wow, the speed of those shifts looked like the video was playing at 3x normal speed. The precision you have is killer. And the dynamics with the bow, creating softer and louder sounds, wow! This was a really wonderful performance! (I've also never seen a cello with that round decoration underneath the fingerboard and on the body of the cello. How cool)
@@carbonc6065 no, she probably used a too high shutterspeed (and probably too much light). Videos shot that way can look overly crisp and have no motion blur at all. You can see that slow parts look natural. you wouldn't get that with a sped up video.
So glad I set an alert here after discovering you via Brooklyn Classical. It did not disappoint. That close up camera angle is amazing, top level audio recording, and oh yea the cello stuff was good too. That last note is still resonating in my head.
Simply vertiginous, pun intended, shifts and the sound of that cello is magnificent and Cicely's musicianship is just so wonderful to behold and listen to. Thanks for sharing and greetings from Scandinavia!
There are not much chances to see cello solo. And this is the first time to see cello actually has So much room for the techniques that are seen on violin more frequently. Wonderful performance! Surely, it need a talent player to perform. Thank you for sharing with us. Please upload and sharing more of wonderful cello pieces and your amazing performance! Thank you in advance!
Aside for being an extremely talented individual, your deep feeling and intuition when it comes to music makes you an even rarer musician. Thanks for sharing your talent.
I've been in love with this piece for the past year and I was always looking for someone to make an arrangement on cello and finally you arrived!! And with such a good performance I'll definitely listen to this and learn it if I manage to get where you're putting your fingers hahahaha
VERY fine playing. It is incredibly cool for me to see and hear your instrument because I'm 99% sure I own a copy of it. I own a 1970 cello made by Roloph Wertman that is a copy of an instrument (Gofriller's "Rosette") once owned by a Leslie Parnas. It looks exactly like yours and I can hear many of the sound colors in your cello that are very familiar. Wow.... The unique sound of the large pattern with the wide upper bouts is a sound I fell in love with 30 years ago. I've literally dreamed of hearing the original. This is surreal....
Oh amazing!! Then we are both playing on Weertman copies of the Gofriller! Mine is from 1981 :) I adore it. There are many recordings of my grandfather, if you're curious to hear the Gofriller
@@cicelyparnas super cool. I connected many years ago with Weertman's son who was still living here in Michigan. He had all his dad's notes and sent me a file on my cello with specs, measurements, a couple stories, etc. I would be happy to attempt to connect you if you'd like. You and I are connected on Facebook. I'll send you some pictures and some video (I attempted to sell it once several years ago and glad I wasnt able to) of my Weertman if you're curious. I obviously made a leap that you were playing the original thinking it might have made it to you via your family, etc. Might actually be cooler that you're playing a Weertman! 😂. Regardless, you're a fine, fine cellist, much better then me (I'm a conductor and worship pastor and don't play much anymore), and really a joy to listen to. This is a fun connection! Oh! What strings are you playing? I've played spirocore silver on the bottom and Jargar high on the top for years but I'm open to exploring other sounds.
Oh my gosh, hilarious. Looks like I actually reached out to you several years ago when I was trying to sell the cello. So photos and video of my Weertman are actually in your FB inbox already. 😂. Man.... Facebook never " forgets."
Ah thank you so much!! The cello is actually quite a little diamond in the rough. My grandfather had a Gofriller cello, and he let a friend of the family, who was an amateur maker, build a copy of it. That's this cello :) I think it was built in 1981
I don't know much about the cello. But, I definitely love the way you play. If you were a painter, you would be Van Gogh. Your playing is colorful, deep, and masterful. Like a good actor, you don't waste a single moment.
@@cicelyparnas You are very welcome. I am Robert and a writer from Florida, and your music brightened my day. So, thank you as well. I love instrumental classical music because it shares a feeling or story or picture without words like sitting near a fire place on a cold day. The chill and warmth are partners in a meaning experience. P.S. I love Van Gogh - his writings and paintings are amazing. In certain ways, when I look at his work I am like I feel that way about things too.
