Jacqueline du Pre & Daniel Barenboim - Elgar Cello Concerto

Edward Elgar's Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85, his last notable work, is a cornerstone of the solo cello repertoire. Elgar composed it in the aftermath of the First World War, when his music had already gone out of fashion with the concert-going public. In contrast with Elgar's earlier Violin Concerto, which is lyrical and passionate, the Cello Concerto is for the most part contemplative and elegiac.
The first performance was a debacle because Elgar and the performers had been deprived of adequate rehearsal time. The work did not achieve wide popularity until the 1960s, when a recording by Jacqueline du Pré caught the public imagination and became a classical best-seller.

[@celiawight3039]

I am old enough to remember hearing this at the time. I was 16y and felt I had been hit hard in the chest. I am now 79 and it still has the same effect on me. Magic.

[@D121346639m]

@Woodland he/she was talking about the original piece, based on the content itself

[@damiancisneros8655]

Celia Wight it instantly brings me to tears like a feeling that pushes up from my chest 😭 this piece needs no words to tell it’s vivid and heartbreaking story

[@mjrsnafu]

Bless you Celia, I am seven years your junior but know the feeling well

[@lintonNZ]

That's just your heart failing love

[@colinardron198]

@Woodland Boring fart syndrome methinks.

[@dougbalt]

Warning: Listening to Jackie play the Elgar Concerto is highly addictive. You will never stop listening to her once you start.

[@brunodanielrodrigues4107]

dougbalt treu!! Almost a month since i listen this for the first time xD

[@leavesofchange]

Scrub the Elgar Concerto, listening to Jackie full stop.

[@Brandon_501]

More serious side effects include actually becoming a cellist

[@giovannicalabria1536]

@@Brandon_501 or disliking all the other cellists lol

[@eri6219]

have been looping this at work this week lol

[@christopherdavis7069]

This is the piece that made me want to play the cello. I received my cello 2 days ago on June 1st. I am 14 and I will be using all of my free time to practice and hopefully become a professional.

[@NoName-zn1sb]

You go Chris! In my 70th year, never having laid a finger on a bowed string instrument, I bought a cello. Sadly, I've had too many years of illness to keep up with it.

[@diegomendoza7343]

Wow, Christopher, that´s great! Best vibes and wishes from Mexico. It will take your brain awhile till it gets used to music itself and instrument playing but with time and proper guiding you´ll become a pro no doubts.

[@hidehidehide7339]

Christopher Davis i wanted to learn due to this piece as well, I received mine a year ago on July 24th and I’m 14 too! :) let’s strive to be professionals together

[@mikehorton8603]

Christopher I hope the playing and learning is going well. I wish you all the best ! I love locally to Sir Edwards home and have visited his preserved house. And like myself he was a big Wolves F.C. fan he used to cycle all the way from Malvern to Wolverhampton to see them play, however the fact he was trying to woo a young lady who was also a local fan may have made him a little more keen!

[@connerthebarbarian5799]

Hope you go far, my dude. I play the cello and I love it. I'm not as ambitious as you, but playing it gives me more joy than most things I do, and I hope you feel that way too. Best of luck. Oh, and I hope you're enjoying high school (I'm just guessing cause of your age. I'm a sophomore by the way)

[@markswan3209]

I was out driving the day Jacqueline’s death was announced on the local classical radio network. Of course, they played this piece. I found I was crying so much it made me a hazard to traffic. Had to pull over, park the car and listen right through to the end

[@katiavonaltrock1584]

absolutely moving reaction

[@christineveazey3705]

@@katiavonaltrock1584 Absolutely ; tears

[@scottwallace1]

I get it. I can recall just hearing something for the first time and being moved to sobbing tears and needing to pull to the side of the road. I can only imagine a moment like this. So tragic. Yet somehow beautiful in a weird way.

[@jonjones1553]

I love Edward's quote when he was on his deathbed, " If you're ever walking on the Malvern Hills and you hear this, don't be frightened, it's only me."

[@sedekiman824]

And the Malverns are truly beautiful.

[@wjwatchrepairteam2248]

1st movement 0:00 2nd movement 8:30 3rd movement 12:58 4th movement 18:19

[@m_aggie]

thanks !

[@hondaken8402]

Soooooo helpful ! Thx !

[@ashtons8626]

Ahhh I was looking for this!

