Table of Contents

Foreword by Vladimir Ashkenazy 1. Angels, 2. Sparkling Eyes and Ruby Lips, 3. Beniamino Gigli and Tito Gobbi, 4. Sadler's Wells Theatre Ballet, 5. Lotte Lehmann - Parts 1 & 2, 6. Eiulf Peter Nupen, 7. The Charing Cross Road, 8. BBC Radio - Parts 1, 2 & 3, 9. Accademia Chigiana - Siena, 10. Evesham, 11. Diana Baikie - Part 1, 12. Andres Segovia - Part 1, 13. BBC Television, 14. Double Concerto, 15. Isaac Stern, 16. Daniel Barenboim, 17. Andres Segovia - Part 2, 18. Jacqueline du Pre, 19. Diana Baikie - Part 2, 20. Vladimir Ashkenazy, 21. The Trout, 22. Pinchas Zukerman, 23. Itzhak Perlman, 24. Origins, 25. Michael Nupen, 26. Hayat - Nieves de Madariaga, 27. Huw Wheldon, 28. Nathan Mironovich Milstein, 29. Manfred Grater, Sten Andersson, Gidon Kremer, Niccolo Paganini, Jose Montes Baquer, 30. Gigi - Alice Sommer, 31. Len Selby, 32. Evgeny Igorevich Kissin, 33. Karim Said, 34. Danil Trifonov, 35. Caroline and Matthew Percival, 36. Why?, Filmography, DVD Contents: 1968 Vladimir Ashkenazy: The Vital Juices are Russian (34"), 1969 The Trout (Barenboim, Perlman, Zukerman, du Pre, Mehta) (23"), TITLE SEQUENCE (21"), 1966 Double Concerto (Ashkenazy, Barenboim, English Chamber Orchestra) (12"), 1982 Jacqueline du Pre and the Elgar Cello Concerto (19"), 1967 Segovia at Los Olivos (15"), 1970 The Ghost (Barenboim, Zukerman, du Pre) (35"), 1975 Pinchas Zukerman: Here to make Music (22"), 1978 Itzhak Perlman: Virtuoso Violinist (I Know I Played Every Note) (12"), 1979 Elegies for the Deaths of Three Spanish Poets (Cristobal Halffter) (44"), 1995 Remembering Jacqueline du Pre (35"), 1977 Andres Segovia: The Song of the Guitar (1'01")

About the Author

Christopher Nupen began his broadcasting career in the Features department of BBC Radio when he wrote and presented High Festival in Siena in 1962 for the BBC Third Programme: a radio documentary of an unusual kind about the extraordinary summer music school of the Accademia Musicale Chigiana in Siena, where Nupen studied with Andres Segovia and Alirio Diaz.
Nupen left the BBC and with David Findlay (lighting cameraman) and Peter Heelas (film editor) formed Allegro Films, the first entirely independent television production partnership in the United Kingdom. Since 1968, they have made over 80 televisions productions on subjects as diverse as Respighi, Mussorgsky, Brahms, Sibelius, Schubert, Paganini, Schoenberg, Piazzolla, Tchaikovsky and including The Trout, one of the most frequently broadcast films on classical music.

Reviews

'Nupen turns out to be as captivating a writer as he is a film-maker. The openness and honesty that mark out his professional work can be sensed throughout this extraordinarily candid memoir.' - Julian Haylock, The Strad; 'Nupen's deep affinity for classical music and his genuine friendship and love for the subjects of his films burns ever bright throughout this extraordinary book....' - Andrew Eales, www.pianodao.com; 'Christopher is a man of great professional expertise, great passion and wonderful humour. This book reflects these qualities in a most captivating way.' - Vladimir Ashkenazy;