Oh thanks! For this one I used a low budget something that I don't think they even make anymore 😅 and an AKGC414 a little further back. But these days I've been doing mid-side, which I like much better for solo cello
What’s the seal under the fingerboard? And btw Cicely whatever you put out into the world I will 100% watch it. Obsessed w/ your playing style (and assuming this is considered modern, definitely into all of that)
Oh my gosh, thank you!!! That detail on the cello is so pretty, isn't it? It's actually a carving directly into the wood based on a Rosette similarly done on the instrument it's a copy of :)
hello cicely! is there any way for me to contact you? :D i would love to talk to you about cello if you would ever be interested. also this is so awesome i love it and i love all your playing so much you have such wonderful technique and honestly i find your technique to be more convincing than most out there while still keeping it musical and with personality :) you have such a fiery spirit through your cello playing and i aspire to find that for myself someday
Oh wow, such a high compliment, thank you!!! I'm always interested in talking about cello :) if you're thinking about it in terms of a lesson context, best thing to do is write me through my website. If not, follow me on Insta - I often answer questions, etc :)
I don't wish to argue with you. What I will say for myself is that speeding up a video would be pointless and carry a burden of a loss of integrity. I know myself and my values, and I do my best to move through the world with honesty and integrity. So. Speeding up a video wouldn't even cross my mind. I'm not sure what you're seeing that makes you suspicious, but I can only imagine doing such a thing if I wanted to cover up an insecurity in my playing. At this point, though, I don't have anything to prove. I'm pretty happy with where I am in my life and career. Thank you for taking such an interest in my work, and I'm sending you well wishes.
I also watched this video over and over and every movement, especially face looks off. I dont know what is going on here but it looks surely sped up. When you play it at 0,75 speed it suddenly looks normal.
Absolutely Awesome. Incredible tune and incredible playing, as always. ♥
Ahhh thank you guys so much, that really means a lot!! 🥰
@@cicelyparnas You are incredible!! Thanks!!!
I kept myself from watching the whole thing until I had a comfy moment. Love it!
Wow! For a moment I thought my playback speed was on 1.5X. So fast and so clean! Amazing 😻
Amazing! Sounds so modern like heavy metal at times! I am so inspired!
wow, the speed of those shifts looked like the video was playing at 3x normal speed. The precision you have is killer. And the dynamics with the bow, creating softer and louder sounds, wow! This was a really wonderful performance! (I've also never seen a cello with that round decoration underneath the fingerboard and on the body of the cello. How cool)
Thank you so much!! I love that special detail on this cello ☺️
I literally thought it was sped up at first. In a good way. Damn.
I know, right?!? Cicely's technique is really excellent.
It IS sped up.
@@carbonc6065 no, she probably used a too high shutterspeed (and probably too much light). Videos shot that way can look overly crisp and have no motion blur at all.
You can see that slow parts look natural. you wouldn't get that with a sped up video.
I've gone through every range of human emotion watching this performance! Stunning...
Beautifully played! Your cello has a wonderful resonant sound too!
A stunning composition, perfect for cello, AND, an equally brilliant performance!!! I hope you can make it to Colorado, some day soon!
Thank you!! This piece was definitely the find of the year! I love Colorado, I hope I make it there, too :)
Wow! Wow! Wow! Beautifully emotionally impressive... ❤
love your precise, yet super expressive technique plus the warm sound of your cello. everything you show us is amazing!
So glad I set an alert here after discovering you via Brooklyn Classical. It did not disappoint. That close up camera angle is amazing, top level audio recording, and oh yea the cello stuff was good too. That last note is still resonating in my head.
Oh my gosh, thank you!! That really means a lot!!
Cicely is the best in the game. Damn, I love watching her shred 🤘
Me too! Know her thru Brooklyn channel, played “Halo “❤
Love it ❤
Simply vertiginous, pun intended, shifts and the sound of that cello is magnificent and Cicely's musicianship is just so wonderful to behold and listen to. Thanks for sharing and greetings from Scandinavia!
Thank you so much!!
Amazing played by Beautiful Cicely ! 💖💖
Wow. Cicely this is stunning of course. We miss ya and love ya!
Nathan!! Hey I love you miss you guys too. I hope all is well. Would love to catch up anytime!! Sending hugs 🥰
I can listen to this so many times. Love it! ❤
That was totally and utterly stunning ❤❤
Amazing. Phenomenal expression, speed, accuracy and dynamics. Lovely composition and arrangement. Thank you.
Superb . Absolutely loved it . very soulful
Beautiful ❤ the piece was gorgeous too!
This beautifulluy played and the piece is gorgeouse. It will be a hit in solo cello rep !
Thank you! I really hope so!!
@@cicelyparnas 🤞
Beautiful! This brightened my evening, thank you for sharing.
Oh that's amazing to hear :) Thank you!!
There are not much chances to see cello solo. And this is the first time to see cello actually has So much room for the techniques that are seen on violin more frequently. Wonderful performance! Surely, it need a talent player to perform. Thank you for sharing with us. Please upload and sharing more of wonderful cello pieces and your amazing performance! Thank you in advance!
