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Jacqueline Mary du Pré OBE (26 January 1945 – 19 October 1987) was a British cellist, widely regarded as one of the prominent cellists of the 20th century. Born in Oxford, she began studying at the Guildhall School of Music in the mid-1950s with William Pleeth , earning the school's Gold Medal in 1960.
Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian gave If These Walls Could Sing a grade of 4 out of 5 stars, and described it as an "enjoyable" documentary and a "diverting private tour," emphasizing the studio use not only for pop and rock music but for Elgar, the cellist Jacqueline du Pré, the London Symphony Orchestra and film projects from John Williams ...
1.1 Pre-1960. 1.2 1960s. 1.3 1970s–present. ... Sir Edward Elgar; Elisabeth Schwarzkopf; Elizabeth Marvelly; ... Jacqueline du Pré ...
Edward Elgar's Cello Concerto received its first complete recording in 1928. A truncated version had been recorded under the composer's supervision, using the acoustic recording process, but it was not until the introduction of electrical recording in the mid-1920s that large orchestral works of this kind could be adequately put on disc.
Elgar made two recordings of the work with Beatrice Harrison as soloist. Since then, leading cellists from Pablo Casals onward have performed the work in concert and in the studio, but the work did not achieve wide popularity until the 1960s, when a recording by Jacqueline du Pré caught the public imagination and became a classical best-seller.
The Cellist is a one-act ballet about British cellist Jacqueline du Pré, choreographed by Cathy Marston, with the scenario devised by Marston and Edward Kemp.The music was written by Philip Feeney and incorporated scores du Pré was best known for.
EMI release Jacqueline du Pré's recording of Elgar's Cello Concerto with John Barbirolli and the London Symphony Orchestra. National Coal Board closes the last deep coal mine in the Forest of Dean (Northern United at Cinderford). [35] 3 December The first British aid flight arrives in Lusaka; Zambia has asked for British help against Rhodesia.
In 2021, the Barbirolli Society released a live recording of the Sibelius Concerto with the Halle Orchestra conducted by Sir John Barbirolli, coupled with the Elgar Cello Concerto played by Jacqueline du Pre, in a 2-disc set, the Sibelius on audio CD and also DVD, from a BBC Broadcast of 1964. [citation needed]