The cello is a very fine instrument - just ask Yo-Yo Ma - but it has some fundamental weaknesses. The most obvious one is that there's no way to play more than two of its four strings simultaneously.

This incredible string instrument looks like it’s carved from ice – but it’s actually made of glass. Cellist Jesse Ahmann was getting fed up of playing his regular cello, so he thought he’d give ...

It was a complimentary remark overheard during the interval which best summarised Monday's concert by the Vogler Quartet with cellist Jan Vogler. "They sound like an orchestra," was the verdict ...