Today’s scale: F# Mixolydian.
Interesting: https://www.concarbo.com/product/harp-small-tulip-style-cello-tailpiece-black-paint/ (The maker got a compelling shoutout that I happened to see in the Internet Cello Society group). I’ve used a cheap plastic tailpiece for a long time, at my luthier’s recommendation–they’re light and resonate well–but I have been curious about lengthening the lower strings..)
Today’s favorite practice bit: a leisurely review of the Haydn C, letting the tone shaping develop. (Listen to Wispelwey play the 2nd movement with Florilegium; it’ll change your life.)
The cello “as an object in cosmic orbit” — Tenebrae is absolutely as much fun as we expected.
(I do like Golijov’s expressive markings. I remember some particular favorites from the cello part for Lua Descolorida, where he name-checks Jordi Savall and suggests that our pizz. should sound like “velvet bells.”)
Elsewhere, as my luthier friend Christina Wan put it, “these Icelanders are making incredible sound waves”: https://www.sonoluminus.com/store/epicycleii
(And Sono Luminus looks like an incredible place to record.)