#Jacqueline du Pre

[lascitasdelashoras]

Jacqueline du Pré y Daniel Barenboim

[gouldblogger]

Portrait of JACQUELINE DU PRÉ, unknown year

[cocosse]

“Playing lifts you out of yourself into a delirious place.”

Playing Johann Sebastian Bach } Jacqueline Du Pre, 1962 >

[hellocanticle]

Ofra Harnoy, Waiting for Lalo and Elgar

Sony Masterworks There is a theme of “waiting” in this release. These two major Cello Concerti by Édouard-Victoire-Antoine Lalo (27 January 1823 – 22 April 1892) and Sir Edward William Elgar, 1st Baronet (1857-1934) are now established as major works and the soloist, Ofra Harnoy, is an established musician. So what do I mean by “waiting”? Well, first is the fact that the Elgar recording was made��

[insidecroydon]

£250 per day fees paid to lead on borough's Heritage Trail

CROYDON IN CRISIS: One arts company in the borough appears to have won the Lottery for its role in the less-than-inspiring flagship project for the Borough of Culture. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES The project lead working on the Music Heritage Trail, a flagship project in Croydon’s year as London’s Borough of Culture, has been paid £250 per day, while actively seeking volunteers to work for no pay…

[6ebe]

why be suicidal when 2:20-2:40 of Jacqueline du pre and the London symphony orchestra’s Elgar cello concerto in E minor I. Adagio - moderato rendition exists as a recording and as a moment of such sublime beauty captured in time forever

[deerest-me]

a lot of people will say ``my music taste is really eclectic'' and immediately get taken down a peg by musicbros but i think it really is genuinely true when i say it

songs from my mp3 player on shuffle:

no love - death grips

every teardrop is a waterfall - coldplay

lalo cello concerto in D minor - jacqueline du pre recording

byzantine vespers psalm 117 - romeiko ensemble

athoth a go go - machine girl

earth intruders - björk

the battle of epping forest - genesis

calendar girl - neil sedaka

STATIC - black dresses

seid nüchtern und wachet from schnittke's faust cantata - iva bittova recording (OH MY GOD please listen to this one no one ever talks about it and it's so good. perfect for halloween she is an amazing alto)

colors - p-model

my immortal - evanescence

drown me slowly - audioslave

elder's drinking song - difang and igay duana

...surely this counts? have mercy upon me musicbros

[janewaywatches]

Fic where Bernie is a famous cellist and Serena runs a cafe

The day had begun fairly ordinarily for Serena she went to work at her cafe as she normally did Jason helping her clear tables and make coffee. The day was building up to a crescendo a peak in the journey of her soul a moment when she knew music would reach in to her heart and lift her to her higher ground, as it always did, as it always would.

Tonight was going to be something special she could feel it... Elgars Cello Concerto was the moment she was waiting for there would be other musicians other pieces of work but that played by THE, THE Bernie Woolf, that would be magic.

They had met one day in university Serena had attended a concert Bernie played at, a student concert she knew then she was something of a talent. Every now and again their paths would cross at christmas markets, at concerts they would smile with regret and respect.Once in the cafe a few days earlier Bernie had dropped by it was a quick and fleeting meeting as Bernie had to run of to a rehearsal at the Albert Hall which was not far from Serenas cafe as it happened. When she had bought the cafe she had pondered wether she would bump into some familar faces for time to time namely the face she was going to see tonight.

Bernie was getting ready for the concert she was doing up her bow tie and was checking her hair over in the mirror ready to face the lights.

“Nervous” a familar voice in the wings asked, it was Dom ... “ no more than any other night” she said methodically in response “ ah he said but it’s not just another night is it? Not when you have someone special waiting to have their breath taken away” he teased.

“ I don’t know what your talking about Mr Compland. Everything in order ... “ he nodded and she walked onto the stage .

Serena, trembling, walked to her seat she had thought about asking Jason to cone with her as it happened he had decided to visit a friend out of character for him but it meant this nights burden was hers alone to bear. The tension the longing the never quite knowing and that this was probably going to the only time she would see her play again...

What with her being such a big star now and the money from the cafe not really streching to grand classical concerts.

When Bernie stepped onto the stage the air was taken from Serenas lungs.

