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Jacqueline Du Pre In Portrait
TitleJacqueline Du Pre In Portrait
Year2004
Time152 mins
GenreMusic; Documentary
DirectorChristopher Nupen
Edition
FormatDVD
ActorItzhak Perlman as Himself; Zubin Mehta as Himself; John Barbirolli as Himself; Christopher Nupen as Narrator; William Pleeth as Himself
RatingNR (Not Rated)
Cinematography
LanguageEnglish
PlotJacqueline du Pr� and the Elgar Cello Concerto, a documentary by award-winning film maker Christopher Nupen, explores the artistic personality of one of the finest performing musicians of the twentieth century, with the recurring theme of her special relationship with the Elgar�s melancholy Cello Concerto. The film begins with an account of what she did after the onset of her illness when she could no longer perform in public. It ends, at her own request, with a re-edited version of the original portrait film which sketches her childhood and the development of her musical talent, her meeting with Daniel Barenboim and their marriage in 1967, her special relationship with the Elgar concerto and, finally, a complete performance of the work with The New Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Daniel Barenboim; a performance which has become legendary.
Producer
WriterChristopher Nupen
SubtitlesFrench; German; Spanish
Jacqueline Du Pre In Portrait