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Elizabeth-Jane Baldry is the world's only silent movie harpist providing accompaniment to silent film screenings in the manner of the old silent movie pianists. "Elizabeth-Jane Baldry’s harp accompaniment to Marion Rice Davies’ LITTLE OLD NEW YORK was superb – "It was if she was another actor in the film - it was an intellectual and emotional response." - David Butler PhD, Lecturer in Screen Studies, Manchester University. "A Herculean effort...ingenious variety." - Luke McKernan, Curator, Moving Image at the British Library and editor of Bioscope magazine. " I saw SUNRISE last year with an accompaniment that completely killed it. Your harp score tonight has restored my faith in this wonderful film." - audience member, Arnolfini, Bristol. "For anyone who mistakenly associated the harp with Palm Court trios or the signature-tune to “Mrs. Dale’s Diary”, imagining it capable only of brittle versions of light classics or relentlessly glutinous arpeggia, this performance was an education. Elizabeth-Jane conjured 95-minutes of riveting musical commentary on the story, with sounds ranging from startling metallic eruptions at moments of shock plot developments, through foot-tapping jazz-age tunes in the dance-hall sequence, to voluptuous pastoral romances and affecting melodies drawing us into deeper empathy with the characters’ emotional troubles." - Wiveliscombe Silent Film Festival |
"...a wonderful performance...the event was fantastic." Emma Watkins "an extraordinary performance...sensational." Chris Daniels, artistic director, Bristol Silents.
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