Choreographer Cathy Marston & 'The Cellist', her new ballet inspired by Jacqueline du Pre
Woman's Hour
BBC
4.1 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 17 February 2020
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
A new ballet 'The Cellist' opens tonight at the Royal Opera House in London. It’s inspired by the life and work of the British cellist, Jacqueline du Pré. It portrays the highs and lows of the virtuoso’s life after she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, aged 28. Its choreographer, Cathy Marston, talks to Jane Garvey about why it was such a personal project for her.
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Presenter: Jane Garvey Producer: Kirsty Starkey
Interviewed Guest: Joan Smith Interviewed Guest: Cathy Marston Interviewed Guest: Christiana Figueres Interviewed Guest: Pragna Patel
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| 0:42.8 | Hello, good morning. |
| 0:43.8 | We are going to talk about Caroline Flack on the program today. |
| 0:46.3 | Also, the choreographer Kathy Marston is here. |
| 0:49.3 | Her new work is about Jacqueline Dupree. |
| 0:51.5 | It is called The Cellist, appropriately appropriately and it opens at the Royal Opera House in London tonight, so Kathy is our guest. |
| 0:58.0 | And you can hear too from the formidable Kristiana Figueraise. |
| 1:02.0 | She was the former UN Climate Change Director, she is somebody who really does feel passionately |
| 1:08.4 | that we all have a duty to do something about climate change and we can all change our behavior and she's |
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| 1:19.2 | Woman's Hour this morning. First of all just looking at at the front pages, I've got all the |
| 1:23.6 | tabloids in front of me here. It is all about Caroline Flack who very |
| 1:27.8 | sadly took her own life over the weekend at the age of just 40. Thousands of people have now signed a petition calling for |
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