Bibiel Hears Things: Catrin Finch – “Suite for Harp, Op. 83: III. Nocturne”

Hey people! Earlier this year, I shared the fourth movement – “Fugue” – from Benjamin Britten’s Suite for Harp, played by Lavinia Meijer. I thought today I could share another movement from this same suite, but played by a different artist – and also one who has already appeared on My Inner Mishmash before, for example here; Welsh harpist Catrin Finch. She released this suite as part of her debut album, 1999’s “Harp Recital”, which she recorded at the age of 19. She’s done so many different things since then, apart from playing the more classical harp material – composed her own music, arranged Bach for the harp, played some traditional Welsh material, and been one half of a very interesting duo with the Senegalese kora player Seckou Keita, to name just a few of her undertakings over the years. I mentioned in the previous post about this suite that Britten composed it for Welsh harpist Osian Ellis, and when preparing to write this post, I’ve actually found out that there’s a cool…