Tuning in…
Tuning in…
Castaway
1 appearance
Cellist who began playing at age four and is known for her profound musical expression and love for the cello.
On the island
Eight records
String Quintet in C major, D. 956 (first movement)
William Pleeth, Amadeus Quartet
so affected me that I'm afraid I nearly drowned out the music with my tears, that I loved it.
Cello Sonata No. 2 in F major, Op. 99: II. Adagio affettuoso
Jacqueline du Pré, Daniel Barenboim
we sat down and played Brahm's E minor… and it was as if we'd known each other all our lives.
Don Giovanni, K. 527: Act I finale
Roger Soyer, Hélène Donath, Daniel Barenboim (conductor)
I choose this record… because my husband is on it, and I would like him to be with me as much as possible on this island. But also the except I choose is because our pet name for each other is concealed.
Polonaise in A major, Op. 40, No. 1
We had just got married in Israel… went to Spain… spent it together with him and his family.
Piano Quintet in A major, D. 667 'Trout'Favourite
Itzhak Perlman, Pinchas Zukerman, Jacqueline du Pré, Zubin Mehta, Daniel Barenboim
I've chosen it because I am, in fact, greedy for my friend's company on this island. Also again, Daniel is with me.
I've heard it many times, and I still am unable to listen to it without getting a stomachache from too much laughter.
Impromptu No. 3 in B-flat major, D. 935/3
We have loved the music we've heard and made together… That would bring back not only memories of the two of us together but the three of us together, and his family.
Piano Concerto No. 27 in B-flat major, K. 595: II. Larghetto
I simply put my hand into the profusion of records he's made and came out with a Mozart concerto which he plays and conducts on the keyboard.
In conversation
Presenter asks
3:41Where did you first hear the cello?
on the radio, when there was a programme devoted to each instrument of the orchestra. And I was then four years old.
Presenter asks
4:20Where did you go to school, Jackie?
Well, schooling was very much cut short and I won a certain scholarship which paid for my musical education. when I was ten, but it demanded a certain amount of practice, which I loathed each day. But that meant that there wasn't time to go to school as a normal pupil. And So although I kept up a certain amount of study, I'm not uh the most educated thing you ever met.
Presenter asks
9:37You went to Switzerland to attend classes given by Casals. It must have been a great excitement to meet the old master himself.
Well, it was indeed. In fact, the whole thing was exciting because it was in a a lovely setting in Telmat, and it was my first view of mountains, and of course this great figure. Casals
The keepsakes
The book
Peter Mark Roget
my latest discovery enjoy perhaps Roger's Theosaurus, which would have the lot and many synonyms and things to go into and investigate.
The luxury
my latest kick is trying to write poetry, so I would love to have pencil and paper.
Presenter asks
You were married in Israel to Daniel Barenboim. You adopted the Jewish faith yourself, didn't you?
Yes, I did.
Presenter asks
17:00It struck you down right at the peak of your career. It must have taken a tremendous effort to come to terms with it.
It does take a tremendous effort because one is naturally very frightened by it, and I was very frightened by it. It took me a long time to come to any kind of grips with what had happened. But then I can say that in a sense I am lucky because the cello repertoire is small, I had done most of what I loved, and I can look back on a full musical cellistic life.
Presenter asks
19:17Jacqueline, in your case we'll certainly let you have a companion to take to the desert island to help you look after yourself. One companion. Who would you like?
Well, it's very strange to say but one companion. I would insist on would be, of course, my husband.
“I'm afraid I nearly drowned out the music with my tears, that I loved it.”
“I was never so hurt as when that instrument was swapped for an eighth size.”
“It was as if we'd known each other all our lives. There was absolutely nothing to say.”
“It does take a tremendous effort because one is naturally very frightened by it, and I was very frightened by it. It took me a long time to come to any kind of grips with what had happened.”
“I can do it in words, and this gives me great pleasure.”