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Our final performance in Edinburgh was 11 August. We thank all who comprised our wonderful and enthusiastic audience.
We do plan to bring this programme to London and other areas in the UK in spring of 2009. When details are set, we will send word
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With all the shows in Edinburgh at Festival time, we realize that it is overwhelming to make your decisions about what to see without good information. And good information is what we offer you here. As persons of honor, we make no secret that we want to persuade you to select An Evening at Pemberley as one of your choices at the Fringe. As persons of reason, we invite you to freely sample a bit of this music so that you can make an informed choice. Today, we have for you a one-minute excerpt from Miss Patrice Boyd's CD of the full programme, An Evening at Pemberley: The Music of Jane Austen's Heroines as she sings an especially beautiful composition by Handel:
(For most individuals with a fast connection, clicking the round button will instantaneously play the sample as streaming audio. If your connection is a bit slow, there may be a slight delay or choppy sound until enough of the file has streamed to your computer to play properly, but once streamed, replaying should occur with high fidelity. Click the button again to stop. If you cannot see the buttons, your security software has blocked the Active X technology used. Fear not! These files are safe to approve. If you hear nothing when you click the button, your computer's sound may be muted; adjust the volume as necessary. If you prefer a more traditional approach to playing the music, you may simply download this same excerpt of Handel's Sweet Bird to play on your media player of choice.) We trust that you will enjoy these snippets of lovely music that our guests will hear performed in full in the wonderful acoustics and historic Georgian-era architecture of St. Andrew's and St. George's church in Edinburgh, Scotland. Feel free to share them with friends and family to add a bit of musical beauty to their day.
And that is not our only persuasion. Edinburgh audiences will be the first in Europe to have opportunity to take home this rare CD: it will be placed on sale to our audiences, on a first-come, first served basis -- and at an attractive concert discount for ticket holders. We believe it is a remarkable performance that invites repeated listening by classical music aficionados and Jane Austen fans alike. Investigate the show's home page and click other links for much more information, photographs and for every credential you require to feel confident in your decision to join us at Pemberley. Why not Tell Friends about this website now so your group can more easily make plans? So many delightful new friends are attracted to An Evening at Pemberley: The Music of Jane Austen's Heroines by their love of Jane Austen's works, which this musical programme so vividly evokes! And so many other enlightened individuals come to take in these splendidly performed works of classical music by Handel, Mozart, Purcell, Haydn and others. And it is our privilege to see so many loving couples, families, and friends from all walks of life enjoy this programme together. Yet, there are only two performances: Aug 8 and 11, both at 7:30 p.m. And although Pemberley's performance space is large, seating is not unlimited. Before the Fringe Office's ticketing difficulties we were informed that advance reservations for An Evening at Pemberley: The Music of Jane Austen's Heroines were strong. Do be forwarned: all performances in America were sold out and the CD sold out as well. We believe the Edinburgh performances are heading towards similar popularity; so do remember: booking and collecting your tickets in advance may save you queue time. Gentle Reader, our past experience leads us to advise you that it is wisest to book your tickets to our performances early to avoid disappointment. Reserving Tickets Online Quickly Your tickets can be instantly reserved by going to www.edfringe.com. Happy news: Those of you who wish to collect tickets for An Evening at Pemberley in advance can do so beginning Monday, August 4th. On that date, the box office at our venue, St. Andrew's and St. George's church, will open for in-person sales. You can already order by telephone: 0131 225-3847 during ordinary office hours. We apologize for any inconveniences and ask for your kind patience and persistence -- our venue is a gentle church, hosting 27 Fringe events. As Mr. Knightley might have counselled, have empathy that our venue's office has been unexpectedly forced to handle larger volume because of the Fringe office's ticket technology failures. Those who book early should have excellent success in acquiring tickets.
