Du Pre - a Celebration of Her Unique and Enduring Gift DVD

There cannot be too many films of our great performers provided they are made with an honest intention and true to the subject. Why? Because film remembers the artistic persona as nothing else can do in quite the same way.And so, with the technological advance of DVD and with television retreating from its commitment to the arts, DVD has become the best medium that we have today for keeping those astonishing gifts alive in the world.This is particularly true in the case of Jacqueline Du Pre where so many myths have been invented to explain the unexplainable.Happily,... DVD does not need to explain, it can present the artist just as she was and in a way that was never possible before the invention of the first silent 16mm cameras in the 1960s - just in time for her.And so this DVD does not take issue with the myths. We have learned anyway that discussion of them tends only to perpetuate and elaborate them.. Neither is good for the reputation of an artist.Instead, this DVD sets out, first, to present Jacqueline Du Pre as seen through the eyes, the ears and the words of the people who knew her best (Who Was Jacqueline Du Pre?) and, second, to present her through her music (Remembering Jacqueline Du Pre).Between those two films the DVD contains a montage of images of Jacqueline Du Pre and Daniel Barenboim in action, taken from our archives and accompanied by an audio recording, made by us, of the first movement of the Brahms E minor cello sonata (Interlude With Johannes Brahms) and an Interview With Jacqueline Du Pre, shot in 1980, which has never been seen before: neither on television, nor on home video. [show more]

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