Magnificent in every way. Heavenly.
Yes! I love your performances. ❤
Aw thank you!! 💛
Flipping amazing, those articulations and phrasing, so artistic! So much to learn here.
Thanks for sharing and best to you!!
Wow, thank you!
Amazing, as usual. It is unlikely I will ever get even close to this level of playing, but it's inspiring nonetheless!
You can do it!!!
@@cicelyparnasthanks for the encouragement, I've been practicing hard (not vertigo, haha) ruclips.net/video/1FVJ2UNR-ks/видео.htmlsi=TVjzTnnng0WKBxqp
Very musical and technically amazing. Great playing!
Thanks so much!
Awesome playing and piece! Gorgeous cello…big boy. Bassetto vibes.
Magnifique! Merci! Je pourrais être intéressé pour la jouer. Où peut-on se procurer la partition?
Excelente. Gracias.
Beautiful and wow!! ❤
Just amazing!
Thank you!!
Bravo! Incredible arrangement and performance!! ❤️
Thanks, Arsentiy!!! 🥰
Wow incrivel ✨
Aside for being an extremely talented individual, your deep feeling and intuition when it comes to music makes you an even rarer musician. Thanks for sharing your talent.
Thank you so much, that means a lot! 🙏
Awesome work !
I can't believe she does this better on cello than I do piano. Absolutely beautiful
Bravo! Sound great CP!
Extraordinary performance with so many feelings… Very emotional. I love it, thank you.
That means a lot, thank you!!
😳 Amazing! Wonderful!
Best viola solo ever😮
I've been in love with this piece for the past year and I was always looking for someone to make an arrangement on cello and finally you arrived!! And with such a good performance I'll definitely listen to this and learn it if I manage to get where you're putting your fingers hahahaha
Oh thank you!!!
Love this Cicely, great to see you put out a new video, I think you're my favorite musician! Any performances for 2023?
Hey! Thank you so much!! I'm actually moving away from performing so much these days...but recording sessions abound :)
@@cicelyparnas That's awesome, I'm sure that gives you flexibility to teach too. Hope you're enjoying Germany, and can't wait for more videos!
Wonderful! And you "new2 cello has a brand! Gorgeous!
VERY fine playing. It is incredibly cool for me to see and hear your instrument because I'm 99% sure I own a copy of it. I own a 1970 cello made by Roloph Wertman that is a copy of an instrument (Gofriller's "Rosette") once owned by a Leslie Parnas. It looks exactly like yours and I can hear many of the sound colors in your cello that are very familiar. Wow.... The unique sound of the large pattern with the wide upper bouts is a sound I fell in love with 30 years ago. I've literally dreamed of hearing the original. This is surreal....
Oh amazing!! Then we are both playing on Weertman copies of the Gofriller! Mine is from 1981 :) I adore it. There are many recordings of my grandfather, if you're curious to hear the Gofriller
Oh, and interestingly, at least the one I have is bigger then the original!
@@cicelyparnas super cool. I connected many years ago with Weertman's son who was still living here in Michigan. He had all his dad's notes and sent me a file on my cello with specs, measurements, a couple stories, etc. I would be happy to attempt to connect you if you'd like. You and I are connected on Facebook. I'll send you some pictures and some video (I attempted to sell it once several years ago and glad I wasnt able to) of my Weertman if you're curious. I obviously made a leap that you were playing the original thinking it might have made it to you via your family, etc. Might actually be cooler that you're playing a Weertman! 😂. Regardless, you're a fine, fine cellist, much better then me (I'm a conductor and worship pastor and don't play much anymore), and really a joy to listen to. This is a fun connection! Oh! What strings are you playing? I've played spirocore silver on the bottom and Jargar high on the top for years but I'm open to exploring other sounds.
Oh my gosh, hilarious. Looks like I actually reached out to you several years ago when I was trying to sell the cello. So photos and video of my Weertman are actually in your FB inbox already. 😂. Man.... Facebook never " forgets."
Hermosa música e intérprete, saludos desde Buenos Aires, Argentina.
👏 Bravo!
Hammer, völlig durchgeknallt. :)
Please upload more often!! I'd love to see some partita for violin by Bach arranged for the cello
Such a good idea!!!!
What technique! Fantastic! Beautiful cello. What is it?
