Notes from the practice room

The entrance lasts about ninety seconds. Here is how to pick the piece, the moment to start, and what to do if the aisle is long.

Forty minutes, the same order every day: open strings, scales in thirds, a Bach movement, then whatever scares me most.

Instruments and rain don’t mix. Here is what we need for an outdoor ceremony, and how we switch to plan B without fuss.

Three nights at St George’s, Bristol, with the hall lights off and one lamp on the stand. Notes from the sessions.

You don’t need to read music, own a cello or have played anything before. What the first term looks like.