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Oxford Student
January 24, 2018
The silence beneath the noise is the guiding undercurrent of Witch, an original production created by the students of the Opera and Theatre course, and directed by Jonny Danciger. Whilst 35 minutes in an office may not be what you would expect from a self-titled opera, the exploration of what being aÃÂ ...
YourStory.com
January 14, 2018
At age six, Jacqueline du Pre was running, cello over her head, down the performance hall where she was one of the performers that day. She was smiling and laughing and running. A janitor, figuring she must have just performed and was relieved and happy at how she did, said, “You must have justÃÂ ...
Westport Daily Voice
November 24, 2017
Noted cellist Jacqueline du Pre' will be the focus of a presentation by Bob Fatherly at the Y's Women meeting on Monday, Nov. ... To raise funds, The National MS Society, in tandem with an organization called the Jacqueline du Pre' Research Fund, presented several concerts at Carnegie Hall. Among theÃÂ ...
Milton Keynes Citizen
October 7, 2017
A rare vinyl recording of cellist Jacqueline Du Pre originally being sold for ã1.99 by an Oxfam shop in Thornbury, S Glos is now being offered online by the charity ... The album - 'Music for Viola & Cello Played By Herbert Downes & Jacqueline Du Pre', on the Electric Recording Co. label - was recorded withà...
Express.co.uk
October 3, 2017
A RARE vinyl record by renowned cellist Jacqueline Du Pre worth ã2,000 was discovered on sale for just ã1.99 in a charity shop. By Michael Knowles. PUBLISHED: 00:01, Tue, Oct 3, 2017 | UPDATED: 16:17, Tue, Oct 3, 2017. 0. Vinyl OXFAM. Rare Jacqueline Du Pre vinyl worth ã2,000 found in charity shop for just ã1.99.
The Violin Channel
June 13, 2017
It has been announced today that conductor Daniel Barenboim and the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra are set to host a tribute concert at London's Royal Festival Hall on October 29th – dedicated to the memory of Jacqueline du Pre. The concert will mark the 30th anniversary of the late cello virtuoso'sÃÂ ...
Hampstead and Highgate Express
February 21, 2017
The steps up to the Lloyds Bank building on Hampstead High Street are relatively new and fairly innocuous, but they bear testimony to one of the great tragedies of modern British music-making. Because it was on her way into the bank that the cellist Jacqueline du Pre, who lived nearby in Pilgrims Lane,ÃÂ ...
Daily Telegraph
December 31, 1999
Hewgill, born in 1963, the year Ashkenazy left the Soviet Union for good, had tuition from both Rostropovich and Jacqueline du Pre's teacher William Pleeth, so this is music that's very much in her DNA. As she says these two pieces evoke passages of darkness “which seem to resolve themselves into theÃÂ ...
OperaWire
August 24, 2017
On October 19th BBC will honor the 30th year anniversary of the passing of cellist Jacqueline du Pre. The hour-long anniversary program willÃÂ ...
Independent.ie
August 20, 2017
For me, Jacqueline du Pre's interpretation has never been surpassed. I played the piano and cello to Grade 7 as a teenager and the concertoÃÂ ...
Worcester Telegram
August 19, 2017
Anup Kumas Biswas, left, chats with Josef DellaGrotte of Barre during a meet and greet and preview to an upcoming concert at The Center atÃÂ ...
The Violin Channel
August 17, 2017
He was recently described by the London Observer as 'the most exciting British string player since Jacqueline du Pre'.
The Violin Channel
June 13, 2017
It has been announced today that conductor Daniel Barenboim and the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra are set to host a tribute concert atÃÂ ...
Hampstead and Highgate Express
February 21, 2017
Because it was on her way into the bank that the cellist Jacqueline du Pre, who lived nearby in Pilgrims Lane, first fell down and realised thereÃÂ ...
The Violin Channel
December 14, 2016
1 of only 65 surviving cellos by the famous maker, previous owners include British cellist Jacqueline du Pre and American cellist Lynn Harrell.
