It is a sombre work, reflecting the sorrows faced by the composer’s native land in the closing months of World War I. The best recording. Du Pré died in London on 19 October 1987 at age 42, and is buried in Golders Green Jewish Cemetery. Her career was cut short by multiple sclerosis, which forced her to stop performing at the age of 28. This article has been rated as Unassessed-Class. WikiProject Classical music / Compositions 1 in E Flat Major. After her death, a rose cultivar named after her received the Award of Garden Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society. Cello Concerto No. Both instruments were gifts from her godmother, Ismena Holland. After being owned by the Norwegian cellist Øyvind Gimse, the 1673 Stradivarius, named by Lynn Harrell the Du Pré Stradivarius in tribute,[8] is now on extended loan to Hungarian cellist István Várdai. She began with lessons from her mother, who composed little pieces accompanied by illustrations, before enrolling at the London Violoncello School at age five, studying with Alison Dalrymple. Cello Concerto in E Minor, Op. In 1965, at age 20, du Pré recorded the Elgar Concerto for EMI with the London Symphony Orchestra and Sir John Barbirolli, which brought her international recognition. Despite her short career, she is regarded as one of the greatest cellists of the 20th century. 102 No. 1. He recorded it twice: in 1919 and again in 1928. [21][22], Du Pré received several fellowships from music academies and honorary doctorate degrees universities for her outstanding contributions to music in general and her instrument in particular. Her last recording, of sonatas by Chopin and Franck (the latter originally for violin), was made in December 1971. Complete your Elgar*, Sol Gabetta / Danish National Symphony Orchestra* / … Du Pré became a favourite at the Proms, returning every year until 1969. The composer made a very personal expression in this, his last major work. Skip YouTube Playlist 85 / Enigma Variations, Beethoven: The Five Cello Sonatas "Magic Flute" and "Judas Maccabaeus" Variations, Chopin: Cello Sonata in G Minor / Franck: Sonata in A, Jacqueline Du Pré: Her Early BBC Recordings, Volume 1, Jacqueline Du Pré: Her Early BBC Recordings, Volume 2, Jacqueline Du Pré: Her Early BBC Recordings 1961-1965, Beethoven Piano Trios, Opp.1 & 97 "Archduke", Cello Concerto / Sea Pictures / Overture: Cockaigne, Elgar: Cello Concerto in E minor, Op.85, Bach: Cello Suites Nos.1 & 2, This page was last edited on 13 January 2021, at 02:06. • A guide to Edward Elgar • Podcast: Alisa Weilerstein plays Elgar’s Cello Concerto. 1 in C Major, VIIb/1. Movement Adagio * Jacqueline Mary du Pré, OBE (26 January 1945 -- 19 October 1987) was a British cellist. The posthumous memoir A Genius in the Family (later renamed Hilary and Jackie) by Jacqueline's siblings Hilary du Pré and Piers, published well after her death, alleges that she had an extramarital affair with Christopher Finzi, her brother-in-law, from 1971 to 1972 when she was visiting Hilary's family.[6]. She also argues, however, that she was victimised by her sister's demands, and concludes that her sister had a desire for her husband. The unusual depression (deemed an early symptom of multiple sclerosis)[12] also coincided with a long period in which Finzi took the initiative in verbally comforting Jacqueline. She was accompanied by Ernest Lush, and played sonatas by Handel, Brahms, Debussy and Falla, and a solo cello suite by Bach. 5. 85 is my favorite piece of repertoire for cello. 3 in C Minor Op. In 1960, she won the Gold Medal of the Guildhall School of Music in London and the Queen's Prize for British musicians. Segev/London Philharmonic/Alsop (Avie) Anna Clyne’s impressive new work is a cello concerto inspired by Persian poetry and outshining the familiar Elgar work in … Du Pré recalled that she had problems judging the weight of the bow, and just opening the cello case had become difficult. 279 Edward Elgar Cello Concerto 1919 Play. Many of her most famous recordings were made on this instrument, including the Elgar Concerto with Barbirolli, the Robert Schumann Cello Concerto with Barenboim and the two Brahms cello sonatas. 1 in A Minor, Trio No.7 in B Flat Major, Op.97 "Archduke", Beethoven Trios No. Posthumously, she was the subject of a film entitled Hilary and Jackie (based on her siblings' memoir, A Genius in the Family) that was factually controversial and criticized for sensationalising her private life. 3, Dvořák: Cello Concerto in B Minor & "Silent Woods" Adagio for Cello & Orchestra, Chopin: Sonata in G Minor / Franck: Sonata in A, Cello Concerto, Op. * Edward William Elgar, 1st Baronet, OM, GCVO (2 June 1857 -- 23 February 1934) was an English composer The … Edward Elgar's Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. For her general education, du Pré was enrolled first at Commonweal Lodge, a former independent school for girls in Purley, and then at the age of eight, transferred to Croydon High School, an independent day school for girls in South Croydon.