“There was a time when the viola da gamba was the sound of popular music, though that was over 500 years ago during the Renaissance and Baroque era. When it does appear in the 21st century, it's usually in the hands of Catalan early music scholar Jordi Savall, who has mastered the sounds of that era. But it makes sense to hear it in the hands of Cécile Schott, who as Colleen drifts gently outside o”