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Jacqueline du Pré: Genius and Tragedy

Jacqueline du Pré and The Trout

In the summer of 1969, five young stars of the classical music industry came together to perform Schubert's Trout Quintet at London's Queen Elizabeth Hall. It was a momentous occasion in the history of music and for Jacqueline du Pré, shortly before she began to experience the telling symptoms of multiple sclerosis.

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Celebrate the enigmatic cellist whose career was cruelly curtailed by multiple sclerosis at age 28.
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