto