The movie "hilary and jackie", also known as "she's lonelier than fireworks" and "crazy in love with the cello", is the protagonist of the genius cellist Dupree.
Jacqueline Dupree 1945-1987, British cellist, showed her talent at the age of five, and started her career at the age of sixteen. The gap between talent and age is overwhelming for all beings; in 1973, she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, and she took the stage. , lingering on the bed for more than ten years, and finally died in his prime. Crazy for Cello, a 1997 biography co-authored by her older sister Hilary and younger brother Pierce, revealed many of the stories behind the lesser-known, even thrilling, stage. The excerpt here is the younger sister in the eyes of her elder sister Hilary, a genius whose humanity has been distorted.
The story of the film is this:
This is a pair of sisters with deep feelings. Dupree's sister is a talented flute player. In an invitation performance, her sister told her mother that if her sister could not participate, she would also not go. Du Plei is indeed very good and strong. After hard practice, she even won the first prize with her sister in a children's musical instrument competition. Of course Duprera played the cello, while my sister played the flute. So, the applause and spotlight originally gathered on my sister turned to my sister. At the curtain call, the proud and jealous sister turned around and ran to the corner of the storage room without saying a word. In the end, little Dupree walked out of the arena with her mother, and the reporter took a picture of them at the turn of the stairs. In the yellow photo, the only one who doesn't smile is my sister. But this unexpected success is not enough to affect the sisters' feelings.
It may be that the only energy in a family can only cultivate a gifted child, the parents chose the little Dupree. A few years later, Du Plei's reputation became world-famous, and her sister was doomed to a lonely fate from the moment Du Plei won the award.
Just when her sister was in chaos at work and flute academy, Bole appeared. He followed his sister home and told her without hesitation that he loved her. Then, they got married. When Dupree knew about this, she cruelly told her sister that if you want to have sex, you don't have to get married. In the middle of the night, the girls' bedrooms were not lit, and the starlight from outside came in. My sister replied with a pale face, he let me know that I was a special woman. But the loneliness in my sister's heart drove her to say irresponsible and hurting relatives again: You, you are not special, you know you are not special at all... (Add my own opinion: From the movie, I feel that my sister prevented my sister from getting married because of her I feel lonely and don't want my sister to leave her after she gets married)
Not long after, Du Plei also met her husband at a party. The way the two young musicians play music has cemented each other's place in their lives in the shortest possible time. So, Dupree and her husband began to perform on the same stage. And the performance schedule seems so tight, it seems to be endless.
One day, Dupree (avoiding all performances) put on a blue coat, dragged his cello box, and went to his sister and brother-in-law who had settled in the country. After getting out of the taxi, she cried and fell into her sister's arms, and asked her brother-in-law to carry her little sister into the cabin. In the evening, after the three children were settled, they played games around the fire. The game is very interesting, it is to guess what the other party is thinking. Of course, the sisters are always on the same page. At the end, Dupree said in the process of whispering with her sister, "Sister, I want to sleep with my brother-in-law. The warm atmosphere ended when Dupree uttered the last word. The next day, Dupree ran into the small forest. She ran while crying, throwing away the clothes she was wearing along the way. My sister found Du Plei, who was naked. She was twitching and trembling. She picked up the dry branch with her right hand and slapped her left wrist. The empty sky, the country stream, the rocks, the trees and the snow, all life is waiting for Dupree to cry out - in fact, I just want to make love with him... You say we can share everything Yes, it turned out to be a lie... You don't love me. (From the movie, she thinks that only her sister loves her. After her sister got married, she got married in a flash. Maybe her sister wanted someone to replace her. Maybe her husband and busy performances didn't let her get rid of her loneliness, so she still escaped. Everything went to my sister, and I wanted to sleep with my brother-in-law to prove that my sister really loved her and was willing to give up everything for her.)
How will the next story develop? Misplaced, everything is misplaced.
Finally one night, my sister persuaded her husband to find her sister. When Dupree woke up, he played a shocking cello in the bedroom.
So, the next day, Dupree dragged the piano case away with pride, just like when he came. (From the last parenthesis to the middle three paragraphs here, I have objections. After my sister had a relationship with her brother-in-law, my sister proved that there is still someone - her sister loved her and was in a very good mood. Later, when the brother-in-law returned to her sister When hugging, my sister felt that her sister no longer hurt her, so she played the cello in the bedroom to vent her anger. At this time, the sister came over and said, "I have given you everything, and I will promise anything you want since you were a child." The next day, the sister She left in disappointment, because the sister she came looking for didn't love her anymore.)
So life repeated itself, and Dupree joined her husband in performing activities. But at this time, Dupree seems to be unable to perform very well. Even at the end of a performance, she found herself unable to stand up. The husband who is the conductor of the orchestra stepped forward in surprise and said softly to his wife, "It's okay, I'll hug you."
The cause has been found - multiple sclerosis, a terminal illness for which there is no cure so far.
Du Plei's body crossed, but how can a husband who is blessed with natural gifts guard his wife who is no longer in style. He moved out of the house on the pretext of work, first a week, then a month. (The video does not mention going home once a month, and hearing the child’s voice was when her husband called home and said that he couldn’t go home this week, and she knew that when her husband changed his mind, she wanted to see her sister, but she was hurt by her. She found a reason not to see her sister, at this time, the sister felt that she was abandoned by people all over the world) On a phone call, Dupree clearly heard the noise of the children coming from her husband, so she knew that her husband had betrayed her . (I don’t think Du Plei’s husband is the kind of person who can change his mind. He also tried to make Du Plei come back when Du Plei went to her sister, and he patiently helped her recover after Du Plei fell ill, but her husband was It's just a young ordinary person, and Du Plei can't give her a child. After Du Plei became very ill and the incident took a long time, her husband had his own family without divorce and deliberately concealing it. I'm not giving Dupree's husband defended, but in this case, this is a normal reaction of ordinary people, and ordinary people here include men and women, i.e. vice versa, understandable)
Before that, Dupree had urged her husband to arrange for her to perform on stage, and (due to physical reasons) the only thing she had to do in the whole concert was to play the timpani.
The disease became more and more serious, and Dupree gradually lost the ability to move, hear and even breathe. But she always did not want others to see her miserable situation, so she refused all friends including family members. (I think she refused her sister's help because she didn't want to prove once again that her sister didn't love her as much as she used to be hurt again, and in order to completely reject her, she joked in front of others that her brother-in-law was strong, which hurt her sister again It's not that she doesn't want others to see her miserable situation, but the reason for her rejection of her parents is not explained in the movie. It may be that she thinks that her parents raised her at that time, not her sister, that made her so busy to perform. But all she wanted was her sister's life.) Once, the mother suggested that the older daughter visit the younger, and took out the photo of Dupree when she first won the award, saying that Dupree might need it. But the picture of the movie turns evil. My sister said, who is it, who was not smiling in the photo at that time? Then, the couple looked at each other silently. This older sister, who had acquiesced to her sister's bed with her husband, also betrayed her when she was in the most pain. (Her sister didn't say that. In fact, her mother thought that Dupree was unhappy and wanted her sister to see her, but she had been hurt twice by her sister, and when her sister was also seriously ill, her sister made a pun and said, "Now who can How are you happy?" So my mother took out the previous photo. In fact, I had seen the photo carefully and the whole family was smiling. Dupree's mother wanted her sister to take the photo to remind her how happy she was before, and she didn't want to see her. 's sister said "Mom, everyone laughs when taking pictures)
Finally, the time of death has come. Dupree was twitching, she didn't eat or drink (she felt abandoned by the world), and she was speechless. The love between these sisters is unbreakable. My sister finally went to see my sister. She put her arms around her, fed her water, and reminisced with her when they went to Haibin to play with her when they were young: they ran to the seaside and saw a strange lonely woman standing by the seaside. Little Dupree went forward to say hello to her, then ran straight back and hugged her sister. The sister asked the sister what the person said, and the sister said that the person said to her, "I just want to tell you that everything will be alright" (the original text is: I just want to tell you, everything is going to be all right. I think this sentence is good to say to yourself when you are in a bad mood) At this point, the movie picture is messy (no mess), the strange woman standing by the sea when she was a child Turned around, and she was Dupree.
On the way home, the radio broadcasts the news of Dupree's death. My sister listened, got out of the car, stood in the empty forest and cried bitterly (I also have the urge to cry when I see this)
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I'm sorry for the original work of the above article. It's not the same. I feel that the writing is a girl's, and the words and summaries are good.
Translating the title of this film into someone who is lonelier than fireworks is really a very expressive translation. At first I didn't understand why it was translated like this. I watched the movie and didn't understand its connotation. Later, after I wanted to write this movie and watched it carefully, I understood the movie more deeply, and even found that the English name hilary and jackie is not in Chinese. The name "she is lonelier than fireworks" is appropriate
In addition, Wu Lin Gaiden also paid tribute to the film. In the episode about the environmental protection of shopkeeper Tong's senior sister, when shopkeeper Tong introduced her senior sister, she said: "She is my senior sister. We studied music together since we were young. She played the flute and I Playing the lute, known as the gifted little sister."
Here's about the real Jacqueline Dupree and her music. The movie may have altered the real Jacqueline Dupree for its appreciability. I am ashamed of the authors of the following parts of the text. Posting it is a nostalgia for Jacqueline Dupree, and I will have a more comprehensive understanding of the movie after watching it
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"Dupree Rose" is not a metaphor, but a new variety specially cultivated by the British Rose Society to commemorate the outstanding cellist Jacqueline Duprey in her country. The impression left on the minds of those who love her. She started to learn the piano at the age of 4. At the age of 16, she became famous in the music industry and won numerous awards. However, at the age of 27, she was attacked by a rare "variety of sclerosis". After that, it was difficult to get on the stage and devoted herself to cello education until the age of 42. Jade died. Among the 100 outstanding performers of the 20th century selected by the British CD magazine, the first cello was her teacher Rostolopovic, and the second was her. This performance career lasted only 10 years, but left enough to the world. The woman of the voice I miss for a long time.
In the era of popular video culture, people's impression of her mostly came from the coddled and selfish "genius at home" in the 1998 biopic "She's Lonely Than Fireworks". It is true that the film conforms to the image of the grotesque genius that people usually imagine, but to friends who know her well, it is nothing but slander and blasphemy against her. What can really let people know about her should be a documentary called "Missing Dupree", which can see Zubin Mehta, Perlman and her husband Barenboim's fond memories of her, and her life. The live images of many performances are invaluable.
In reality, this rose that Britain is proud of, although I don't know if it really has such a strange and indulgent life as in the biographical film, but in the seemingly ordinary life where studying and becoming famous almost follow the usual path, it is also full of life. Small legends and romantic wonders. She once owned two precious Stradivarias, one made in 1673 from an anonymous admirer, when she received this precious gift, she was 16 years old, this one was not named The famous production was named Jacqueline Dupree after her death. The other was David Dove, which she later bequeathed to the famous Chinese performer Yo-Yo Ma, made in 1712, also from an unknown donation. The first time she met her husband was at the home of Chinese pianist Fu Cong. Years later, when Fu Cong recalled this talented woman, he still sighed and sighed.
Du Plei's performance is full of praise even for those who talk about music as harsh as Fu Cong, and is regarded as an unparalleled genius. In her short 10-year prime time, she performed Elgar Cello Concerto in E minor, Brahms Cello Concerto and Beethoven Cello Concerto, all of which are well-known. Among them, the Cello Concerto in E minor performed by Sir Elgar, who is also an Englishman, was her most classic interpretation. At the age of 16, she was 16 years old with the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by John Barbirolli. of. Later, he cooperated with the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra conducted by her husband Barenboim, which also shocked the listeners. This concerto was composed by Elgar during the First World War. Dupree's performance is mournful and poignant. And her unrestrainedness is in the tune of ups and downs of emotions, and it is vividly surging. It seems that her body has turned into a part of the cello, and her whole body is filled with music. In her day, she was often accused of rocking her body when she played, but if you hear the turbulent and deep music flowing from her bow, you will no longer be harsh, but will understand that it is one with the music Performance.
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Generally speaking, the records of the cello are pitifully less than that of the violin. But in the limited number of cello concerto repertoire, there are two of my favorite pieces, one is Shostakovich's "Cello Concerto No. 1", and the other is Elgar's "Cello Concerto" . And I like Elega entirely because of Dupree.
The cello, a very masculine musical instrument, has always been reserved for men, such as Gisals, Ferman, Totrier, Fourier, Rostropovich, Yo-Yo Ma, etc. All cellists are male. There are very few female cellists, and there are very few female cellists with individuality and originality, but Dupree is an exception. As a student of Totrier and Rostropovich, but not shrouded in the halo of the teacher, but blazing a new path, that is, full-hearted, full of passion and performance full of strength and beauty, all of which are It is reflected in her performance of the Elgar Violin Concerto.
I once saw a biographical film about Dupree, and her love affair with the pianist Bren Boym's golden girl was admirable. Apparently there is an article saying that Brenboym betrayed Dupree and the British have not forgiven him to this day. But in any case, in the large number of records the two of them recorded together, there is no shortage of fine works. One of the most exciting is that Brahms' Cello Sonata (EMI), which is also a lyrical work. There is also a Chopin Cello Sonata performed by Dupree, which is almost the first choice for the same piece. After she fell ill in 1973 and stopped playing until she died on October 19, 1987, she only lived to be 42 years old, and her artistic life was only 28 years old. It was a period of prosperity! I can't imagine the surprises that Dupree would bring to us if she were still alive.
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When the master meets the master, there will be sparks, but not necessarily sparks of love.
The two masters I want to introduce to you today are very special. They not only have love for each other, but also have a passion for music. Their story begins with a comedy and ends with a tragedy, and the matchmaker is a Chinese. They are Dupree and Barenboin.
In 1965, with the female cellist Dupree as the cello, Sir John Barbirolli conducted the London Symphony Orchestra to perform the Cello Concerto in E minor, op. 85). This recording was not important to Dupree because it established Dupree's position on the playing stage. The pianist Gould once said that Dupree's Elgar Concerto presents infinite throbbing and enthusiasm. I believe that after listening to the music, you must also feel the persuasive power of every note in the music. Especially Dupree once said that the third movement in the concerto is his swan song. The tone of the cello sounds like someone is crying. Every time he hears this song, his heart is always torn to shreds, it is like a congealed teardrop. Dupree and her husband Barenboine also collaborated on Elgar's Cello Concerto. The version they collaborated on was a 1970 recording performed by Barenboyne conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra.
Dupree was born in the United Kingdom. Since he was a child, because of his excellent talents and the need to concentrate on practicing the cello, he was quite alienated from the crowd. However, when she grew up, because of her tall body and long blond hair, and her cheerful personality, everyone liked her very much. When she plays, her posture and body are integrated with the cello, which can be said to take into account the visual and auditory effects. Her husband, Barenboin, also appears to be a born musician, born in Argentina but later settling in Israel. Because his father forbade him to play a piece of music more than twice in a row in public, he had already recorded at least 300 piano pieces and concertos in his mind. In terms of conducting, he is also very successful. Some people compare him to Furtwaengler, saying that he is the best interpreter of classical and romantic music. Chinese pianist Fu Cong and Barenboin are good friends. On New Year's Eve one year, he invited Dupree and Barenboin to a banquet at the same time. That night, the people next to him discovered that there was already an unusual "current" between the two young people.
If Dupree is likened to a rose, then Barenboin is a cactus. On the surface, they are very different, but this elegant English rose and the dwarf Israeli cactus, even if very different, only enhance each other's attraction. Sure enough, at this time, Barenboyne had already decided to marry Dupree. Because of the joy derived from love, Dupree and Barenboin collaborated with Beethoven's seven variations to increase the dramatic effect of the performance. From listening, we also seem to share the joy of their first taste of love. Dupree and Barenboin compose a love song together, leaving a good story for the classical music scene. They are each other's best companions, both in life and music. The two finally have a home that truly belongs to them. But because the house was too small, when Barenboin was playing the piano, Dupree went to the toilet to practice, but they didn't feel anything wrong. Du Plei also cooperated very well with Baren Poin. In order to deliberately conceal the fact that Baren Poin was 13 cm shorter than him, Du Plei changed to wear flat shoes, and also deliberately stooped slightly when walking. It's just that when the princes and princesses in the world have a good destination, good luck always has to intervene. The love story of Dupree and Barenboin, like the development of the Variations, became more and more blurred.
After 1973, she could no longer play the cello. Just when her career and marriage were flourishing, Du Plei found that she gradually lost her sense of fingers. First, she couldn't control his legs, then his arms, and finally even her entire body. This diabolical "Multiple Sclerosis" took everything from him. Her head would be trembling all the time, her eyes would see double images, she would not be able to swallow it herself, and it would be difficult to speak. She was very helpless and returned to her original life, isolated and isolated, alienated from others, and endured the torture of illness!
In 1971, the year Dupree was diagnosed with the disease, he and Barenboin collaborated on Devzak's Cello Concerto. In the second movement of this piece, the melody of the cello is very lyrical and beautiful. However, the atmosphere in the middle changes, and a piece of music from Devozac's "Four Songs" appears: "Please leave me alone".
A beautiful girl in everyone's mind, with a flourishing performance career, has also found Prince Charming, but these past glory and happiness have been covered up by a cold disease. In her life, there are only doctors, nurses and a few old friends. Barenboine first visited her at regular intervals, until Barenboin had another family in Paris, and it was even more inconvenient to return with a new home. If Barenboin wasn't a genius with no ideals and aspirations, maybe he could concentrate on staying by his sick wife until she passed away! Love is sometimes difficult to measure by the standards of the world, but I still can't bear to see such a cruel story.