Hampstead and Highgate Express
November 23, 2016
Earlier this year I was at a concert in the house of Florian Leonhardt, the Hampstead-based violin restorer/dealer who is always worth a visit ifÃÂ ...
Stuff.co.nz
December 31, 1999
So who could resist? I will plant her near 'Jacqueline du Pre' and hope she inspires that over-rated rose to live up to the name she was given.
Gazette Series
March 16, 2017
She has been taught by a stream of eminent teachers at the Royal Academy of Music including Jacqueline du Pre and Paul Tortelier.
Cherwell Online
March 10, 2017
In the programme notes for Macbeth, director Georgia Nicholson writes that her intention for this production was to access the "wealth of extraordinary ruggedness, grit and emotion" in Shakespeare's text.
Hampstead and Highgate Express
February 22, 2017
Because it was on her way into the bank that the cellist Jacqueline du Pre, who lived nearby in Pilgrims Lane, first fell down and realised there was something seriously wrong.
Oxford Student
February 9, 2017
Three Men in a Boot: A Rather Sketchy Show is an evening of stand up comedy and sketches, taking place at the Jacqueline du Pre Music Building at St. Hilda's College for one night only (Friday 10th February). Chatting to Olly Jackson and Jack Sutton (2 ...
Belfast Telegraph
January 29, 2017
Despite a lot of what she calls "come hither... come to Hollywood and earn a lot of money", Watson sought out interesting roles (opposite Daniel Day-Lewis in The Boxer, as cellist Jacqueline du Pre in Hilary and Jackie, and in Robert Altman's Gosford ...
Broadway World
January 20, 2017
The first black musician to win the award since its inception, he has been compared to a young Jacqueline du Pre and recently signed a recording contract with Decca.
Fairfield Sun
January 19, 2017
The performances marked Daniel Barenboim's first public performances of the Elgar Concerto since performing the piece with his late wife, celebrated-cellist Jacqueline Du Pre. As soloist, Allison Eldredge has performed with many of the world's leadingÃÂ ...
Norfolk Eastern Daily Press
January 13, 2017
Mr Cane has sold thousands of records over the years but there are a few which stand out in his mind. He said the first album he ever sold was a casette of Elgar's Cello Concerto featuring Jacqueline Du Pre. Mr Cane said: "That's still one of the ...
The Violin Channel
December 14, 2016
1 of only 65 surviving cellos by the famous maker, previous owners include British cellist Jacqueline du Pre and American cellist Lynn Harrell.
Cherwell Online
November 13, 2016
Taking place in the Jacqueline du Pre Music Building, the inevitable omnipresent piano is being used to effect in a musical interlude during a scene at Sir Alexander's house, whilst the shopkeepers will be represented by a trio of colourful shopfronts ...
The Australian
October 24, 2016
Mstislav Rostropovich and Jacqueline du Pre are favourites too, but Casals is his "master", and Weiss says he prefers a romantic style of playing to more modern interpretations.
The Violin Channel
October 5, 2016
A James Tubbs cello bow, previously owned and played by British virtuoso Jacqueline du Pre is set to be auctioned by Tarisio Fine Instruments & Bows, in London in October.
dailytelegraph.com.au
September 20, 2016
The group - Alexander Pavlovsky and Sergei Bresler, violins, and Kyril Zlotnikov playing one of Jacqueline du Pre's cellos loaned to him by Daniel Barenboim - seem to move and breathe as one.
Macclesfield Express
August 25, 2016
Lily has achieved national recognition by winning a place on a prestigious masterclass with cellist Hannah Roberts who is the winner of the Jacqueline Du Pre Memorial and Pierre Fournier Awards. Josh Turnock balanced studying his GCSEs with competingÃÂ ...
OUPblog (blog)
August 25, 2016
Its unique tone and fluidity has made it a popular instrument in our time, making accomplished cellists such as Yo-Yo Ma and Jacqueline du Pre household names. In celebration of this year's Proms, and the cello, allow us to present a list of ...
