Caroline Dale (born 1965) is a widely recorded

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cellist who currently plays principal cello for the

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and

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. She has also performed music for numerous films and played with a wide range of pop and rock musicians, including

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, David Gilmour, David Gray,

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and U2.

Biography

Born in

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, Caroline Dale studied at the

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in London with

Florence Hooton Florence Hooton (8 July 1912 – 14 May 1988) was an English cellist. She was born in Scarborough, the daughter of a cellist, and studied at the Royal Academy of Music under Douglas Cameron, then in Zurich with Emanuel Feuermann.Palmer, Russell. ...

, and later with

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in Geneva. In 1978, at the age of 13 she won the String Final of the

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's Young Musician of the Year in 1978. At fifteen she was the youngest ever recipient of the Isserlis Scholarship. She was a member of the

Nigel Kennedy Nigel Kennedy (born 28 December 1956) is an English violinist and violist. His early career was primarily spent performing classical music, and he has since expanded into jazz, klezmer, and other music genres. Early life and background Kenn ...

Quartet and the

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, was a founder member of the Apollo Piano Trio in 1997, and played cello with the

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and the

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. As well as her current position as principal cellist of the English Chamber Orchestra, Dale has appeared as a soloist with a number of orchestras including the

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and

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orchestras. Working with Nigel Kennedy in his quartet was a turning point for Dale. "He encouraged me to be a total musician who enjoys playing everything". Dale performed with

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during their 1994 tour promoting the album ''

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''. She appeared in the 1994 video for " Whatever" by

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, fusing classical with contemporary styles, featuring lead vocals by Sinéad O’Connor,

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and

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.Williamson, Nigel. 'How to knit pop and the classics with four strings', in ''The Times'', 10 June 1998, p. 41 A follow-up, ''Interview with the Angel'', was released in 2001. She played with David Gilmour during his 2002 solo tour dates, and on his album ''

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''. She appears on the ''

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'' DVD which was recorded at

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concert and the

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concert, both in 2002. Also in 2002, Dale released ''Such Sweet Thunder'', an album of classical music with performances of

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's Sarabande from the D-minor harpsichord suite, and the Largo from

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's E minor Cello Sonata. In 2008, she appeared, playing solo cello, at

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's two performances of the "

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", with

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tribute band Mun Floyd, the Royal College Brass Ensemble, and the choral group Canticum. David Gilmour made a guest appearance on the second night. She performed with David Gray during the "Live in Slow Motion" tour and again in 2014, and she contributed and played on his album ''Skellig'', released in February 2021. Since the mid-1990s and up until as recently as 2007, she was Sinéad O'Connor's touring cellist. She often sang with O'Connor and her band on the song "In This Heart", from the 1994 album ''

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''. Dale plays cello on a number of tracks on U2's 2009 album ''

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''. She often collaborates with film composers

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and

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. Scores featuring her playing include ''

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'', ''

Hilary and Jackie ''Hilary and Jackie'' is a 1998 British biographical film directed by Anand Tucker, starring Emily Watson and Rachel Griffiths as the British classical musician sisters Jacqueline du Pré (cello) and Hilary du Pré (flute). The film covers J ...

'' (about the life of

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), ''

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'', as well as the 2005 adaptation of Jane Austen's ''

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'' and 2007's ''

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'', in which she plays the solo cello part in Marianelli's ''Elegy for Dunkirk''.Caroline Dale at IMDb
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