[@dannyboy2267]

Not trying to be picky, but the first mvt was at 0:08 :)

[@LunarWilderness457]

Thank you!

[@johannsebastianbach1649]

Those opening chords are ELECTRIC.

[@JamesCello]

Nice to see you, Joh

[@danielcabrera4161]

She has such a powerful sound for real, electrifying like a moonbeam

[@marte1081]

Cannnot disagree with such a talented musician

[@simonwiggins89]

I cannot listen to this without crying. There are uplifting counters but I hear unspeakable, aching pain, grief and loss. It hurts. It's incredibly moving. Du Pre is unsurpassable.

[@corean3polar]

Simon Wiggins i agree. So much sorrow knowing the tragic ending, only in terms of her health. She left many gifts for our mankind.

[@marcushadeed8875]

I don't know much about classical music, but I read in a comment while listening to Yo-Yo Ma's version that Elgar wrote this after world war one which was a deeply moving, horrifying experience for him. I guess this piece really reflects that.

[@danielanderson1315]

This was elgar's last piece. He was writing about the end of life.. elgar was a very tortured soul who was out of place during his time. He married above his status and tried to present himself as a proper Englishman, but inside was a lot of pain.

[@diabolicloki]

a true gem, gone too soon

[@christianeruel1619]

Yes. The most unbearable heartbreak ever put down in a staff. And Jackie it’s most beautiful messenger. Wish we could let her know how much she is loved ❤️

[@mirandagarland5511]

I think this is the best classical performance ever. She is absolutely brilliant, making it look easy, with perfect tuning, innate musicianship and incredible strength, and she is perfectly supported by the sensitive orchestra, conducted by Barenboim, and she is in love with him - they are passionately in love, and there's plenty of big hair.

[@carlosadurt6153]

I couldn't agree more

[@ghillies4life]

This is what I had playing while I was in labor. I had a whole playlist of classical music, but it turned out to be a fairly short labor (2.5 hours total), and this is what I remember giving birth to.

[@class87srule]

She makes the 'cello cry. It's an extension of her; you can feel Elgar's pain through every tortured note. Hell...I knew she was good at the time but not 'this' good! Rest in peace Jackie!

[@IanKemp1960]

The story I heard was that when Jacueline was young, she was at her normal weekend cello lesson, and the lesson came to an end. She asked the teacher what to practice... He looked around the room and found a manuscript of the Elgar Concerto, which at that time was very unpopular, seen by most players as just the music of an old man refecting on the past. Jacqueline took the manuscript home. Next week.... "How'd it go?!" Jacqueline apologised that she had only memorised the first movement. Her teacher, a bit taken aback, said "ok let's just hear that then", so JdP played the first movement. After that her teacher said "I can't teach you any more". He lined her up with a much more senior person in London and basically passed her up into the big time. This recording gives a flavour of those times and her amazing musicality. But please don't forget that the notes on the page come from a genius at another level, Mr. Elgar, from the North of England who despised the Royalty and the 'glory' of Southern England, yet wrote the Pomp and Circumstance marches for royal occasions. Barenboim ++, du Pre +++, Elgar ++++ :-D

[@WarrenPeace007]

and he was named after Ed Reardon's cat

[@lisaro]

It’s like she was a psychic medium, using her cello and artistry to connect directly with Elgar. Never before or since has anyone managed to capture the very essence of Elgar like Du Pre. He was present in the room with her from the opening bar to the closing pause. Every note she played was a celebration of him and every second of the performance was a celebration of her mastery, skill and artistry. Breathtaking.

[@vivhiggins6818]

YES! It was Ethereal and VERY sensuous!

[@kittinsol]

Thank you ❤️

[@bogdanlevi7483]

Reminds me of the lead female character from the movie "Three Colors: Blue" by Kieslowski.

[@brentreid8228]

A lot of people have. This is just the first time 99% of people who have heard this song are initiated to his music.

[@marionbayley1351]

Cathy Marsden choreographed a work for the Royal Ballet called ‘The Cellist’. It tells the story of Jacqueline in dance, with a dancer portraying the cello. The music combines many of the works she made her own - including this. It is wonderful - Jacqueline really dancing with her instrument as, indeed, she appeared to do whilst performing.

[@craigmetcalfe1749]

I am the son of two late amateur musicians and when I see Daniel and Jacqueline together, that is how I imagine my parents playing together in heaven.