The Wharf
July 8, 2016
You think of the cello and you think, perhaps, of Jacqueline du Pre embracing Elgar's concerto or Yo-Yo Ma engaged wrestling with Dvorak.
wfit
June 20, 2016
The 1919 premiere of the Elgar Cello Concerto was a disaster due to a rehearsal schedule that bordered on sabotage. As a result the concerto was pretty much consigned to the musical scrap heap until 1965, when English cellist Jacqueline du Pre restored ...
PRI
April 28, 2016
Asala was 14 when she saw the movie "Hilary and Jackie," which is about the life of cello player Jacqueline du Pre. It was then she decided she wanted to be a musician.
Free Times (blog)
April 27, 2016
This is a significant English work that laid somewhat dormant for many years, until the late Jacqueline Du Pre brought it back to life.
Hampstead and Highgate Express
April 5, 2016
His time in Highgate was before I knew him; but accounts declare the house was overrun with visitors, assistants, hangers-on and wannabes - not least, the 16 year-old Jacqueline du Pre. He was a soft touch when it came to young musicians; there wasÃÂ ...
Broadway World
March 22, 2016
The supple beauty of the dancers was exquisite as they emoted through this psychodrama, inspired by the haunting Cello Concerto in E minor, op 85, by Edward Elgar (live recording by Jacqueline Du Pre and London Symphony Orchestra conducted by SirÃÂ ...
Telegraph.co.uk
March 20, 2016
And most will agree that she all but eclipsed Emily Watson's Jacqueline du Pre as the cellist's seething sister, Hilary, in the 1998 biopic Hilary and Jackie.
Sanibel-Captiva Islander
March 15, 2016
Remember her name, you will be hearing much more about this fine artist, just like her inspiration Jacqueline du Pre, who motivated Danielle to study cello at the age of four.
Oxford Mail
March 11, 2016
Balloon Ascents have been reborn as neverlnd. Thomas Roberts tells Tim Hughes why they changed their image, but not their love of pop.
Scunthorpe Telegraph
March 10, 2016
She is also regularly invited to give solo recitals at venues including the Jacqueline du Pre Music Building in Oxford, St Martin-in-the-Fields, St James in Piccadilly, King's Place and Yamaha Music in London.
Daily Sabah
March 8, 2016
Praised by The New York Times as "adventurous and magnificent" and by The London Observer as "the most exciting English stringed instrument player since Jacqueline du Pre," Hope will perform alongside the Paris Chamber Orchestra, one of the mostÃÂ ...
ESPNcricinfo.com
March 7, 2016
"Parents ambitious of turning a daughter into a future Jacqueline du Pre," reflected the novelist Zadie Smith, "might do well to smash up a cello in front of her.
Hampstead and Highgate Express
March 5, 2016
As matters turned out, it was the beginning; and Welsh was invited out to join Rostropovich's legendary classes at the Moscow Conservatoire, following in the footsteps of Jacqueline du Pre who had just done the same. It was an interesting time to be in ...
Oxford Student
March 2, 2016
Although Oscar Wilde wrote many plays, The Picture of Dorian Gray was his only novel; this stage adaptation of it, at St. Hilda's Jacqueline du Pre Music Auditorium, should be praised for its restoration of dialogue from Wilde's original, unedited ...
Slipped Disc
January 29, 2016
As a teenager, Christine was regarded as one of Britain's most promising soloists since Jacqueline Du Pre. In an ABC interview, she said: 'I can still remember my first concert, with a tiny chair, and a tiny cello.
The Argus
December 24, 2015
Back when my sons were very young we went to the house of a relative (who shall remain nameless but knows who he is) who insisted on playing a Jacqueline du Pre cello concerto all Christmas morning at top volume while we slipped into comas. I couldÃÂ ...
HoldTheFrontPage.co.uk
December 21, 2015
Thanks to his testimony Lunn, pictured above left, a former cellist in the London Symphony Orchestra who had played with Jacqueline Du Pre, and was a private tuition teacher, admitted a further five counts of sexual assault. He was jailed for a further ...