Ah thank you so much!! The cello is actually quite a little diamond in the rough. My grandfather had a Gofriller cello, and he let a friend of the family, who was an amateur maker, build a copy of it. That's this cello :) I think it was built in 1981
I don't know much about the cello. But, I definitely love the way you play. If you were a painter, you would be Van Gogh. Your playing is colorful, deep, and masterful. Like a good actor, you don't waste a single moment.
I can't imagine a higher compliment!! Thank you so, so much 🙏
Also I love Van Gogh ☺️
@@cicelyparnas You are very welcome. I am Robert and a writer from Florida, and your music brightened my day. So, thank you as well. I love instrumental classical music because it shares a feeling or story or picture without words like sitting near a fire place on a cold day. The chill and warmth are partners in a meaning experience. P.S. I love Van Gogh - his writings and paintings are amazing. In certain ways, when I look at his work I am like I feel that way about things too.
Excellent arrangement and performance! What microphones/setup do you use for these solo recordings? The sound quality is great.
Oh thanks! For this one I used a low budget something that I don't think they even make anymore 😅 and an AKGC414 a little further back. But these days I've been doing mid-side, which I like much better for solo cello
@@cicelyparnas Thanks! I currently use a Bluebird SL condenser mic, but I'm considering trying dual-microphone setups in the near future.
The difference going from one mic to two is massive, you won't regret it!!
Just realized the symbol on your cello. Custom made or brand?
Music wise- beautiful. Hope to see (or play lol) you at a concert one day!
The cello is a copy of my grandfather's goffriller, which has a similar rosette under the fingerboard :) it's so pretty!!
Amazing performance! And you’re so modest to sell the arrangement for only $8. I would happily pay for more!
Thanks so much!!! Honestly it means the most to know people are getting use out of it and enjoying it :)
I’m a violinist but I collaborate with other colleagues. You should consider publishing a collection of all your arrangements.
Merci
Bravo!
What’s the seal under the fingerboard?
And btw Cicely whatever you put out into the world I will 100% watch it. Obsessed w/ your playing style (and assuming this is considered modern, definitely into all of that)
Oh my gosh, thank you!!! That detail on the cello is so pretty, isn't it? It's actually a carving directly into the wood based on a Rosette similarly done on the instrument it's a copy of :)
I like how in the close-ups the strings look wavy because they're vibrating faster than the camera can pick up
I know, it's so strange looking!!
Good job ! It's a Pancrace Royer's Harpshichord piece arrangement.
Narly talented 😁
Ohhh i love you❤❤❤
That was super impressive! Well done!! How many hours to need to practice to get that good? 😂
😅😅😅
holy shit this is insane
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hello cicely! is there any way for me to contact you? :D i would love to talk to you about cello if you would ever be interested. also this is so awesome i love it and i love all your playing so much you have such wonderful technique and honestly i find your technique to be more convincing than most out there while still keeping it musical and with personality :) you have such a fiery spirit through your cello playing and i aspire to find that for myself someday
Oh wow, such a high compliment, thank you!!! I'm always interested in talking about cello :) if you're thinking about it in terms of a lesson context, best thing to do is write me through my website. If not, follow me on Insta - I often answer questions, etc :)
Wow. Played with so much passion and power.
I am just wondering why you had to film this masterpiece in a fitting room 🤔
Haha. It's my living room which I turned into a recording studio - the acoustics were pretty rough, so I built a bunch of acoustic panels. :)
@@cicelyparnas OMG! THE living room with the famous doors to Hogwarts and Narnia? This room is a legend!
Angry. Wonderful to see her play.
HOLY SHIT
i like the gofriller rosette
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SOooo it reeeally looks like you sped up this video to be faster than you actually recorded it. Your head is moving unnaturally fast.
Too bad it was sped up ... WHY???!!!
I did not speed it up!!!!!!!
@@cicelyparnas Yes you did.
@@cicelyparnas Those first 9 seconds--I've watched it over and over--that is not normal--it's sped up.
I don't wish to argue with you. What I will say for myself is that speeding up a video would be pointless and carry a burden of a loss of integrity. I know myself and my values, and I do my best to move through the world with honesty and integrity. So. Speeding up a video wouldn't even cross my mind. I'm not sure what you're seeing that makes you suspicious, but I can only imagine doing such a thing if I wanted to cover up an insecurity in my playing. At this point, though, I don't have anything to prove. I'm pretty happy with where I am in my life and career. Thank you for taking such an interest in my work, and I'm sending you well wishes.
I also watched this video over and over and every movement, especially face looks off. I dont know what is going on here but it looks surely sped up. When you play it at 0,75 speed it suddenly looks normal.