[2]:p. Elgar's Violin Concerto and Cello Concerto, in the view of Kennedy, "rank not only among his finest works, but among the greatest of their kind". There are far fewer concertos for their instrument than for the piano or violin, and of the ones which exist, only two are generally considered masterpieces. Others, such as Christopher Nupen, took a different view, holding that Jacqueline's struggle with multiple sclerosis was more complex, with sustained periods of normality even to the very end. Generally there is an extended orchestral introduction, after which the solo instrument makes a carefully stage-managed first appearance. She was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 1976 New Year Honours. No. She battled the illness for a further 14 years until her death at the age of 42. In September 1962, du Pré débuted at the Edinburgh Festival with Brahms' Second Cello Sonata, followed by débuts in Berlin in September and Paris in October, playing the Schumann Cello Concerto. There is a blue plaque celebrating her memory at her former home, 27 Upper Montagu Street, Marylebone. She was the subject of the 1998 biographical film Hilary and Jackie, which attracted criticism for perceived inaccuracy and sensationalism. [24] She was made an honorary fellow of St Hilda's College, Oxford, whose music building bears her name. Derek was born in Jersey, where his family had lived for generations. [5] The 1969 performance at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London of the Schubert Piano Quintet in A major, "The Trout", was the basis of a film, The Trout, by Christopher Nupen. 52–53, In March 1961, at the age of 16, du Pré made her formal début at Wigmore Hall, London. In May she repeated the Lalo concerto with the BBC Welsh Orchestra in Cardiff, with an additional recording of the Haydn Cello Concerto at the BBC Lime Grove Studios with the Royal Philharmonic. [25], Tierradentro-García LO, Botero-Meneses JS, Talero Gutiérrez C. The Sound of Jacqueline du Pré: Revisiting her Medical and Musical History Julian Lloyd Webber plays the first movement of Elgar's Cello Concerto with Yehudi Menuhin conducting.www.julianlloydwebber.com 1 in E-flat Major, Op. Both the book and film adaptation have been criticised for sensationalising Jacqueline du Pré's personal life, although the general claim of an affair was supported by others. Julian Lloyd Webber’s own recording of the concerto was deservedly acclaimed for its understated passion. The film and book were also defended for their emotional power and broad authenticity, despite fictional content regarding aspects of Jacqueline's personality and the specifics of events. Multiple Sclerosis Journal – Experimental, Translational and Clinical, May 2018, Gold Medal of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, "Jacqueline du Pré: A 60th year Anniversary celebration", http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2055217318775756, "Why do Stradivarius violins fetch so much, and are they worth it? Seven years after John Barbirolli conducted André Navarra’s version of this concerto in 1958, he found himself recording the Elgar again. She made her debut with the Berliner Philharmoniker in 1968 playing Dvořák's Cello Concerto in B minor with Zubin Mehta. They are, however, very different from each other. 1 / No. [11] The memoir's actual description of events is ambiguous, and describes Jacqueline's sudden request for sexual "therapy sessions" as occurring within a period of extreme mental depression. 4. The panel, chaired by Yehudi Menuhin, unanimously awarded du Pré the prize, and Menuhin subsequently invited her to play trios with him and his sister.[2]:pp. Sir Edward Elgar's Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. The posthumous allegation of an affair, combined with Hilary's claim to be victimised, inevitably generated a controversy over Jacqueline du Pré's personal life. 19 Dmitri Shostakovich Cello Concerto 1959 Play. From 1969 to 1970 she (like Casals before her) played on a Francesco Goffriller cello, and in 1970 acquired a modern instrument from the Philadelphia violin maker Sergio Peresson. After working as an accountant at Lloyds Bank in St Helier and London, he became assistant editor and later editor of The Accountant. Nupen made other films featuring du Pré, including Jacqueline du Pré and the Elgar Cello Concerto, a documentary featuring a live performance of the Elgar; and The Ghost, with Barenboim and Zukerman in a performance of the "Ghost" Piano Trio in D major, by Beethoven. She went on sabbatical from 1971 to 1972, and performed only rarely. 107. Discover releases, reviews, track listings, recommendations, and more about Elgar*, Sol Gabetta / Danish National Symphony Orchestra* / Mario Venzago - Elgar Cello Concerto at Discogs. 