Du Pré, Hilary, 1942- in Newbury - April, 1963
from A genius in the family / Hilary Du Pré, page 148:
When Kiffer discovered that he was short of a cellist for the concert, the remedy was obvious and simple. Although Jackie needed a little persuasion, she agreed that it might be fun. Jenny Ward-Clarke was coming to lead the cello section and Jackie would sit next to her.
Little did the orchestra know what it was in for. The first problem was that Jackie always played as a soloist. The second was that she was used to having space around her, and in the cello section there was no space. She seemed to fill the whole area, so there was a lot of kerfuffle as everyone tried to fit about her. … more >>
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Du Pré, Hilary, 1942-, and Du Pré, Piers, 1948- (ed.), A genius in the family / Hilary Du Pré (:London, 1998), p. 148. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1406054076050 accessed: 4 October, 2024
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Concerto no. 1 (Stanley)
written by John Stanley |
performed by Christopher Finzi, Jacqueline du Pré, Newbury String Players |
Experience Information
Date/Time | April, 1963 |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |
Originally submitted by tlisboa on Tue, 22 Jul 2014 19:34:36 +0100
Approved on Wed, 24 Feb 2016 17:02:31 +0000