Monday, August 17, 2020

Classical corner

 The late, great Jacqueline du Pré performs the Allegro Apassionato, Opus 43, of Camille Saint-Saёns.

 

5 comments:

JeffS said...

A lovely performance!

Spiny Norman said...

Thanks for that. It was lovely.

(My mom was never close to that good, but she could play easier pieces pretty well.)

bruce said...

Along with that I think you must watch DuPre's Elgar concerto, at least the first few minutes:
https://youtu.be/OH0jUQTCCQI

That's her husband Barenboim conducting. The way she got MS and eventually died is so poignant.

Paco said...

Yes, it was a sad ending. But what fine contributions she made in her short life.

Spiny Norman said...

On the sidebar at YouTube is her Elgar Concerto, which impressed Mstislav Rostropovich so much that he removed it from his program - because he didn't think he could ever equal her performance.