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lascitasdelashoras · 2 days
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Jacqueline du Pré y Daniel Barenboim
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cocosse · 6 months
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“Playing lifts you out of yourself into a delirious place.”
Playing Johann Sebastian Bach } Jacqueline Du Pre, 1962 >
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edeldoro · 1 year
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takmiblog · 4 months
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hellocanticle · 7 months
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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…
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insidecroydon · 9 months
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£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…
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allmusic · 2 years
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AllMusic Staff Picks Janet Baker / Jacqueline du Pré / John Barbirolli Elgar: Cello Concerto; Sea Pictures; Cockaigne Overture
The Elgar Cello Concerto and cellist Jacqueline du Pré are inextricably linked and this 1965 EMI recording of du Pré with John Barbirolli and the London Symphony Orchestra is the first great recoding of the work the ill-fated artist was to make. Barbirolli's invitation for the 21-year-old du Pré to perform the concerto thrust her into the international spotlight and remains one of her most cherished recordings.
- Mike D. Brownell
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gauchogf · 2 years
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i need to be like jacuqyeline du pre where i am the cellist and then i marry the conductor i need this to be my life God i see what you have done for others and
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Playing lifts you out of yourself into a delirious place.
- Jacqueline du Pré
Arguably the greatest talent to ever play the cello. She combined mind, heart, body and soul to produce the most expressive tones ever to emanate from the instrument. Shy and at the same time bold, she was not only expressive, but played with precision, fullness and purity of tone.
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interludehk · 2 years
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Composers and Their Poets: Schumann I Interlude
In the generation following Franz Schubert, his new model for lieder writing influenced many composers. Robert Schumann (1810-1856) took his models to heart and in doing so, produced some of the best music of the next generation of song composers. Know about composer Robert Schumann and how he contributed to music. For more such composers' life journeys, check out Interlude's composer section.
Read More: https://interlude.hk/composers-poets-schumann/ 
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garadinervi · 2 years
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Jacqueline du Pré (January 26, 1945 – October 19, 1987)
(image: Jacqueline du Pre: A Gift Beyond Words, (2017, documentary, 59min), Directed by Christopher Nupen, Allegro Films)
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dianessunflower · 1 year
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Tàr (2022, dir. Todd Field) *spoilers
i've been waiting for MONTHS to watch Tár and i finally got to see it on the weekend.
Cate Blanchett as Lydia Tár is a tour de force, as expected. so are Nina Hoss, Noémie Merlant, and Sophie Kauer as supporting actresses, who have their own understated power in the film. but it's Blanchett's performance, as well as the cinematography and music, that creates a consistent tension that doesn't let up until the end of the film.
this is a character study, and to see this as some kind of political statement is a disservice to the film and to the viewer.
i really appreciated the insight into the minutiae of the classical music world at its pinnacle, having grown up with a classical music education. the delicious irony of course is that we are getting a vinyl soundtrack from DG, with the Mahler 5 and the Elgar Cello Concerto to boot.
(as an aside, the Jacqueline du Pré reference was beautiful and this is my note to you to watch Julie Andrews in Duet for One, which is loosely based on du Pre's story.)
i would've loved more of those scenes, but the ones we got were so impressive and meticulous. there's a moment where Tár is so wrapped up in the dying notes from G to F to silence at the end of the Adagietto of the Mahler No. 5 that she literally looks like she's in post-orgasmic bliss.
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so the ending. i think if you look at it superficially, there is an Orientalist view. but! Field and Blanchett are smarter than that. there's a moment where Tár comes face to face with her abuse of power when she sees all the women in the massage parlour/brothel.
here's the thing. whether we like it or not, i don't think there's any other situation that would have made Tár confront her moral shortcomings. it's a sad fact of our world that there is something about being in a non-Western country that can make a person reflect on their privilege and power as they would not do in their own country.
the Marlon Brando reference is likewise interesting, a Great Man brought down by failures of his own making.
i think it's also reductive to see the ending as punching down on video game music as opposed to the classical music Canon, although it's also clearly the punchline of the credits. the point is not necessarily that Tár has been taken down a notch. a few scenes prior, Tár rewatches old videos of her mentor Leonard Bernstein teaching young conductors and she breaks down in tears.
