# Jacqueline Du Pré

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When a Cello Speaks: The Heartbreaking Opening of Elgar’s Concerto

Send us Fan Mail DescriptionWhen a Cello Speaks: The Heartbreaking Opening of Elgar’s Concerto in 60 Seconds. Take a minute to get the scoop!Fun FactElgar’s Cello Concerto premiered in 1919—and flopped. Overshadowed by rehearsal mishaps, it wasn’t until Jacqueline du Pré’s 1965 recording that the p…

Michael Collins MBE: A life well played

One of the foremost clarinettists and leading artists of his generation, Michael Collins has shared his dazzling virtuosity and sensitive musicianship to audiences the world over. He’s served as the principal of the Philharmonia Orchestra and London Sinfonietta, and has been conductor of several or…

January 26, 2026 Alister Clark, J. Henry Chesterton, Eloise Ray, Take Chelsea Home by Chris Young, and Jacqueline du Pré

Subscribe Apple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeart Support The Daily Gardener Patreon Buy Me A Coffee Connect for FREE! The Friday Newsletter | Daily Gardener Community Today's Show Notes January has a way of making everything feel more honest. The garden is not performing. It is restin…

She Soars in Song & Film: A Chat with Bird

A London-raised, Italy-based cellist who became an accidental filmmaker on the way to Americana. Get the stories behind the episodes → Subscribe to Chords of Curiosity Janie, who performs as Bird, grew up half-Irish and half-English in London, lives in Italy, and is working her way into the…

Professor Michele Dougherty, scientist

Professor Michele Dougherty is President of the Institute of Physics and Professor of Space Physics at Imperial College London. She was appointed Astronomer Royal last year – the first woman to hold the post in its 350-year history. She was brought up in Durban in South Africa and studied for a Ba…

The Juilliard String Quartet Returns to Carnegie Music Hall with Chamber Music Pittsburgh!

The Juilliard Quartet returns to Carnegie Music Hall in Oakland on March 30th at 7:30pm! All four members joined QED's Jim Cunningham via Zoom to talk about the concert, presented by Chamber Music Pittsburgh. The current members of the Juilliard String Quartet are violinists Areta Zhulla and Leona…

Nancy Shear on Stokowski, Rostropovich, and "I Knew a Man Who Knew Brahms"

I was so honoured and delighted to have this opportunity to have this conversation with Nancy Shear, whose diverse career in classical music will fascinate you. I loved reading her memoir “I knew a man who knew Brahms” which is very much a book about appreciation for great music making as well as t…

Emily Watson, actor

Emily Watson is an award-winning actor, widely regarded as one of the finest character actors of her generation. She began her career on stage with the Royal Shakespeare Company before rising to prominence in 1996, when she was cast as Bess McNeill in Lars von Trier’s Breaking the Waves. The role e…

Peter Layton, artist

Peter Layton is a pioneering British glass artist and the founder of London Glassblowing, one of the most influential glass studios and galleries in the United Kingdom. He played a central role in the development of the studio glass movement, helping to establish glass as an artistic medium. Born i…

S6E6 Festival Preview: HOW TO PLAY THE CELLO (UNTIL YOU DON'T) Featuring NAMT Festival Writer BENJAMIN EMORY LARSON

What happens when the thing that gives your life meaning is suddenly taken away? On this episode of NEW@NAMT, host Jean-Paul Yovanoff and co-host Skye Cone Ivey sit down with writer Benjamin Emory Larson to talk about How to Play the Cello (Until You Don’t), his one-woman musical loosely inspired b…