Jacqueline du Pre In Portrait

Jacqueline du Pré and the Elgar Cello Concerto a documentary by awardwinning 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 Elgars 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 reedited 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