A Song For Jane | Penelope Appleyard & Jonathan Delbridge

​​Professional musicians Penelope Appleyard (soprano) and Jonathan Delbridge (pianist) are bridging the worlds of literature, history and classical music with their Regency inspired concert programmes and recordings.  In this talk they reveal the new song they have commissioned, recorded and released to celebrate Jane Austen’s 250th Anniversary - a musical setting of her teenage poem ‘Ode to Pity.' They will discuss the concert programme it was written for (Sense & Musicality), introduce the historic square piano they use to perform it, and will intersperse their speaking with live performances!

Soprano Penelope Appleyard is an early music specialist known for the clarity and agility of her voice. She is a natural performer and storyteller, and with a particular love for chamber music, enjoys researching and devising entertaining programmes to bring historic music to new audiences. To this end she has loved delving into the musical world of Austen, and was recently…