[@limin1462]

Hate to break it you but Daniel was not good to her, he cheated on her

[@GH-oi2jf]

@@limin1462 - People who say this actually know nothing of their relationship in her declining years. Her illness and early death was a great tragedy for all.

[@jh-chiron]

@@GH-oi2jf Barenboim hat ihre Spiritualität nie verstanden. Dafür büsst er heute.

[@donnadee1966]

While it was an amazing musical partnership, in the end, the marriage did not succeed...

[@domfjbrown75]

@@limin1462 she wasn't exactly faithful to him either, by some accounts...

[@bigtony62301]

Every once in a while when I’m sad i come back to watch this performance and cry

[@svetlanareznichenko5927]

I thought I am the only one who cry listening to this, I am glad I am not alone

[@bigtony62301]

Hey yall im back to say its another one of those days

[@phyllisbernoulli-kerr2885]

I lived in London at that time, now I'm an old lady in Italy, but will never forget Jackie & the Elgar Concerto, among others, nor how her sister has treated her memory.

[@stephanieong4143]

I am 65 now a classical violinist and still want to weep when I hear her play no one played the Elgar like her full homage to her ❤

[@jordanr2488]

How a soul can reach beyond the limits of time and space to so deeply touch another.

[@barryyessarian4259]

Died at 42 of MS and from deeply abusive background, said 'the brick wall in front of me only disappeared when I played the cello and I could speak at last'

[@CLASSICALFAN100]

The "deeply abusive background" to which you refer has the name of Daniel Barenboim, aka Creep-a-Zoid of the Century...

[@ianhills8980]

BS.

[@JamesCello]

@@CLASSICALFAN100 He's so short lol

[@meganlambchops]

@@CLASSICALFAN100 was he really abusive to her?

[@clairezang1003]

Yea

[@DonnaGisellaTranchel]

January 2024..! There will always come a time when I return to this... Amazing... 💙💙💙💙💙

[@cleverliu7981]

Her cello cries in mind, her music flows in heart.

[@ClaudiaSantos-gp8ko]

Exatamente!♥️

[@maryvallettakeith6146]

Nobody attacks that first chord like Jackie.♥️ She plays that beast like it's a game of life and death, which sadly, is what it turned out to be.😢

[@johntoomey2743]

When I was a student in Chicago, I skipped out if a class early to walk to Orchestra Hall precisely to see and hear the sublime art of the talented, lovely and famed Jaqueline du Pré. It felt like heaven. Soon after that I heard the news of the MS and couldn't believe it could possibly happen.

[@christopherw3490]

Words fail me. That is why we have music.

[@liammurphy2725]

And yet you have words enough to tell us you have no words?

[@qwertyrobin869]

@@liammurphy2725 Daddy Murphy, can you please chill?

[@RichardFenno]

Unbelievable. It was my luck to hear her play this piece, an experience which will never be exceeded.

[@user-gq7ir5wn2t]

Your very good beautiful from Korean kyu sang

[@user-gq7ir5wn2t]

폭넒게 하시네 요 잘하시네요?

[@niqo6925]

She played at one of our school concerts in Norwich and I was very shy but found her sitting in a corner backstage with her cello and was drawn to her. We had a little conversation but I was captivated by her persona and later by her playing

[@emilypinching1731]

Really?? Wow, that’s incredible! As a Norwich resident I was thrilled to read your comment :)

[@pamelapommetaylor6019]

FPUND HIM DARREN HAYES OF SAVAGE GARDEN ITS DARKNESS

[@pamelapommetaylor6019]

FOUND HIM

[@TangoCharlieWhiskey96]

@@pamelapommetaylor6019 uh what

[@margaretharypkema9290]

What a wonderful memory! ❤️

[@andrewholland9097]

Her wailing slide from the A up to the E at the very end of the last movement is insane!

[@listenmusic9811]

I feel so bad for Elgar. His melodies are as unique as Brahms -- just this ambient sea of pure spirit and emotion. This concerto was everything to me in my childhood. Thank you Elgar!

[@robb6560]

Brahms??? lol

[@arturoromero951]

Wish Brahms wrote a cello concerto (no, not the Double Concerto), since he claimed that when he heard the Dvorak cello concerto for the first time, that he said if he knew the cello was so virtuosic, then he would’ve composed a cello concerto

[@ronenr1405]

@@robb6560 why not?

