A new production at the Royal Ballet depicts how illness robbed Jacqueline du Pré of her talent and her life.

Music Jacqueline du Pré & Elgar’s Cello Concerto Remembering the inimitable Jacqueline du Pré, widely considered as one of the greatest classical cellists of the 20th century.

Jacqueline Du Pre. Picture: Alamy Du Pré’s style of playing is characterised by its huge emotional range and intensity. Her interpretation of Dvořák ’s fiery Cello Concerto manages to simultaneously ...

Although she died in 1987, the image of cellist Jacqueline du Pré still resonates as one of the most recognised and beloved musicians that this country has ever produced.

Introduced and narrated by grammy-winning cellist Yo-Yo Ma, the film tells the story Jacqueline du Pré and her enigmatic genius, one of the greatest cellists of all time.

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. When Hilary and Jackie, the biopic about the British cellist Jacqueline du Pré, came out in 1998, it ...

Blondes can break your heart. They don’t always use a cello. In “Jacqueline du Pré: Genius and Tragedy,” narrator Yo-Yo Ma—who knows what he’s talking about—describes the documentary ...

Christopher Nupen's portrait of cellist Jacqueline du Pre, whose career was cut tragically short by multiple sclerosis, including her performance of the Elgar Cello Concerto.

Jacqueline du Pré: Genius and Tragedy 1/24/2025 | 1h 25m 40sVideo has Closed Captions| CC Celebrate the enigmatic cellist whose career was cruelly curtailed by multiple sclerosis at age 28.

Jacqueline du Pré is one such musician. This year marks half a century since her classic recording of the Elgar Cello Concerto with Sir John Barbirolli and the London Symphony Orchestra. Not only that ...