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Paganini's Daemon: A Most Enduring Legend
directed by Christopher Nupen, fl. 1967; composed by Nicolò Paganini, 1782-1840; conducted by Lawrence Foster; produced by Allegro Films, London, England; performed by Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana (OSI), Lugano, in Paganini's Daemon: A Most Enduring Legend (London, England: Allegro Films, London, England, 1997), 1 hour 13 mins
This DVD contains a Christopher Nupen film about the most charismatic performer in the entire history of Western classical music — also the most talked about, the most controversial, the most famous and the most successful classical soloist that the world of music has ever known. While being hailed as the greate...
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directed by Christopher Nupen, fl. 1967; composed by Nicolò Paganini, 1782-1840; conducted by Lawrence Foster; produced by Allegro Films, London, England; performed by Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana (OSI), Lugano, in Paganini's Daemon: A Most Enduring Legend (London, England: Allegro Films, London, England, 1997), 1 hour 13 mins
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This DVD contains a Christopher Nupen film about the most charismatic performer in the entire history of Western classical music — also the most talked about, the most controversial, the most famous and the most successful classical soloist that the world of music has ever known. While being hailed as the greatest performing musician of his time, Paganini was denounced again and again by knowledgeable critics as a charlatan, in league with the...
This DVD contains a Christopher Nupen film about the most charismatic performer in the entire history of Western classical music — also the most talked about, the most controversial, the most famous and the most successful classical soloist that the world of music has ever known. While being hailed as the greatest performing musician of his time, Paganini was denounced again and again by knowledgeable critics as a charlatan, in league with the devil, and an avaricious man with scant respect for those who responded so enthusiastically to his unforgettable gift — and contributed so readily to his vast personal fortune. Paganini used the legends to make himself not only the most famous performer of his time, but also the wealthiest by a long, long way. In time this provoked envy and resentment and, finally, a pitiable isolation. And yet, through all of it, he served his daemon with commitment and dedication, and despite enduring ill health, drove himself forward with an energy that astonished all who came into contact with him — as only a man with an unshakeable faith in his destiny could possibly do.
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Field of Study
Classical Music
Content Type
Documentary
Performer / Ensemble
Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana (OSI), Lugano
Contributor
Lawrence Foster, Allegro Films, London, England
Author / Creator
Nicolò Paganini, 1782-1840, Christopher Nupen, fl. 1967, Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana (OSI), Lugano
Date Published / Released
1997
Publisher
Allegro Films, London, England
Person Discussed
Nicolò Paganini, 1782-1840
Topic / Theme
Music history, Biographies, Music criticism, Violin
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1997 by Allegro Films
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Tribute to Jacqueline du Pré
directed by Christopher Nupen, fl. 1967; produced by Allegro Films, London, England; performed by Itzhak Perlman, 1945-, Jacqueline du Pré, 1945-1987 and Daniel Barenboim, 1942-, in Tribute to Jacqueline du Pré (Guildford, England: Allegro Films, London, England, 2005), 29 mins
The story of Jacqueline du Pré is one of the saddest in music. She was one of the finest performing musicians that England has ever produced and she touched people as few have ever done but she stopped playing in 1973 at the age of 28 and died in 1987 at the age of 42. She should have celebrated her sixtieth birt...
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directed by Christopher Nupen, fl. 1967; produced by Allegro Films, London, England; performed by Itzhak Perlman, 1945-, Jacqueline du Pré, 1945-1987 and Daniel Barenboim, 1942-, in Tribute to Jacqueline du Pré (Guildford, England: Allegro Films, London, England, 2005), 29 mins
Description
The story of Jacqueline du Pré is one of the saddest in music. She was one of the finest performing musicians that England has ever produced and she touched people as few have ever done but she stopped playing in 1973 at the age of 28 and died in 1987 at the age of 42. She should have celebrated her sixtieth birthday on the 26th of January 2005 and this television film was made to mark that event. It consists largely of previously unseen materia...
The story of Jacqueline du Pré is one of the saddest in music. She was one of the finest performing musicians that England has ever produced and she touched people as few have ever done but she stopped playing in 1973 at the age of 28 and died in 1987 at the age of 42. She should have celebrated her sixtieth birthday on the 26th of January 2005 and this television film was made to mark that event. It consists largely of previously unseen material from our archives but also includes the unforgettable last five minutes of the Elgar cello concerto in what has become the best remembered performance of the work ever given.
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Field of Study
Classical Music
Content Type
Documentary
Performer / Ensemble
Itzhak Perlman, 1945-, Jacqueline du Pré, 1945-1987, Daniel Barenboim, 1942-
Contributor
Allegro Films, London, England
Author / Creator
Christopher Nupen, fl. 1967, Itzhak Perlman, 1945-, Jacqueline du Pré, 1945-1987, Daniel Barenboim, 1942-
Date Published / Released
2005
Publisher
Allegro Films, London, England
Person Discussed
Jacqueline du Pré, 1945-1987
Topic / Theme
Biographies, Performances, Death, Performing arts life, Cello
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2005 by Allegro Films
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Who Was Jacqueline du Pré?
directed by Christopher Nupen, fl. 1967; produced by Allegro Films, London, England; performed by Daniel Barenboim, 1942- and Jacqueline du Pré, 1945-1987, in Who Was Jacqueline du Pré? (Guildford, England: Allegro Films, London, England, 2001), 57 mins
Jacqueline stopped playing the cello when she was 28 years old: a victim of multiple sclerosis. She died at the age of 42, after 14 years of unremitting illness. Her story is so unusual, her gift so unexplainable and the sudden and tragic end to it so beyond understanding that the world had to invent its own myths...
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directed by Christopher Nupen, fl. 1967; produced by Allegro Films, London, England; performed by Daniel Barenboim, 1942- and Jacqueline du Pré, 1945-1987, in Who Was Jacqueline du Pré? (Guildford, England: Allegro Films, London, England, 2001), 57 mins
Description
Jacqueline stopped playing the cello when she was 28 years old: a victim of multiple sclerosis. She died at the age of 42, after 14 years of unremitting illness. Her story is so unusual, her gift so unexplainable and the sudden and tragic end to it so beyond understanding that the world had to invent its own myths and then, as the years went by, to embellish them. In the process the stories have projected an image of her character that bears less...
Jacqueline stopped playing the cello when she was 28 years old: a victim of multiple sclerosis. She died at the age of 42, after 14 years of unremitting illness. Her story is so unusual, her gift so unexplainable and the sudden and tragic end to it so beyond understanding that the world had to invent its own myths and then, as the years went by, to embellish them. In the process the stories have projected an image of her character that bears less and less resemblance to the real person – who so caught the public imagination and who meant so much to so many people. Who was the real Jacqueline du Pré?
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Field of Study
Classical Music
Content Type
Documentary, Biography
Performer / Ensemble
Daniel Barenboim, 1942-, Jacqueline du Pré, 1945-1987
Contributor
Allegro Films, London, England
Author / Creator
Christopher Nupen, fl. 1967, Daniel Barenboim, 1942-, Jacqueline du Pré, 1945-1987
Date Published / Released
2001
Publisher
Allegro Films, London, England
Person Discussed
Jacqueline du Pré, 1945-1987
Topic / Theme
Biographies, Performances, Death, Performing arts life, Expression in performance, Cello
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2000 by Allegro Films
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