[@ronenr1405]

@@arturoromero951 Brahms wrote Double Concerto

[@robb6560]

@@ronenr1405 Sorry, didn't want to be rude. I like Brahms but only few pieces

[@richardreed7097]

It never fails to bring tears to my eyes, hearing Jacqui play this. The way she caresses the sound out of her cello, it is almost as if, as someone else has noted, she were channelling Elgar. How cruel to be given such talent and then have it taken away by disease.

[@rstross]

Can they have known that they were making history when they recorded this? Did they have any idea what they had done?

[@spacemissing]

Probably not until they were well into it, or maybe not until it was over, but to fail to realize it at some point seems impossible. It is indeed a musically and historically important performance.

[@cindymcfarlane9371]

It’s simply amazing!,

[@sambulls]

I think people are always imagining they're making history, except when in private, or not recording stuff etc

[@sambulls]

they sorta hope this is will be historical

[@patchentews5676]

Yes.

[@robindale9352]

I found a 1965 vinyl record of this with jaqui and john Barbirolli in a charity shop yesterday. Just waiting for my turntable to arrive in the mail!

[@windfall3838]

I feel something in my chest when I hear this - something alive , foundational and eternal, not as me now, but as its always has been and forever will be

[@antiquet3301]

I find it so sad that the first performance of this piece flopped, and it was never really appreciated until the sixties, thirty years after the death of Elgar. Great minds are never appreciated in their time.

[@svetsarkirurgen2]

Well Elgar was appreciated in his time wasn't he? Just not this piece?

[@pygiana16]

The music was waiting for Jacqueline du Pre.

[@Operafiend22]

That's because great minds are always ahead of their time

[@NoName-zn1sb]

Not _never_ but hardly ever. : - )

[@JamesCello]

@@svetsarkirurgen2 When he wrote the CC, nobody liked him anymore because they thought his music was too old-fashioned.

[@hazelgraham4879]

My cellist housemate used to play this practising over and over again.she asked me if I minded...I said no, it's one of the most beautiful pieces of music I've ever heard. And this...the way jaqueline du pre plays it..omg she is at one with her instrument...you can't separate the two and the orchestra is wonderful too x

[@swemaofficial]

Jacqueline makes me cry! Everytime! Her interpretation is just so pure and innocently naive!

[@DanielaAngulo]

Anyone here after watching Tár? I had heard many interpretations of this piece but needed another one to fall in love even more.

[@willcampos4847]

Well, this one is probably the best available, because it's the very interpretation that Olga mentioned in the movie. And I can quite understand why.

[@clarac2805]

Yes!!! I loved it, and just searched for this concert

[@catherinecozzano2580]

@@clarac2805 Me too!!! I heard it mentioned by Olga in the movie and I’ve just found it. She’s absolutely breathtaking ❤❤❤

[@muppetrowlf1473]

There is no better version. Nobody has played it this way. To an Englishmen this is exactly what Elgar was thinking. Do disrespect to Jo Jo, but….. Once you’ve seen and heard this, you have to have sympathy for other Cellists to play it. But good luck to each and everyone of them. They probably realise before they play they cannot compete with her.

[@joelhenderson4450]

It was probably the best thing I got from the film tbh.

[@deejay3ever681]

The part at 2:40 gives me chills every time that I hear it. I have never heard anything else played with such passion as this.

[@muppetrowlf1473]

The definitive interpretation. Got to be how Elgar wanted it. And none of todays Cellists can touch it. She was absolutely gifted.

[@Marunius]

Sheku isn't too bad either ;)

[@allstarmark12345]

They V really can’t record

[@randomoneforstuff3696]

Have you heard Yo-Yo Ma's interpretation? It's quite marvelous as well, just in a different (less dark) way.

[@muppetrowlf1473]

Yes. As excellent as he is. The softening and rounding arrangement doesn’t appeal to me. I think the JDP version is definitive because, just like watching a brilliant Actor, you can find yourself inside the Writer’s mind. JDP seems to make you feel just like Elgar. It may be a trick. But few musicians can perform at that level.

[@carlosadurt6153]

​@@MaruniusIs it a joke? It's not close to this at all.

[@sofiasplawska1296]

this is the best thing on youtube. we are so lucky that this exists. i must have watched this video at least a hundred times and i am yet to find something that completes me as much as it does. thank you for uploading.

