For her second Deutsche Grammophon album, former Royal Harpist Catrin Finch plays music by the beloved British composer, John Rutter, as well as new pieces and arrangements of her own.
…An album certain to interest long time Adiemus fans in its development from previous works and introduce Catrin's solo material to new listeners, further investigation is certainly worth a journey.
Catrin Finch, the world-renowned classical harpist and composer, marks an exciting new phase in her remarkable musical career with the release of her album ‘Tides’ - an album of her own compositions. This release marks the first time Catrin's own compositions have appeared as a body of work on stage and on record, building on her hugely successful international classical career. It reveals a new side of an exceptional artists, driven to explore the possibilities of the harp and a lifetime of musical influences. As Catrin says, "All my musical life is here".
Catrin Finch visited Ethiopia recently as a WaterAid Ambassador. 900 children die each day because of a lack of clean and safe water to drink and use - a frightening figure. There on an emotional journey, Catrin saw the terrible conditions and the lack of water and sanitation faced by some of the local people. In this programme we follow Catrin as she reveals the appalling situation in Ethiopia.
Echo celebrates the tenth anniversary of an extraordinary partnership between two virtuosos whose previous releases include 2018's album Soar and their 2013 debut Clychau Dibon. Echo marks the third part of this remarkable trilogy. The harp and kora share centuries of history, and Catrin and Seckou create a unique dialogue in a musical alliance of rare empathy, inspired by differences and similarities. Their atmospheric magic crosses genre boundaries, from folk and world music to classical and contemporary as their fingers flow like opposing tributaries into a single river of sound. Echo is the tender triumph of an extraordinary musical partnership that combines harp and kora, the modern and traditional, different cultures and common humanity.