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I think the following part of the text is the most comprehensive and professional
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At the age of 20, he has become a bright pearl on the international classical music stage, Jacqueline Dupree , the great cellist tragically left his beloved playing in 1987 due to multiple sclerosis. The moving part of Dupree lies in her authenticity, her naturalness, and her radiant vitality. Her life is too legendary and too intense. She conquered the world with great talent, and ended her playing career, even her life, with an almost tragic life. She achieved unparalleled success in the music industry with her amazing talent, and her name is closely linked to the composer Elgar.
For those of us who grew up under the aura of Dupree's unparalleled talent, it seems hard to believe that if Dupree was still alive, then This month will be her sixtieth birthday. Dupree's concerts were dynamic and exciting, and they are still vividly imprinted in our minds as if they were yesterday. Jacqueline Dupree has an irresistible personality like a magnet. She combines her inner emotions with her boundless youthful self-confidence and vitality. Her music is an extension of her life. Music is always unique. Even Dupree's most flamboyant, intuitive improvisations give her a remarkable insight, penetrating both herself and the listener's inner world, giving the listener a glimpse into the source of her creative inspiration. This combination of youthful enthusiasm and timeless wit endows Dupree's performances with immortal value and significance, fully capable of withstanding the test of time.
Jacqueline Dupree's public career in the UK lasted just over a decade - from her debut at Wigmore Hall at age 16 to her last performance in London in February 1973. until the concert. And her international performance career is even shorter, Dupree's golden age in music can even be condensed into four years. At the age when many musicians have just started their professional music careers, Dupree has already left her beloved music stage.
Fortunately, the influence of Dupree's recordings is no less than her performance in the concert hall. We can also hear her youthful and uninhibited music from her records and feel her cheerful and dedicated personality. Even when recording records in the studio, Dupree still uses every ounce of energy to communicate with the audience just like performing on stage, as if the microphone in front of him does not exist at all. It is for this reason that listening to Dupree's records is like listening to her live. , her emotions and voices. Dupree's favorite record producer, Suvi Rai Grubb recalled that Dupree was the most ideal recording performer. She was full of patience and understanding in recording, and it was always a joy to work with Duprey to record a record. experience. Many young musicians who were unable to hear Dupree’s live performance almost all began to love her through Dupree’s records. Cellist Yo-Yo Ma gradually got to know her through Duprey’s LP records when he was a teenager. "Her music is literally on the ground," says Yo-Yo Ma. "She plays like she's going to jump off a record and come at you. Jackie's charisma is unstoppable, the energy and touch of her playing is so exciting, she's a A very natural performer, the music in her hands is always at the heart. Therefore, each record of hers is a new musical journey.” Jacqueline Dupree was born in England in 1945, her mother Ai Liz is an excellent pianist. She achieved excellent results at the Royal Academy of Music in the United Kingdom. She has won awards and scholarships in piano, composition, harmony, listening training and other projects. After marrying Derek Dupree, she, like all mothers, looks for the gift of talent in her children. Her three children, Hillary, Jacqueline, and son Pierce, all have musical talents. Sister Shirley learns the piano quickly and has a keen appreciation for playing. Pierce finally chose the clarinet, and Jacqueline's performance made her mother proud. Dupree is said to have repeatedly tapped rhythms in her high chair when she was nine months old, and hummed "Bah!" at 18 months. baa! Black Sheep" tune. Before she had spent her fourth Christmas, Dupree would sing "Leaving the Manger" to her mother, not only sung in a sincere tone, but also with a kind of emotion. The elder sister chose the piano later, and has a strong performance in flute playing. Du Pree chose the cello is an unusual intuition. Dupree vividly remembers one incident before his fifth birthday: "I remember one day in the kitchen at home, looking up at that old-fashioned radio. I climbed on the ironing board, turned it on, and heard the introduction. A programme of orchestra instruments. That must be the BBC's "Children's Time"
During Dupree's cello study, her mother Alice played a role that no one else could. She imitated her friend's practice to write children's cello tunes for Du Plei. The pictures and texts above are fascinating. The first thing Du Plei did after getting up was to practice the tune with her mother. As soon as she mastered this piece, she was ready to create a new one. , and Alice would write a new song as she intended. "Dupree's First Cello Book" was written in March 1950 and contains 14 songs. Two months later, Mom already needs a second book for her. The cello is a difficult instrument to play, especially for small children. Its strings are thicker than a violin, the distance between the notes is longer, and the muscle control is more perfect. Dupree not only overcomes these problems by playing on the adult cello, but also adapts very quickly. Many years later, Dupree once said to others that she knew she was playing "quite well" as long as she saw the surprised expressions on their faces. “I have a strong sense of tone, so I know how to play it. For me, playing the cello is the most natural thing in the world. These two things alone can make such a beautiful sound." Dupree's musical potential is very outstanding, and the playing temperament on which she will become famous has been outstanding since childhood. Her teacher William Pulitz (William Pulitz) Pleeth said: "She's like a volcano that could erupt at any moment, and once it spews lava, it's a huge, endless force. You can see her musical talent in many ways, such as memory, the development of speed, The dynamics of the personality