P.S. You can use our convenient Tell-a-Friend buttons or links to organize your friends. It is the easiest way to bring several friends up to speed all at once on how to get tickets for our show. Like you, they'll be able to access the sample page. Another way to share this music with friends and family, is to copy this page's entire address and paste it into your own email to them. Also, our website has an easy-to-remember home page: EveningatPemberley.com -- The "free sample" link to the Free Samples is easily found throughout our site. |
Main Home £8 (£6)The Edinburgh Festival Daily Guide has placed the wrong venue name on prominent advertisments for our show. Because Monday's issue had already gone to press, be forwarned that Monday's distribution of the widely available Edinburgh Festival Daily Guide will also include the wrong information for our venue.Therefore, Please know that our show is at St. Andrew's and St. George's Church, 13 George Street. All other ads and listings elsewhere are correct. The correct address will also be printed on your tickets. And here, again, is a map to the venue. Our venue is central and convenient: it only two blocks from the eticket tent on Prince's Street. Advance tickets may be bought at the church in person at from 10 am to 3 pm, or by phone during business hours. Advance tickets may also be bought through the Fringe box offices, but must be collected through the Fringe prior to the show. Tickets will also be sold at the door, subject to remaining availability. We apologize for any inconvenience or confusion this has caused. IMPORTANT NEW TICKET INFO: The Fringe office is currently recommending buying through venues for all events. Our venue can take your telephone orders for tickets today during ordinary business hours. Their box office opens for in-person sales on Monday, August 4th. Phone for venue tickets now: 0131 225 3847 Our venue prints its own tickets independently and is not affected by the Fringe system's technology uncertainties. Get advance tickets in person in Edinburgh during the festival at St. Andrew's and St. George's own box office, which opens on August 4th. 10 am to 3 pm. The box office is at 13 George Street. This is one of the closest venues to the Fringe e-ticket tent. (see map) Reserve tickets online now by way of edfringe.com Performance Description The programme features operatic arias from Jane Austen's world, sung by international coloratura soprano Patrice Boyd while accompanied by piano and flute. Each selection illustrates the social context of Jane Austen's era of life and is specifically related to her fictional heroines or to the situations they faced. Each selection also represents music that actual young women of marriageable age would have typically chosen to perform at social gatherings in private homes 200 years ago. Some are splendid, some are clever, but each song brings the love, passions, and dilemmas of the Georgian and Regency eras alive for today's audiences to experience firsthand. This is the music that enchanted Mr. Darcy -- and his real-life counterparts too. Come and enjoy a concert evening unlike any other. Historical music includes works by Handel, Mozart, Haydn, Purcell, Bishop, and Anonymous 18th century French composers. Performed by Miss Boyd in period-styled dress in a genuine Georgian-era venue.(see programme details) Are you interested in this performance? Do you know someone else who would enjoy it too? Click now to tell a friend about this event. An email will appear allowing you to gift your your friends with direct access to these free samples. FRINGE TICKETING - GENERAL NEWS: Gentle Reader, The Festival Fringe's ticket fiasco has caused distress and uncertainty in recent weeks. The Fringe Office itself is now recommending booking through venues for all shows. If you prefer to get advance tickets to An Evening at Pemberley directly through our venue, phone 0131 225 3847. The venue's box office opens at 10 a.m. on August 4th for in person sales. To buy tickets electronically, go to www.edfringe.com. The interface will now warn you not to click the button more than once. If your order does not go through the first time, do not resubmit it. Call the Fringe Office. Telephone and counter sales through the Fringe Office have resumed.Phone 0131 226 0000 to reserve tickets. (Gentle Friend, be patient and persistent. More people are calling this year. May we suggest keeping a Jane Austen novel nearby to enjoy in case you are placed on hold?) We have not had reliable ticket sales reports from the Fringe, so we do not know how many tickets are presently available. Prior to the Fringe box office meltdown our advance sales had been strong. We have sold out our performances in the United States and Canada. Therefore, we continue to recommend that you book early to avoid disappointment. If you have any problems purchasing tickets to our show, we'd like to know about it so we can personally take actions to help you. Contact our producer via email to producer@eveningatpemberley.com TICKETING INFORMATION FOR OTHER FRINGE SHOWS We have discovered that a site named FringeGuru has an exceptional FAQ about the Fringe Office ticketing crisis. There's also helpful guidance to the box offices at other venues. (As of this writing our own venue's box office has not been listed. We have learned venue 111 box office information will be listed on FringeGuru in the next update.) Evening at Pemberley admission can be bought instantly though edfringe.com by clicking any of the Reserve Tickets links on our site. Clicking these will direct you to our page on edfringe.com You can share this information conveniently with friends. We'll continue to have ticketing updates on our site whenever we receive reliable news. (news current on August 1, 2008, 3:32 PM) Main Home  |
