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Elegies for the Deaths of Three Spanish Poets
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directed by Christopher Nupen, fl. 1967; composed by Cristóbal Halffter, 1930- (1975); conducted by Cristóbal Halffter, 1930-; produced by Clasart Film and Allegro Films, London, England; performed by Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra (Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin), in Elegies for the Deaths of Three Spanish Poets (London, England: Allegro Films, London, England, 1978), 40 mins
Cristobal Halffter’s three orchestral pieces “Elegias a la Muerte de Tres Poetas Españoles” were commissioned by Sudwestfunk, Baden-Baden in 1975. They are written in homage to three great Spanish poets who died as a result of the Spanish Civil War; Antonio Machado, Miguel Hernandez and Federico García Lor...
directed by Christopher Nupen, fl. 1967; composed by Cristóbal Halffter, 1930- (1975); conducted by Cristóbal Halffter, 1930-; produced by Clasart Film and Allegro Films, London, England; performed by Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra (Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin), in Elegies for the Deaths of Three Spanish Poets (London, England: Allegro Films, London, England, 1978), 40 mins
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Remembering Jacqueline du Pré
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directed by Christopher Nupen, fl. 1967; produced by Allegro Films, London, England; performed by Jacqueline du Pré, 1945-1987, in Remembering Jacqueline du Pré (Guildford, England: Allegro Films, London, England, 1995), 56 mins
Jacqueline Du Pre was an artist with an exuberant personality and seemingly infinite talent who in her youth was recognized as one of the finest cellists of the century. The film Remembering Jacqueline Du Pre celebrates this extraordinary artist through footage that is at once inspiring and intimately revealing. Y...
directed by Christopher Nupen, fl. 1967; produced by Allegro Films, London, England; performed by Jacqueline du Pré, 1945-1987, in Remembering Jacqueline du Pré (Guildford, England: Allegro Films, London, England, 1995), 56 mins
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Tribute to Jacqueline du Pré
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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
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...
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
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We Want the Light
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directed by Christopher Nupen, fl. 1967; conducted by Vladimir Ashkenazy, 1937-; produced by Allegro Films, London, England; performed by Cologne Cathedral Children's Choir, Chorus of the Cologne Opera and Gürzenich Orchestra, Cologne, in We Want the Light (Guildford, England: Allegro Films, London, England, 2003), 1 hour
A television film by Christopher Nupen and his Allegro Films team which investigates the fruitful but complex relationship between the Jews and German music. The title, We Want the Light!, is taken from a poem by a 12-year-old girl, Eva Pickova, written in the Theresienstadt concentration camp. Her words also pr...
directed by Christopher Nupen, fl. 1967; conducted by Vladimir Ashkenazy, 1937-; produced by Allegro Films, London, England; performed by Cologne Cathedral Children's Choir, Chorus of the Cologne Opera and Gürzenich Orchestra, Cologne, in We Want the Light (Guildford, England: Allegro Films, London, England, 2003), 1 hour
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Who Was Jacqueline du Pré?
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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
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...
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
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