and the lyrical and dramatic burning inside." From the age of 10, Dupree began to learn the piano from the then famous teacher William Pulitzer. With him, it seemed that all the shackles had fallen off. He became her "cello father" and even kissed her biological parents and received the most enduring love of her life. When Dupree was 15 years old, he also got advice from Casals. When someone asked Casals if Duprey played the piano too much, Casals said: "I like her to move with the music like this." Later, Dupree also went to the Soviet Union to study with Rostropovich for half a year. At that time, she was already a well-known performer. After her graduation public performance, Rostropovich said to her: "You You are the most interesting cellist of this generation I have ever seen, your future is boundless, and your achievements will even surpass mine." In our society, any musical genius who wants to achieve brilliant achievements in the music career must sacrifice his own youth time. The same is true for Dupree, because her schooling is always affected by putting more experience into playing and practicing, and her shy personality makes it difficult to have her own friends and playmates. Until later, she also regretted that she was not educated enough, but never said that she spent too much time on the cello. "The cello was my best friend until I was 17," she said. "People who don't have that experience simply don't know what it's like to walk into your world alone (when you need to walk into it). That's My beautiful secret, though lifeless, allows me to confide in grief and difficulties, it is really responsive." Dupree's performance in playing is very different from her in life, she seems to only live in the life of the cello. She is confident, content, and often self-absorbed when she plays, but once she leaves the stage, she becomes confused, sullen, and immature. Friends also said that she seemed to know nothing but music. Her living ability was also very poor, and she couldn't even go out to buy a bag of washing powder, until she later became a world-class performer when she went on tour and sent her clothes back for washing. People like her will always have subjective considerations, thinking that since she is musically intelligent and mature, she will be good in other aspects. So, when she was 17, she was treated like a child at home and an adult outside . She felt uncomfortable at home or out, except for the cello. If the art at that time wanted to be famous and make it to the music scene, then the premiere in London was a touchstone. For young artists, Wigmore Hall has always been a testing ground for their London debuts. On March 1, 1961, the 16-year-old Dupree started her playing career by performing at the Wigmore Hall. Before that, she had been scheduled to perform in concerts with children and young musicians. At this concert, she performed Bach's a cappella suites, Sonatas by Handel, Brahms and Debussy, and Falla's Spanish songs. Although when she played the first movement of Handel's Sonata in G Minor, her A string slowly loosened, and she had to change the string to perform again, but the performance was a great success, and the atmosphere at the scene was boiling. , Pulitzer described the performance as "a perfect combination of genuine enthusiasm and innocent reverence, which has been sublimated from the physical to the spiritual. Each of her pieces was so vivid that everyone was moved to tears. ." Other music critics also praised Dupree's performance. In the Daily Mail, Percy Carter praised Dupree as "a natural cellist, who knows her own talent perfectly and has an innate response to music that makes one feel the composer's subtlest nuances." The idea. She loves the cello, and her combination of seriousness, seriousness, pride, and victory is revealed in her gestures and smiles." The next morning, the band who invited her to play and contracted swarmed . Her brokerage firm Ibbs & Tillett received invitations to perform from all over the world for Dupree. And a year later with the BBC Symphony Orchestra at the Royal Festival Hall, the most authoritative performance. In 1962, Dupree made her Royal Festival Hall debut with an orchestra for the first time, performing the music most connected to her life, Elgar's Cello Concerto. The success of this show is not unexpected, but no one would have thought that this show is so important to Dupree's life as it is now. In Rudolf Schwartz Schwarz, conducting the BBC Symphony Orchestra, made three appearances to thank the enthusiastic audience. Peter Carter wrote in the Daily Mail: "At 17, Dupree is a dazzling cellist with a bright future... Her playing combines great skill with a maturity rarely seen in her age. Sensation....a composure during the full 29 minutes of performance. Her response to the emotion in the song is intuitive, deep and clear... Elgar's late work, which hints at late autumn, is written by a young woman who blooms like spring flowers. The girl's performance makes people feel poignant and moving." And Du Plei was also very excited about the reaction at the scene. "It was like a dream. I was so excited to hear the audience shouting encores over and over," she said. "As soon as I showed up on stage, there was applause. This kind of applause made me feel nervous at all. I felt that the audience was like a friend who came to listen to my performance, which moved me very much. So, I played, and I was intoxicated. was destroyed." Dupree continued to tour across Europe after this concert, and her first American tour with 110 members of the BBC Symphony Orchestra in the spring of 1965 established her status as a world-class performer. She was warmly applauded by the audience and praised by music critics with her excellent Elgar Violin Concerto. The Boston Globe's review said: "Her playing is lively and authoritative... Elgar's beautiful concerto of post-rich romance is perfect for her, and she is warm and noble." The Herald Tribune Music Comments: "Only a Casals at the pinnacle of her skill, or someone as brilliant as Rostropovich, can stand up to her... It would be too reserved to say that her skill is flawless. Honestly , her performance was so wonderful that it dazzled people." At the end of the concert, Miss Dupree repeatedly appeared to thank her at the enthusiastic request of the audience, and even the members of the orchestra applauded her. Dupree was only 20 years old at the time.