Bernie began to speak unusual for a classical performance normally there was little introduction or even if there was it would be by the conductor evidently Bernie wished to speak. “Now i am no Jacqueline du Pre but i hope you enjoy tonight i know i have some very special guests here tonight to impress ... right ... “ akwardly she took to her seat red face Serena who had a clear view of the stage giggled audibly much to the amusement of the woman next to her who gave her an ice cold stare and a supressed half smile. The performance was so expressive in its emphasis on the feeling of isolation the facial expressions Bernie created showed how much she loved the music and the pain she felt. Serena could feel everything like a hot needle had been driven into her skin she wanted to hold her to tell her she safe and not adrift like this music suggested. What bothered her more is Bernie had picked this specifically she had read it on the program and it was Serenas favourite collection. Was she making up this tenious connection?

Bernie held the bow like it was the only tool she had to express her heart. It flowed like waves and every muscian in the orchestra were fish in that beautifully winding sea made of crotchets, quavers and pain. When the show went onto Vivaldi and Bernie had excited the stage to a huge round of applause Serenas heart sank like a stone why oh why hadn’t she asked for her number a few days before. It’s rediculous are they friends? They have known each other for so long it feels odd to realise they have never been more than aquaitances yet every time they see each other long enough to hold a conversation Bernies face lights up just like when she plays Allermande from Bach’ Cello suit No. 1. Bernies beaming face was not a common sight as she was generally quite reserved when in the company of almost strangers but Serena wasn’t a stranger in fact Bernie wished she was a friend...

So Serena thought that was it till they meet again on some crowded street in London for all of two minutes like a fan. Serena wished it wasn’t like this so did Bernie when she got of stage She asked Dom to do her a favour she had to be available to come back on stage at the end but asked him to make sure Serena didn’t leave with out saying goodbye.

She pointed her out very very carefully in the intermission while she got ready to watch the second act as it were.

Dom did the sound checks and sorted out Bernies Cello, he was her roddie he helped her with everything even leaving her husband as it happened. Now there was some drama let me tell you ... affair with the makeup artist on her tour well it was a lot less scandalous than that really nothing particularly happened between them a few kisses and a broken heart.

Took a lot to damage control with the press nevertheless, Dom became her body guard from the homophobes and i have to say he did it with style poise and grace.

When the curtains went down and the show was over Dom was already working his way over to Ms Campbell who had risen from her seat teary eyed after such a moving performance.

“ Ms Campbell He shouted A Ms Serena Campbell “

Serena wipped around to see who it was and made her way towards him “ yes” apprehensivly she responded “thats me have i done something wrong?”

“ other than that lepord print top i saw you wearing that other day with Bernie no, but she wants to see you ... look at you getting the star treatment”

“ and you are” she sarcastically responded

“Dom Dominic Copeland”

“ well nice to meet you um Dom, Domenic haha”

He led her back stage to see Berenie, Serena was tense and in shock that Bernie ever wanted to see her as she was practically a stranger.

“ Serena” Bernie beamed “ i am so glad you could make it” embrassing her for a warm hug “ we really need to swap numbers listen i have this”

After some fumbling in her dressing room she handed Serena a bottle of Shiraz

“ my favourite how did you know i mean i?”

“ you told me once i well i guess I remembered “

Serena smiled Bernies number was written on a post it note on the bottle she quickly typed it into her phone “ don’t want to loose that your a VIP it’s a privalage”

“ really Ms Campbell what gives you that impression”

“ maybe the fact i just sat at listen to you play better than bloody Benjamin Zander or any one really”

Bernie interupted “ minus Jacquline du Pre”

“Well i mean”

“ we will give her that one shall we” they agreed laughing

“ come on dinner at my hotel or a drink i think it’s time we finally get to know each other”

[misscrawfords]

38, 39, 40

38: What qualities do you find annoying in a character?

OooooOOOoohhh. I mean, that depends. I think honestly it comes down to the quality of the writer. If the writer is good, they can make me invested in a character, no matter how awful. I'm trying to think about characters I hated and weirdly the ones coming to mind are Angel Clare and Margaret Hale. I think both of them are a bit hypocritical and blind to reality. I think I find characters who are lacking self-awareness annoying and acting pious but not being so. I know, at least with Maragaret, that this is the starting point of her journey within the novel but I found her so annoying I couldn't actually get into North and South at all! Kind of like my favourite characters are clear-eyed and realistic about themselves and their flaws, even if they suck! (cf Mary Crawford)

Mostly, however, I find characters annoying who are written by writers who are themselves oblivious to their flaws and don't have them work on them. I find this comes up most in mediocre romance novels (which is why I actually so rarely read romance novels) where the heroine is not nearly so cute and "relatable" as the author thinks she is. "I'm so, so ugly and unconcerned with my appearance," I said, staring at my flat chest, overly skinny waist and twirling my long brown hair round my finger. "No-one will ever love my conventionally attractive white girl appearance. It's so sad, how will I cope." Meanwhile every man in town is obsessed with her. Nope. No thank you.