2. Du Pré primarily played on two Stradivarius cellos, one from 1673 and the Davidov Stradivarius of 1712. In 1966 du Pré studied in Russia with Mstislav Rostropovich, who was so impressed with his pupil that at the end of his tutorship he declared her "the only cellist of the younger generation that could equal and overtake [his] own achievement. First movement (I. Adagio - Moderato) of the Cello Concerto in E minor (Op.85) composed in 1919 by Sir Edward Elgar (1857-1934). At the age of four du Pré is said to have heard the sound of the cello on the radio and asked her mother for "one of those". It was the Peresson cello that du Pré played for the remainder of her career until 1973, using it for a second, live, recording of the Elgar Concerto, and her last studio recording, of Frédéric Chopin's Cello Sonata in G minor and César Franck's Violin Sonata in A arranged for cello… The posthumous memoir A Genius in the Family by Hilary and Piers du Pré later became the subject of the 1998 film adaptation Hilary and Jackie, directed by Anand Tucker, which in turn promoted the popularity of the memoir. The best recordings of Elgar’s Enigma Variations; Julian Lloyd Webber, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Yehudi Menuhin (1985) Philips 416 3542 . The film adaptation contains factually incorrect elements and diverges from the book's account of events, portraying Jacqueline as being predatory and actively planning to seduce her sister's husband. Yo-Yo Ma with Daniel Barenboim and the Chicago SO in this performance from 1997. Elegiac as it is this work is one of maturity quite apart from the fact that considerable technical and artistic challenges exist throughout. Cello Concerto (Elgar) has been listed as a level-5 vital article in an unknown topic. "[15] The film adaptation portrays Jacqueline from Hilary's hostile point of view before moving to a portrayal of events as imagined from Jacqueline's own perspective. 191. [19], Choreographer Cathy Marston choreographed a one-act ballet titled The Cellist, based on du Pré's life, for The Royal Ballet. But even Ma's incredible playing, including the Elgar cannot compare in my humble opinion. Her last London concerts were in February 1973, including the Elgar Concerto with Zubin Mehta and the New Philharmonia Orchestra. As Bernstein said: “the Third Symphony is an American monument, like the Lincoln Memorial or the obelisk in Washington”. At her 3 September 1964 Prom Concert, she performed the Elgar concerto as well as the world premiere of Priaulx Rainier's Cello Concerto. 2, Haydn: Cello Concerto in C / Boccherini: Cello Concerto in B Flat, Cello Concerto / Cello Encores - Bach, Saint-Saëns, Falla, Bruch, Haydn: Cello Concerto in D / Monn: Cello Concerto in G Minor, Cello Concerto in A Minor / Cello Concerto No. [17][18] According to Hilary, "[t]he ravages of MS changed Jackie's personality. Her now eponymous Stradivarius cello is used by my birthday buddy, Yo-Yo Ma. [23] At the 1977 BRIT Awards, she won the award for the best classical soloist album of the past 25 years for Elgar's Cello Concerto. 68–69. In January 1959, du Pré was enrolled in Queen's College, where she fell behind in her schoolwork, and in December du Pré's parents withdrew her from the school. While 15-year-old Carson Ling-Efird played cello on this week’s episode of NPR’s From the Top, she’s also an accomplished composer and pianist!. The Jackie I knew and loved died years before her actual death in 1987, but to be truthful I had to show the MS side of her". It pulses with a particularly intense nostalgic melancholy which Edward Elgar could tap into so well, and creates an unforgettable atmosphere of … After the Paris début, du Pré enrolled at the Conservatoire de Paris to study for six months with Paul Tortelier, the tuition paid by her final Suggia Award stipend, although she continued to refer to Pleeth as her primary teacher.[2]:pp. 281–282. Du Pré also performed the Elgar with the BBC Symphony Orchestra under Antal Doráti for her United States début, at Carnegie Hall on 14 May 1965. During his final illness in 1933, Elgar hummed the concerto's first theme to a friend and said, "If ever after I'm dead you hear someone whistling this tune on the Malvern Hills, don't be alarmed. 229 Joseph Haydn Cello Concerto 1765 Play. She was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in October 1973. Mar 1, 2020 - Explore Misch13vous 's board "cello concerto" on Pinterest. Within Elgar… And my favorite performer of it is Jacqueline du Pré (1945-1987). Recorded live on the 12th of March, 2020 – at the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory. * Jacqueline du Pre Plays - Elgar Cello concerto in E minor, Op 85, 3rd. [citation needed]. In addition to those already mentioned, Du Pré performed with numerous orchestras throughout the world, including the London Philharmonic, Cleveland Orchestra, New Philharmonia Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, Chicago Symphony, Israel Philharmonic, and the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra. She regularly performed with such conductors as Barbirolli, Sargent, Sir Adrian Boult, Daniel Barenboim, and Leonard Bernstein. In 1963, du Pré performed at The Proms, playing the Elgar Concerto with Sir Malcolm Sargent. 