The young Dupree had a smooth career in music, and the arrival of love also added a legend to her artistic career. The performers at that time did not arrange their performance schedules as closely as they are now. Excellent performers often gathered together. The Fu Cong couple living in London was the center of the gathering of artists at that time. They knew almost all the outstanding performers at that time. Young musicians. Dupree met Daniel Barenboim there, and they played Brahms' Sonata in F major and Beethoven's Sonata in A major together, and they were attracted to each other. Later, on New Year's Eve, they went to Fu Cong's house for a dinner together. After dinner, Dupree asked Barenboim to play Beffin's Sonata No. 69 in A major with her. EMI producer Suvi Raj Grubb was also present, and he considers it the best performance of the piece he's ever heard. When Grubb left the dinner at three in the morning, Dupree and Barenboim were still playing non-stop, as if the dinner had just begun! In Dupree's subsequent performances in the Soviet Union and North America, they always maintained the excitement and anticipation of young people in love. . Dupree's love interest was also reflected in the performance, the reporter at the time said: "Duprey was full of ecstatic anger when she played... Her hair fluttered like wheat ears, sometimes wrapped around the harp; the bow in her hand was like a Like a saw, like cutting a cello in half. But she still plays with grace and brilliance..."
The combination of Dupree and Barenboim has created a pair of lovers who love each other, and also created a myth of a pair of veritable golden boys and girls in the music world. Their first public concert was conducted by Barenboim with the British Chamber Orchestra, playing Haydn's Cello Concerto in C major at the Royal Festival Hall. The sparks they burst out shocked the audience. On July 11, 1968, Dupree, dressed in an elegant amber green evening gown, played Haydn's Cello Concerto in D major at Lincoln Center. The music critic at the time, Roger Kahn, wrote: "Barenboim leaned against the podium armrests and crossed his feet as she played the ornament. That gesture expressed his appreciation for his beloved wife. And pride. Sometimes, after Dupree played a difficult piece, she would turn her head and smile at him. After he nodded, the orchestra played the strongest note, and she went on to draw the most difficult arpeggio with bow and bow. In 1970, on the bicentennial of Beethoven's birth, Dupree played the composer throughout the year. home works. In the two months before the year, various festivities have begun. The Barenboims played Beethoven's piano trio with Zuckerman at Carnegie Hall. Vogue hailed them as a "super trio," adding: "It's been a long time since the trio of Rubinstein, Piadigovsky and Heifetz. Like three lively horses, playing with musical instruments as extremely valuable toys." Dupree, Barenboim, and Zuckerman's chamber music combination was also passed down as a good story.
