at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2008
Hear the classical music that enchanted Mr. Darcy.
| We wish to thank our wonderful audiences
who enjoyed our Edinburgh Performances at
the 2008 Festival. We also extend thanks to our beautiful host venue, St. Andrew's and St. George's Church at 13 George Street where, given the general problems with the Festival this year, the care and kindness we received became essential in helping us create and preserve the graceful spirit of a true evening at Pemberley -- and in the historical splendor of the church's Georgian architecture too. see map |
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If you could return to the Georgian era to spend an elegant musical hour as a guest at Mr. Darcy's Pemberley, what would you hear? That's the musical question that international coloratura soprano Patrice Boyd answers beautifully in An Evening at Pemberley: The Music of Jane Austen's Heroines. American Patrice Boyd returns to Edinburgh with the European debut of her original classical music program. This popular one-hour recital has charmed and enlightened sold-out audiences in New York City, Toronto, and Charleston, and was featured in New York Magazine. Accompanied by piano and flute, Miss Boyd sympathetically demonstrates the musical requirements that Jane Austen's heroines bravely navigated for love, honor, or social survival. Each musical selection also relates to Jane Austen's characters or their situations -- and to their real life counterparts. The music features operatic arias from Mozart, Handel, Haydn,
Purcell, Bishop and other composers of the era. To complete the
historical mood, Miss Boyd will perform in period dress in the
handsome Georgian oval of St. Andrew's and St. George's
Church, one of Edinburgh's premier classical music
venues. |
UK Residents: See An Evening at
Pemberley: The Music of Jane Austen's Heroines in London
in 2009 (date to be announced)
USA Residents: Enjoy Miss Boyd's spectacular
performance in 2007's Edinburgh Fringe Festival hit,
the contemporary romantic comedy opera "...And
Piano Make Three"
Upcoming USA performances:
* Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at the Painted Bride Arts Complex
(Aug/Sept. 2008)
* Mississippi's Triangle Arts Center (Spring 2009)
* Indiana (2009)
* Ohio (2009)
* New York City (2009)
Canadian Residents: See "...And
Piano Make Three" in Toronto (2009)
Edinburgh Festival goers: We regret that ...And Piano
Make Three's return to the Fringe for a longer run in
2009 has been placed on hold until we can gain factual confidence that the technological and
organizational issues that plagued the 2008 Edinburgh Festival Fringe are being responsibly managed and addressed. Learn why