[@aimeemacdn]

Me too.

[@FABCELLI]

I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU: THE BEST VIDEO ON KZbin FOREVER

[@cindymcfarlane9371]

As a cellist, she’s been an idol,of mine since I was about 15..the best of all cellists,,,,

[@FABCELLI]

@@cindymcfarlane9371 I don't know You but i'm sorry and happy to tell I love You sincerely..

[@FABCELLI]

I TOTALLY agree with you

[@dharklight]

There are no words to describe how beautiful this is to me. Every time i hear this piece i have to stop what im doing and listen.

[@NoName-zn1sb]

That's the only way!

[@PotterSpurn1]

I made the mistake of driving whilst listening to this. That was not a clever thing to do. Luckily, I was able to enjoy another day, another performance.

[@user-gq7ir5wn2t]

몸 전신으로 치는데 손은 상당히 부드럽게 잘 하고 장대 하나 무언가가 날카롭고 예리하네요! 예쁘네요 정말, 투지가있어요?

[@missmaryhdream6560]

The amount of talent, in that woman, is off the scale. Unmesurable. All musicians are blessed, beyond belief.

[@VeronicaKirin]

So glad I was able to snag this on vinyl. The sound is amazing and fills every corner of the house.

[@Marcus9638]

You made me realize I haven't listened to a vinyl recording in years. I've forgotten about the fullness of sound they produce. I wonder if they still sell those awesome Technics turntables.

[@user-gq7ir5wn2t]

그예리한것을 어떻게 몸전신으로 받네요 느껴보고 , 너무나 섬세하게 하시네요?

[@domfjbrown75]

@@Marcus9638 they sure do... Just very expensive now! Glad I scored all 3 of mine between 2009-11 second hand for £500 all in!

[@thisthatntheother747]

I love Elgar's E minor and Du Pre's interpretation. It may help knowing that Edward Elgar composed this melancholy beauty at a time where he was immensely frustrated with the lack of enthusiasm and reception of his works. He was ready to quit composing. His wife pushed for him to keep going. I'm grateful he continued.

[@jamsie2100]

That is what is great about classical music - it reaches such depths

[@liammurphy2725]

Only if you have them.

[@janservus7863]

The marveollous concerto, one of the best music which I know.

[@MsFeckarse]

My heart is in my mouth every time I watch this performance. 7.25 - it explodes. And then it revives me.

[@elliottg5987]

The first time I heard this was in concert when I was a tall child, I'd previously played some of his marches in youth orchestra and quite frankly I didn't like them, so seeing Elgar on the ticket I was expecting something to sit through, bored. The audience was briefed about Elgar's transformation during the war, and shortly afterwards those chords laid their grip on me. Incredible.

[@BParker55]

She's still the best to ever record this piece.

[@bckm54]

VERY TRUE. Lots have tried, and they all failed compared to her.

[@TheIoana360]

Never heard a more beautiful cello concerto and a better performing

[@huguettebouaz8924]

Merveilleuse Jacqueline Du Pré si incroyablement douée et tellement regrettée qui nous donne une interprétation magistrale de ce très beau concerto.

[@christopherdafoe6081]

i was in my early twenties when I first attended one of her concerts and was enchanted by her playing. We lost much when she left us but she gave us so many treasures to see us through the years.

[@AsAntonioSanchez]

This was my concert for my cello graduation...And It will be always my concert...Best version ever...greeting to all cellists and cello lovers from Cayman Islands...Blessings

[@lucasgomez7956]

She's like an angel ❤

[@aogreen1]

yes I don't think she is quite like the rest of us

[@hearttune98]

The last few seconds of this video is so bittersweet ... "He's got my shoe!" She laughs and they walk off, two young musical geniuses in love, in all their glory, never knowing the tragedies that lay ahead.

[@andrewanderson3016]

Forgive my ignorance, what happened to them? What tragedies?

[@hearttune98]

@@andrewanderson3016 du Pre was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in her 20’s and eventually had to stop performing. Barenboim and du Pre married young and he cared for her until her death 14 years later. In the latter years though, he also started a relationship with the woman who’s now his wife. No judgement here, we will never know how hard it was for both of them.

[@MyPianoArchives]

@@hearttune98 thank you for the background info, really appreciate the quick breakdown.

