I remember when I was growing up, watching the video of Jacqueline du Pré performing the Elgar Cello Concerto with Daniel Barenboim and the Philharmonia Orchestra. I saw it over and over again and I’ve never felt so inspired by anything. When our family went on long car journeys, my parents would usually put on one of three recordings: Rachmaninoff s Second Piano Concerto; the Beethoven Violin Concerto with Itzhak Perlman; or the Elgar with Jacqueline du Pré. That recording definitely had a massive impact on me: when I was seven or eight I got the sheet music and tried to play it like her - even before I could play the cello properly myself! I thought it was incredible how she managed to put so much meaning into every single note - I felt really, really moved and understood all the emotions.