Barenboim is an energetic and ambitious person. Before getting married, Barenboim had already begun to make pre-arrangements for their future playing schedules, hoping that the two could accompany and be inseparable in the future. In the past, their unfulfilled performance contracts around the world had to be fulfilled, but whenever there was a chance, they would play together and have been singing together since their honeymoon. Mrs Rubinstein, recalling their days together, said: "Playing together every night. Dupree put in every night until she was exhausted. Then she would go for a swim (we have a big pool and she likes to swim), the weather at night. Pretty warm. After she swims, she takes a hot bath to get rid of her fatigue. After she goes to bed, Barenboim and my husband continue to play. The whole body is full of music." Perhaps it is this kind of devotion and unreserved performance that has been draining Dupree's body. She is constantly touring the world at the rhythm of Barenboim's work, while in London her life is still hectic with rehearsals, concerts, TV, radio, recordings, interviews and exercises always packed , leaving her breathless. It is not uncommon to have lunch as dinner. Du Prey also said to her friends, "You don't know anything at all! Once you reach this level, you will be so busy, you can't help yourself! The agent has arranged this for you, and you can't do it if you don't go..." This kind of performance life that can't be done without going is constantly overdrawing Du Plei's life. Dupree follows Barenboim around to play. Although she doesn't like an overtired life, Barenboim likes to have her with her during rehearsals and concerts; and she also likes to watch her husband Work. But by that time, Dupree was already sick, and she often complained of being very tired and not getting enough sleep. Multiple sclerosis, as we now know, had begun to erode her body, but such a disease, with limited knowledge about it, was difficult to diagnose, and could be mistaken for nervous fatigue due to its mild symptoms . Since 1971, Dupree's life has been getting worse and worse. She suffered from a series of inexplicable symptoms (no one knew whether the symptoms originated from her body or her mind), she often felt unable to hold the bow in her hand, and sometimes had trouble walking. Dupree had to temporarily suspend performances for several months. However, in December 1971, Dupree suddenly came to EMI's recording studio without prior arrangement, and recorded the sonatas of Frank and Chopin with Barenboim. No one thought that this would be her last visit. EMI's recording studio. And that recording became one of the couple's most moving and enchanting recordings. Although Dupree's playing career only ended at the age of 28, Dupree's interpretations of the romantic repertoires of classical music masters are all classics, and she fully integrates herself into the works. The power of soul and flesh she expresses in her music infects everyone. Her performances of Elgar, Strauss' Don Quixote, and Dvorak's concertos are eloquent textbook performances, and her recordings with Barbirolli "achieve a kind of continuous An ideal that the composer himself would appreciate”; the concert version of her Dvorak Concerto with Ceribidaci is unrivaled. Dupree's poetic interpretation of Schumann's concerto, and Brahms's cello sonata, which she and Barenboim played with impassioned temperament, are also of the highest quality. Almost all of these records were recorded during her peak four years, from 1965 to 1969. Not long ago, I was talking about Dupree with Qin Liwei, a young cellist living in London. He told me a little story that Stark told him. Stark and his friends heard Dupree playing in his 20s on the radio in the car. The friend asked Stark to evaluate the player's skills. Later, she told her friends that she would not live long with Rafa like this, and Stark told Qin Liwei that he regretted what he said at the time. I think we can all understand Stark's words, it is absolutely detrimental to her health with Dupree doing her best every time. After Dupree was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in October 1973, she has remained hopeful of returning to the stage to continue playing the cello. But as time passed and his health deteriorated, that wish drifted away. Multiple sclerosis is a chronic disease that erodes people's bodies little by little. When Dupree's body was dragged quickly and had to sit in a wheelchair, we had to pay tribute to the once brilliant cello. She sighed with embarrassment at home, but she tried to accept this reality after several painful struggles. In January 1976, the Duke of Edinburgh presented Dupree with the Order of the British Empire (OBE) at Buckingham Palace. This honor and praise made her depressed for a long time. His fighting spirit was once again greatly encouraged. For three years, she refused all interviews from the outside world, but now she is finally willing to talk about her illness in public. In an interview with BBC Radio's "Tonight" programme, she spoke to viewers about her fears for the future, and how she worked hard to fight her illness, hoping to rebuild her confidence. Dupree began to try to transfer her hobbies. She began to find new life and sustenance in teaching, making new friends and literature. She also collects many of her own recordings and finds some solace and inspiration by listening to her own performances on them, among them Tchaikovsky's piano trio (recorded in a performance with Zuckerman and Ba Lunboim concerts), her recordings of the Schumann Concerto with Barenboim and Dvorak's "Silent Forest" are among her favorite collections. In addition, Dupree often watches Christopher Nuben's documentary film of her playing Elgar's works. Dupree loves this film and enjoys watching himself intoxicated by Elgar's music in the film. fun, and her friends who watch the film with her will be in tears, because at the end of the film, a close-up of her face can be seen with a sad expression that seems to herald her misfortune and a rough life. . Zubin Mehta likens Jacqueline Dupree's playing career to the brightest moment of a comet that flies past, although short, it illuminates our lives with its extraordinary brilliance, leaving us Beautiful memories that never change. Some people may think that Dupree is not beautiful, but I think she has a more moving style than beauty. It is a real and passionate vitality. I keep thinking of the happy Dupree in the film. The naivety of playing the strings on the train Smiling, I also remember from time to time the image of Barenboim pushing Dupree in his wheelchair for a walk in the evening. On the occasion of Dupree's 60th birthday, we
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