[@willcampos4847]

I already saw this performance as one of the most incredible shows of human artistic capability long before I watched Tár. In the restaurant scene, when Olga mentioned that this video inspired her to be a cellist, it touched me deep as any movie scene has never did before. I felt that scene was made for me. I could identify with Olga in a very, very special way, because loving this performance looked like something very intimate and special and suddenly is a bond between me and the movie character. Totally and strongly the magic of cinema. Tár is already one of my favorite movies because of this.

[@anthonywhitehouse5669]

Having listened to this recording, I cannot stomach any other. It is just sublime.

[@andrewma3491]

I completely agree 👍

[@michellethewhoreatthelake936]

Yoyo ma comes close

[@RaineriHakkarainen]

Not true! Jacqueline Du Pre not The greatest! The greatest cellits Are really=Gaspar Cassado ( The most beautiful sound! Much Better than Du Pre) Gary Hoffman ( The King) Danil Shafran ( The God ) Arto Noras ( The biggest Cello tone ever! Du Pre a small tiny tone in The Big concert hall!!) Karine Georgian!!! The Bad cellists Are really=Yo-Yo Ma ( The most Boring Ever) Mischa Maisky ( The.most over-rated ever! The only. 6th place in The Tchaikovsky Cello competition!) Natalia Gutman ( Bad vibrato! Bad sound) Stephen Isserlis Truls Mork ( Mörk) Peter Whispelway! Sol Gabetta! Hauser ( really Bad!)

[@tacticaljammer1529]

@@RaineriHakkarainen where is Rostropovich on your list?

[@cobymela]

And Casals was just some dude who smoked a pipe…geez!

[@tharun7290]

Someone please tell me I'm not the only Gen-Z person listening to this legendary performance :')

[@pauladal3968]

Gen Z gang lol 😆

[@gullible3842]

I'm a Cellist and I'm currently playing Edward Elgar Cello Concerto, I'm basically listening to this to get an idea

[@nicol8282]

You're not alone my friend

[@gorthol]

Definitely not the only one.

[@PM_ME_MESSIAEN_PICS]

​@@gullible3842it's really not a good idea to listen to pieces before you play them, or you won't be able to interpret it the way you yourself want to

[@mickeybravo6702]

I’ve listened to this recording several times as it its at the top of my list of favorite recorded concertos for any instrument. And although I think Elgar was a great composer, Du Pre elevates this piece to a level that even now I’ve not seen topped for the emotional weight and joy she places in the piece, let alone the technique that even I a non-cellist (trumpet player myself) can see as exceptional. But watching this for the first time, even more so can I say that she is not just an instrumentalist or cellist. The cello is her, and she is the cello. Anyone who has studied music can attest to how hard it is just to work on the technical skills required to perform even halfway close to this; but to possess those technical skills and then bring out all of the emotional depths and heights a piece of music can offer, from the dynamic and colored range of the quiet and warm through the bold and bright, to the absolutely stunning vibrato on display here, the give and take between the orchestra and the soloist. All of that and more is what makes this woman something that I cannot really place into words but the best analogy is that she paints the air with her sound and if you close your eyes you can see that sound in your mind as clearly as any painting.

[@mo_sea]

I remember when I was 11 and starting to learn cello, I listened to this video and was wowed by Du Pré's sheer talent. Now at 16, I am still wowed by her playing, but now I have the honor of using this recording as a reference and inspiration while I study this piece. There are no words to describe my admiration of du Pré's skill.

[@kierancarter5639]

Love this, it’s so great to know I’m not the only one; this video also started it all for me. I was 14 when I watched for the first time, and 2 days later my parents bought me a cello and I haven’t stopped since, when I was in my teens I literally couldn’t put the instrument down, let alone stop watching this video! I was so lucky that my teacher for 7 years at the RCM and her were very close friends, so I heard so many wonderful stories about her, she was a wonderful, eclectic, innocent and beautiful soul. I’m 29 now, a professional cellist, and it really is all because of this performance. It’s so unspeakably tragic she’s no longer with us, imagine what she would have gone on to do… and the music that would have been written for her. At least we’re left with these few recordings. All the best to you and your cello life xx

[@gegedem7985]

I am 11 now and working on 1 and 2 to play with orchestra in May

[@geraldfrank1630]

This is what commitment, passion, intelligence, heart & rising to the moment looks like! 👌🙏👏👏❤️

[@rantingcullinarian]

One of the all time greatest musical performances.