39: Favorite villain

You know who writes the best villains? Wilkie Collins. Captain Wragge (No Name) and Count Fosco (The Woman in White) have to be absolutely at the top of a villains list because not only are their Machiavellian and manipulative and really clever bastards, they are also deeply entertaining. I adore them. I adore reading about what they get up to. Man, I miss Wilkie Collins. I should read another Wilkie Collins novel or re-read one. They're the best.

Dickens probably comes close. Bradley Headstone (Our Mutual Friend) is a real contender for a good villain and every novel has some truly awful characters, made particularly awful because of how realistically flawed they are. You could genuinely meet these characters in life.

Does Edouard Dantes count as a villain? Or, you know, all the people he's going up against? Because they're all amazing.

Basically, nobody does villains like the authors of 19th century bricks and we should go back to that in literature.

40: Has there ever been a book you wish you could un-read?

Yeah. A biography of the cellist Jacqueline du Pre that I was given at too young an age. It detailed her struggle with MS very graphically and 10 year old me was very affected by it.

Similarly a YA? MG? book about a boy whose brother had cancer and then died (John Green before John Green?). Really, really, really upset me.

I can't do any stories that deal with terminal illness. It's a red line. Can't watch medical dramas. One of the main characters gets cancer in a kdrama and I will immediately stop watching. I don't know whether these books are responsible for that or whether something else is (lbr at least a combination of factors), but I wish I could un-read both of them, for how much they've stuck with me and how much they've affected me and my ability to deal with illness, both in fiction and RL.

Thank you!

[javierdenoriega]

ELGAR CELLO CONCERTO, JACQUELINE DU PRE

[d0ntw0rrybehappy]

And Jacqueline du Pre. Some heroes of mine

[musicaespansiva]

The Julliard Orchestra program was interesting, but as much it was just good timing -- Monday is a light day for concerts and it was cheap. It had a Peter Mennin piece and Hindemith's 'Symphonic Metamorphosis'. And, an oddity -- Elgar's Cello Concerto in a viola (!) arrangement.

The Mennin was perhaps his most common piece -- 'Moby Dick', but it makes sense that they would play it given his Julliard connection. And some of his relatives were there because it was some kind of anniversary. It reflects the thrilling part of the novel -- the chase, the passion of Ahab and the crew, etc. -- rather than the reflective, contemplative part. And it sounded pretty good -- I'll have to compare it to the Schwartz recording.

The Hindemith was even better in person. It had all the vitality, along w/ different string & wind balances than I've heard on recordings. And the slashing strokes at the end would be bombastic on a recording, but live were pretty fun!

The first half started w/ Roberto Sierra's 'Fandangos', which I remember as being just as fun as the title suggests, but I didn't take any notes.

It was the uniqueness (weirdness) of the following concerto that made me start writing notes -- Elgar's Cello Concerto arranged for Viola. Amazingly, Elgar's Cello Concerto wasn't that popular in his lifetime -- Jacqueline du Pre really did vault it into its current status. So, when the violist Lionel Tertis asked Elgar if he would approve his transcription it for Viola, Elgar enjoyed it very much and he authorized his publisher to to print it. Indeed, Elgar conducted Tertis in this 'viola' concerto in the last concert he ever conducted.

So, is it sanctioned -- certainly. Does it work? Well, not really. I can't unhear the cello. And the viola, though it has a fascinating range, doesn't sing as low or with as much melancholy as the cello does. A fascinating experience, but not one I'd ever buy or be interested in again.

Julliard Orchestra, JoAnn Falletta, Conductor; Haixan Wan, Viola. Alice Tully Hall, 12 February 2024.

[takmiblog]

Jacqueline du Pre

[4lle4rs]

Jacqueline du Pre & Daniel Barenboim - Elgar Cello Concerto