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 ...

One hundred years ago this summer, Edward Elgar completed a concerto that became one of the linchpins of classical cello repertoire. The piece was thrust into popular consciousness more than four ...

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 ...

It's hard to find anything more emotive in the recent history of British music than the Elgar Cello Concerto played by Jacqueline du Pré. Her 1965 account, conducted by Sir John Barbirolli, is one of ...

Like what you heard at the Spokane Symphony this weekend, or want to know what you missed? Sir Edward Elgar, Cello Concerto in E min Op. 85. A. Jacqueline du Pre, London Symphony Orchestra, conducted ...

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Helen Wallace compares recordings of Elgar’s cello concerto and makes a recommendation: Top recommendation - only available as a download or as a collected edition: Greatest Cello Concertos (Blue ...

Winner of the 2006 Eurovision Young Musicians Contest, Swedish-Danish cellist Andreas Brantelid teams up with the legendary Vladimir Ashkenazy to tackle Elgar's Cello Concerto. Written in 1919, ...

Just after World War I Edward Elgar was ill, his beloved wife Alice was ill (and getting mysteriously smaller and more fragile; “She seemed to be fading away before one’s very eyes,” Elgar later ...

Choreographed by Cathy Marston, the Royal Ballet’s upcoming production celebrates the life and many loves of the virtuoso cellist as she battled with multiple sclerosis. The Royal Ballet has announced ...

The biggest repertoire draw here was meant to be Edward Elgar's glorious Cello Concerto, with Daniel Barenboim conducting, paired with two other works: Elliott Carter's Cello Concerto and Max Bruch's ...