[@NoName-zn1sb]

Sans doute

[@user-ny2sm8rp3b]

Am asculta acest concert in aceasta interpretare de peste 100 ori și mereu rămâne ceva sublim de descoperit. Oh, luminoasă și gravă, Jaqueline!...

[@MrMjdv01]

What’s remarkable and so enjoyable is her joy and intensity of playing. I give credit to the people who filmed her! Her in the picture when she plays and clarinets or the whole orchestra when needed. It looks like the film makers also knew the piece by heart! Excellent!! It makes it such a joy to watch!

[@user-hu1dz2gq6y]

Reading Gabor's Mate book brought me here! This is the most passionate cello playing I have ever heard! Wow!

[@Ephilates2024]

Me too.

[@pogface]

wow same. her memory comes up whenever someone mentions MS. i’m glad we have this recording to keep her memory alive ❤

[@VB-oq4pu]

she makes it looks so easy with a smile on her face, what an extraordinary talent. She is the best...

[@airmailpostcards6427]

i think it's because she became alive when she played

[@trw5653]

Even if life does go back to normal one day... I'll never hear music played like this live... I'm unsure if I could cope if it were possible. The whole of history seems to float by one as one listens...

[@karisyaputri2911]

I can almost feel my body elevating from the ground with every note she plays with such finesse, precision, and emotion. What a beautiful performance.

[@mitzipepall3075]

Had not listened to this in a while. Just got a shiver from my toes right to my shoulders.

[@frereanaktom99]

it is best to keep it fresh. some people talk about keeping listening; that's not the way. you can only feel the magic a few times and then when you go back it blows you away.

[@christineveazey3705]

@@frereanaktom99 That shiver was something negative leaving you.

[@simonhattrell5321]

'Deep calls unto deep' as the psalmist expressed it. Truly we enter into something special created by Edward Elgar, who revealed in this composition a truly beautiful, soul stirring and uplifting experience interpreted with such passion and finesse by the irreplaceable Jacqueline du Pré.

[@davesmith1457]

This blessed music reaches down to the very bottom of the human soul.

[@SJMtEagle]

Don't know why, but whenever listening to this beautiful one, tears on my eyes...

[@MajorMurgatroyd]

Though the performance is beautiful and masterful, and Ms. du Pre's impassioned interpretation of the concerto remains the hallmark other cellists strive to emulate, it is before a single note has been played where I find my favorite moment of this wonderful video. Jackie finishes tuning her cello while Daniel watches and, while she is distracted and he can look at her unnoticed, he does so with genuine affection -- heartbreaking,in retrospect -- his love writ plain for all to see, guileless, stupid, transcendent love. Then you see in his expression that she has caught him out, that the spy has been espied. Their eyes meet and, confident, together they leap recklessly into the dangerous mists of genius.

[@astn7759]

M Lipton I need a more simpler version

[@williamboyle5041]

Elgar was the pre-eminent British composer of the 20th century. His Cello Concerto was a MONSTER to perform! Du Pre was possibly the first (or only) cellist who could do it right. This is a masterpiece of performance. Enjoy! Don't try to critique it!

[@williamboyle5041]

Listening to it now, I am just awestruck! Again...

[@MajorMurgatroyd]

+william boyle Not sure why you see a critique in the above. JDP created the archetypal interpretation of this concerto, and this (and how lucky are we that the video still survives?) is her purest, most primal performance of same. It is her romantic/erotic connection to Barenboim, and through him, to the orchestra. They are making love before our eyes, him goading her, his conducting aggressive, challenging but ultimately submissive to her mastery of her craft. Again, we are so bloody lucky this exists.

[@darrylwalters5698]

M Lipton aa

[@kaleighpeluso]

I can't believe ASMR is a thing when masterpieces like THIS exist.

[@angeladawn805]

a chance conversation (with a customer, about her son's cello lessons) - suddenly tapped into JdP memories - how on earth I forgot about her and Elgar's music is beyond me, but I DO live in a cultural desert. Emotions crash through me like waves on a rock - they both soar and despair, such is the power and skill of this woman's playing. Thank god she's digitally immortalised. Thanks for posting :)

[@marklapolla2638]

We lost a great light when she died so young. So very sad. She is one of the great cellists.

