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Celebrating Jackie

on BBC Radio 3

rThe cellist Jacqueline du Pre would have been 60 today. Her international career lasted just a few years before the onset of the multiple sclerosis that led to her death at the age of 42. Andrew McGregor has been talking to those who heard her and worked with her, including her husband Daniel Barenboim , fellow cellists Moray Welsh , Steven Isserlisand Ralph
Kirshbaum, pianist Stephen Kovacevich , violinist Pinchas Zukerman , soprano Heather Harper , film-maker Christopher Nupen , critics Edward Greenfield and Tully Potter , and biographer
Elizabeth Wilson. Featuring some of Du Pre's best performances, including at approximately:
8.00 Elgar Cello Concerto in E minor BBCSO, conductor John Barbirolli
8.30 Beethoven Cello Sonata in D, Op 102, No 2 Stephen Kovacevich (piano)
9.00 Schumann Cello Concerto in A minor New York PO, conductor Leonard Bernstein
9.30 Brahms Cello Sonata in E minor, Op 38 Daniel Barenboim (piano)
10.00 Beethoven Piano Trio in D, Op 70, No 1 (Ghost) Pinchas Zukerman (violin), Daniel Barenboim (piano)
11.00 Dvorak Cello Concerto in B minor
Royal Liverpool PO, conductor Charles Groves Producer Mark Lowther

Contributors

Unknown:
Andrew McGregor
Unknown:
Daniel Barenboim
Unknown:
Moray Welsh
Unknown:
Steven Isserlisand Ralph
Pianist:
Stephen Kovacevich
Soprano:
Pinchas Zukerman
Soprano:
Heather Harper
Unknown:
Christopher Nupen
Unknown:
Edward Greenfield
Unknown:
Tully Potter
Unknown:
Elizabeth Wilson.
Conductor:
John Barbirolli
Piano:
Stephen Kovacevich
Conductor:
Leonard Bernstein
Piano:
Daniel Barenboim
Violin:
Pinchas Zukerman
Violin:
Daniel Barenboim
Conductor:
Charles Groves
Producer:
Mark Lowther

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