Remembering the inimitable Jacqueline du Pré, widely considered as one of the greatest classical cellists of the 20th century. This year marks the 60th anniversary of Jacqueline du Pré’s Royal ...
Who was Jacqueline du Pré, the legendary cellist who brought the Elgar Cello Concerto to the masses?
Although she died in 1987, the image of cellist Jacqueline du Pré still resonates as one of the most recognised and beloved musicians of all time. Jacqueline du Pré, who would have turned 80 years old ...
PERHAPS the most striking feature of this wonderful 1963 recording of Jacqueline du Pre playing Schumann's Cello Concerto for German radio is the comprehensive display of her gifts, already ...
Christopher Nupen's portrait of cellist Jacqueline du Pre, whose career was cut tragically short by multiple sclerosis, including her performance of the Elgar Cello Concerto. Show more Director ...
Although she died in 1987, the image of cellist Jacqueline du Pré still resonates as one of the most recognised and beloved musicians that this country has ever produced. Jacqueline du Pré, was born ...
With its vocal tone and natural gift for rhapsody, the cello is one of the most disarming of instruments, particularly in the Romantic repertoire. Saint-Saens: Complete Works for Cello and Orchestra, ...
This year’s BBC Proms provide an unexpected feast of cello music. It is the first time in 126 years that the four warhorses of the concerto repertoire — Elgar, Dvořák, Saint-Saëns and Walton — have ...
Acclaimed British cellist Paul Watkins performs with the Colorado Symphony this weekend as the featured soloist on Edward Elgar’s Cello Concerto. Watkins, who became principal cellist of the BBC ...
Only recently re-discovered, a performance of Dvorak's Cello Concerto filmed in September 1968 by Jacqueline du Pre at the very height of her musical powers. Show more Only recently re-discovered, a ...
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Jacqueline du Pré’s offstage persona was irreverent, kind and compassionate. She had a mind that was both keenly intelligent and relentlessly curious. Onstage she was known to give everything to the ...
To some, it remains simply the greatest recording in the history of classical music. Its earliest reviewers instantly recognised what one of them called its "rarest magic." And still, more than 50 ...
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