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to me, this is the moment when she recognises that her ambitions were about control, they were no longer about the music itself. and by returning to the music itself, she hasn't necessarily been redeemed in the sight of others. but she has repented herself.
the end of the script says 'memento mori', which is Latin for 'remember that you die'. it's an artistic trope about the inevitability of death. death comes for all of us, unto dust we shall return.
anyway, all this to say i loved Tár, and i can't wait to see the Variety Actors on Actors interview with Blanchett and Michelle Yeoh. whereas EEAAO gave voice to things i might not have been able to otherwise articulate, Tár has kept me thinking long after it ended. two of my favourite movies of the year.
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deerest-me · 8 months
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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
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janewaywatches · 8 months
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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”
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ihaveonlymydreams · 1 year
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A legendary performance of Elgar's Cello Concerto by Jacqueline du Pre
(shortly after this du Pre was stricken by multiple sclerosis and died quite young)
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lyricposting · 1 year
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fanmix myself, 2023 edition
genuinely almost can't believe i have TWO of these on here now (i do one of these every two years ish.) time really does pass huh... ANYWAY here's the link, and full tracklist under the cut, plus me rambling :) please talk to me about any of these songs my little brain will esplode
a song you like with a color in the title: forever yellow skies by the cranberries
a song you like with a number in the title: 10,000 emerald pools by børns
a song that reminds you of summertime: rain king by counting crows (literally the album of visiting my fiance the summer after i graduated college. song of joy and also freedom)
a song that reminds you of someone you would rather forget about: all the small things by blink 182 (no i don't want to talk about it)
a song that needs to be played LOUD: bulls in the bronx by pierce the veil (i'm in agony but this song is so good)
a song that makes you want to dance: genghis khan by miiike snow (obviously)
a song to drive to: one week by the barenaked ladies (specifically if you're stuck in traffic. bnl are really good at making songs that are good for listening to in really bad traffic somehow)
a song about drugs or alcohol: home again garden grove by the mountain goats (had this one on repeat for about 2 weeks straight somewhat recently)
a song that makes you happy: tunak tunak tun by daler mehndi (also had this one on repeat recently. the vibes are immaculate)
a song that makes you sad: in corolla by the mountain goats (self explanatory)
a song that you never get tired of: awake my soul by mumford and sons (this is on one of the first albums i ever bought with my own money and i still never skip it to this day. it's SO good.)
a song from your preteen years: my song from angel beats… the memories of playing minecraft on the family computer with the angel beats songs playing in the background are SO strong...
one of your favorite 80’s songs: i wanna dance with somebody by whitney houston
a song that you would love played at your wedding: run away with me adam neely cover (my fiance introduced me to this song and it's honestly one of the Very Few songs he likes that i genuinely love lmao)
a song that is a cover by another artist: BILLY COBB hide and seek (ignore that the previous song is also a cover lol. billy cobb does some of my favorite covers of all time. i've lost count of how many times i've played this, running up that hill, and linger honestly)
one of your favorite classical songs: edward elgar's cello concerto!!! specifically as played by jacqueline du pre (i'm NOT sorry for the length. listen!!!!! it's so so so so so good!!!)
a song from the year that you were born: how's it going to be by third eye blind (literally the way he shouts at the end is top vocals of all time imo)
a song that makes you think about life: the times they are a-changin by bob dylan (the first time i heard this song it was simon and garfunkel's cover and let me tell you. it fucked me up. listened to it probably 10 times in a row)
a song that has many meanings to you: wish you were here by pink floyd (song of very potent memories plus the actual song is like. woof. plus the double hit combo. you know how it is)
a favorite song with a person’s name in the title: jenny was a friend of mine by the killers (self explanatory. this song fucks.)
a song that moves you forward: hark to the music by ezra furman
a song that you think everybody should listen to: foundations of decay by my chemical romance (hello!! obviously)
a song by a band you wish were still together: tumble by stabilo (i have so many thoughts about this song it needs its own separate post also this is my favorite band that no one cares about)
a song by an artist no longer living: paradise by the dashboard light by meat loaf (my curse of getting into someone and then they die 2 years later continues with this man)
a song that makes you want to fall in love: better than by gretchen parlato (this one doesn't make me want to fall in love as much as it reminds me of a time when i was falling in love. close enough.)
a song that breaks your heart: addict with a pen by twenty one pilots
a song by an artist with a voice that you love: dead of night by orville peck (first song of his i ever heard and one of my top 3 of his still. his voice is EVERYTHING in this song, i fell in love instantly.)
a song that you remember from your childhood: i need you to love me by barlowgirl (... i have issues.)
a song that reminds you of yourself: midnight by tyler glenn (the issues strike again. genuinely cried the first time i listened to this song lol)
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