[@FieldsofTrenzalore]

god i honestly am not sure if i have ever seen anyone play an instrument like she does. she just makes you fall in love with the cello through her.

[@abeni999]

Siempre he pensado que Elgar escribió este concierto para ella. Jamás dejaremos de amarle por su maravilloso arte,es mágico . He visto tantas veces este vídeo y siempre es como si fuera la primera vez que lo viera,siempre descubro matices y detalles extraordinarios en su magistral en empecable interpretación.

[@toqahindawi4484]

the look on her face! omg that was stunning.

[@jostroski567]

I wish I could just meet her and tell her how wonderful her playing is. I am sure she heard from others and was confident in her ability, but it would just mean a lot to me to be able to have expressed it to her as well. Her playing is just that amazing.

[@margaretharypkema9290]

I know just what you mean! 😊

[@domfjbrown75]

My mum did, and, err, did. Jealous isn't the word... They're both awesome in different ways!

[@miriamyagud8805]

I'm listening to this heart stopping tear jerker for the umpteenth time in my life. No other rendition will do. This one is written down in my DNA.

[@geraldvanwilgen]

You can't make up a greater romance, that kiss after the performance, that was about unity.

[@beaubeau331able]

Astonishing. I will NEVER delete this from my bookmarks.

[@bckm54]

unbelievable how beautiful this is.

[@TK-mv6sq]

This is so powerful, made me cry…

[@jahnawitomboy]

The repeat button is about to break.

[@clairezang1003]

Huh

[@carol-lynnfillet3271]

A true masterpiece, Elgar Cello Concerto. ❤️

[@choliosis2551]

To me, this piece feels like breathing. The pauses between the phrases leave me in anticipation, the swells move so naturally. I can't stop listening to it or thinking about it, I just want to live in this sound forever.

[@thatsalittlebassist]

Omg her virbrato is insane. 😫 I’m a bassist, but I hope one day I’ll be able to play the Double Bass version of this.

[@robertcohn8858]

The only thing more wonderful than the music itself is to watch Miss du Pre and the passion she puts into each note.

[@armand-Z]

En tant que prof de violoncelle, voilà ce que je montre à mes élèves, comme symbole absolu de l'engagement musical et de la sensibilité dans le répertoire écrit.

[@ACCPhil]

If this does not move you, you may actually be dead.

[@keithbate9405]

The greatest live classical performance I have ever witnessed. A coruscating symbiosis of human and Cello that is unique in the annals of classical music.

[@cindybowser2673]

Wow! How lucky!

[@CLASSICALFAN100]

Does that mean you like it?...(ROFL)

[@giovanna722]

I didn't see a chorus skating. Sorry, I couldn't resist!

[@keithbate9405]

@@CLASSICALFAN100 What do you think ??

[@keithbate9405]

@@giovanna722 we can all do with a laugh . No problem with your reply !

[@Leah.1999]

This piece makes me so cry 😭 I know it because of my best friend, but I love him since 3 years and he don't know about my feelings. He's a professionel violonist and we heard this piece in a summer night sitting on a bench. It was a wonderful night, but it makes me so sad, that he doesnt feel the same 💔

[@liammurphy2725]

Resolve it and move on.

[@giovanna722]

@@liammurphy2725 Yes. Memory will fade.🙏

[@juliafreitas8362]

I have no words to express what I am feeling right now. All I can say is that so far she has inspired me more than any violinist I ever watched.

[@leschatsdubalcon3601]

The best musical description of loneliness ever written, performed by the best ever interpreters. Perfect. Thank you.....

[@mikewilkinson9346]

Can anyone doubt the love she felt for this piece? It is on fullview for anyone receptive enough to see it.

[@TheIoana360]

Who could dislike this???? Incredible

[@gerardhaut8654]

quelle violoncelliste délicieuse ange et démon sur son instrument ,extraordinaire interprétation de ce concerto d'Elgar. nous n'oublieront jamais cette merveilleuse interprète !!!

[@cocozhang6695]

The last little part just melted my heart...until I found out what actually happened later. Maybe some things are just too beautiful to last...or too beautiful to be true :(

[@garymorgan3314]

I'm a Led Zeppelin , Can Faust, Hendrix etc. type and this, with Vaughan- Williams's Fantasia transports me. Bravo all