5 in D, Op. Music of profound sorrow and exceptional beauty: Elgar’s Cello Concerto is a phoenix rising from the ashes of a world at war, an elegiac lament for an England lost forever. No. The first performance of Elgar’s Cello Concerto in 1919, under the composer’s baton with Felix Salmond as soloist, was a disaster because of inadequate rehearsal time. Iris was a talented concert pianist who had studied at the Royal Academy of Music.[1]. Her friendship with musicians Yehudi Menuhin, Itzhak Perlman, Zubin Mehta and Pinchas Zukerman, and marriage to Daniel Barenboim led to many memorable chamber-music performances. This recording has become a benchmark for the work, and one which has never been out of the catalogue since its release. Her last public concerts took place in New York in February 1973: four performances of the Brahms Double Concerto with Pinchas Zukerman and Leonard Bernstein conducting the New York Philharmonic were scheduled. Shortly before the Six-Day War of 1967, she cancelled all of her current engagements, flew to Jerusalem with Barenboim, where she converted to Judaism and they married at the Western Wall on 15 June after having given concerts around Israel for its troops and citizens. At a young age, she achieved enduring mainstream popularity. She is particularly associated with Elgar's Cello Concerto in E Minor, her interpretation of which has been described as \"definitive\" and \"legendary.\" Her career was cut short by multiple sclerosis, which forced her to stop performing at the age of 28, and led to her premature death. [14] The film dramatisation Hilary and Jackie, supported by Hilary Finzi, changes the storyline of the memoir on several key factual points,[12] and has been criticised by some for imposing a scandal on Jacqueline's personal life. [16], Writing in The Guardian, however, Hilary defended the film's depiction of events and her sister's personality, arguing that it accurately portrayed her darker side, the "MS side"; and in The New Yorker she argued that detractors simply "want to look only at the pieces of Jackie's life they [are ready to] accept". The ballet premiered in 2020 at the Royal Opera House, with Lauren Cuthbertson as "The Cellist", Matthew Ball as "The Conductor" and Marcelino Sambé as "The Instrument". She started performing again in 1973, but by then her condition had become severe. In 2012, she was voted into the first Gramophone Hall of Fame. Cello Concerto in B Minor, 104, B. 85, his last notable work, is a cornerstone of the solo cello repertoire.Elgar composed it in the aftermath of the First World War, when his music had already gone out of fashion with the concert-going public.In contrast with Elgar's earlier Violin Concerto, which is lyrical and passionate, the Cello Concerto is for the most part contemplative … The Cello Concerto has become a favourite with audiences, and it was a favorite of Elgar's, too. Elgar's Cello Concerto is an undoubted masterpiece which in my view is one of the top 10 concertos ever written for this instrument. Hilary claims that she was helping her sister through her depression. 3. "[3], In 1968, at the suggestion of Ian Hunter, a composition was created by Alexander Goehr specifically for du Pré, Romanza for cello and orchestra, op.24, which she premiered at the Brighton Music Festival, with Daniel Barenboim conducting the New Philharmonia Orchestra.[4]:pp. [20], Jacqueline, by Luna Pearl Woolf (music) and Royce Vavrek (libretto) had its world premiere at Canada's National Ballet School's Betty Oliphant Theatre in Toronto, in a production by Tapestry Opera, on 19 February 2020. In 1956, at the age of 11, she was the second recipient (after Rohan de Saram in 1955) of the prestigious Guilhermina Suggia Award, and remains the youngest recipient. Jacqueline du Pre & Daniel Barenboim - Elgar Cello Concerto * Jacqueline du Pre Plays - Elgar Cello concerto in E minor, Op 85, 3rd. It was the Peresson cello that du Pré played for the remainder of her career until 1973, using it for a second, live, recording of the Elgar Concerto, and her last studio recording, of Frédéric Chopin's Cello Sonata in G minor and César Franck's Violin Sonata in A arranged for cello, in December 1971. 50 The Suggia award paid for du Pré's tuition at the Guildhall School of Music in London, and for private lessons with the celebrated cellist William Pleeth. Du Pré met pianist and conductor Daniel Barenboim in London on Christmas Eve 1966. The Vuitton Foundation purchased her Davidov Stradivarius for just over £1 million, and made it available on loan to Yo-Yo Ma. For today’s Daily Joy, here is Carson’s passionate performance of the Elgar Cello Concerto where she plays both the cello and the piano. 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[13] The memoir's account of the affair with Finzi is rejected by Hilary's daughter, Clare Finzi, who alleges that her father was a serial adulterer who had seduced her emotionally vulnerable aunt in a time of great need to gratify his own ego. For her January tour of North America, some of the less-than-complimentary reviews were an indication that her condition had worsened except for brief moments when her playing was without noticeable problems.
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