SUMMER SOLSTICE CONCERT
Sat, 21 Jun
|The VYNE
Come and join Basingstoke Symphony Orchestra for a wonderful summer's evening of classical music at The Vyne to celebrate 95 years of the orchestra and to commemorate the 250th birthday of famed local novelist, Jane Austen.
Time & Location
21 Jun 2025, 19:00 – 22:00
The VYNE, Vyne Rd, Sherborne St John, Basingstoke RG24 9HL, UK
About the Event
Come and join the orchestra for a wonderful summer evening of classical music at The Vyne to celebrate our 95th Season and to commemorate the 250th birthday of famed local novelist, Jane Austen. The orchestra will be performing Carl Davis’ Theme from Pride and Prejudice in celebration of Jane’s 250th anniversary this year.
Set in 1500 acres of gardens and woodland in the parish of Sherborne St John, The Vyne is a beautiful Tudor house. It was built by William Sandys, Knight of the Garter and Henry VIII’s Lord Chamberlain. In 1653 it was sold by the Sandy family to Chaloner Chute, a Parliamentarian and House of Commons Speaker.
Jane Austen was born in nearby Steventon, close to Basingstoke in 1775 and she would have been very familiar with this magnificent house. The Chute children were of similar ages to the Austens, and it was a family that Jane knew…