#catrin finch

[shy-girl04]

The beautiful musical partnership of Catrin Finch and Seckou Keita. Keita is a Senegalese kora player whose bloodlines trace back to Malian royalty on one side, and traditional musical storytellers on the other. Finch meanwhile is a classically-trained Welsh harpist.

Ceffylau means horses in Welsh

[yourdailyqueer]

Catrin Finch

Gender: Female

Sexuality: Bisexual

DOB: 24 April 1980

Ethnicity: White - Welsh

Occupation: Musician, arranger, composer

Note: First person since 1873 to hold the post of royal harpist.

[didanawisgi]

Catrin Finch and Seckou Keita Live: Bamba

[4sensesplusascarf]

Seckou Keita & Catrin Finch - 1677

[hsynozpercin]

"Seni de alıp götürüyordur cümleler bazen, senin onları alıp götürdüğün gibi.."

[vonkleist66]

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Catrin Finch & Seckou Keita: Genedigaeth Koring-bato from “Clychau Dibon” (2013)

[musicainextenso]

We are in the middle of this special Harp Music Week, here on Musica in Extenso! For today we will go on with a famous 20th Century composer, Benjamin Britten.

Today on Musica in Extenso:

Benjamin Britten

Suite for harp, Op. 83

Catrin Finch - harp

This piece is very non-harp, at least in the traditional sense, you won't hear much arpeggi, glissandi or overall nice, flowy sounds. However, Britten knew exactly what he was doing - he wanted to explore a different area of the instrument's possibilities, and he did that, creating five movements of something really new and unique for that time, which at the same time carries the signature Britten sound.

Movements:

Overture

Toccata

Nocturne

Fugue

Hymn (St. Denio)

Enjoy! - Lada, Guest-Editor

[didanawisgi]

Catrin Finch

"Catrin has done more than anyone in harp history to bring her instrument to a wider public...."

“Internationally renowned harpist Catrin Finch is one of the most accomplished harpists of her generation, and has been delighting audiences with her performances across the UK and worldwide, since the age of five.

She started her studies in Wales with Elinor Bennett, achieving the highest mark in the UK for her Grade 8 ABRSM exam at the tender age of nine, and then went on to study at The Purcell School and the Royal Academy of Music with Skaila Kanga, graduating with the Queens Commendation for Excellence in 2002.  

In 2000 she had the honour of reviving the ancient tradition of Royal Harpist to H.R.H, the Prince of Wales, a position she held until 2004, which was last held during Queen Victoria’s reign in 1873.

Since then, she has performed extensively throughout the USA, South America, the Middle East, Asia, Australia and Europe, both as a soloist, and appearing with many of the world’s top orchestras...”