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Ten Pieces: Catrin Finch

Saturday Classics Ten Pieces Ambassadors

Harpist and 大象传媒 Ten Pieces Ambassador Catrin Finch chooses favourite music. With Bach's Goldberg Variations, Ravel's Daphnis and Chloe and music by Welsh composer William Mathias.

Former Royal Harpist to H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, Catrin Finch lives in Cardiff and has spent this summer touring the UK and Europe with Senegalese kora player Seckou Keita. Catrin is also an ambassador for the 大象传媒 initiative Ten Pieces which aims to open up the world of classical music to children.

Today Catrin presents her own selection of favourite pieces that have shaped her life and career - including Bach's Goldberg Variations, Ravel's Daphnis and Chloe, and music by Welsh composer William Mathias.

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Sat 11 Oct 2014 14:00
大象传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Karl Jenkins

    In these stones horizons sing

    Orchestra: Adiemus Wind and Brass. Orchestra: West Kazakhstan Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • EMI : 5579662.
    • EMI.
    • 18.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude No 1 in C major from Book 1 of the Well-Tempered Clavier

    Performer: Marisa Robles.
    • Decca : 4338692.
    • Decca.
    • 12.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Goldberg Variations 鈥� Variation 25 鈥楾he Black Pearl鈥�

    Performer: Glenn Gould.
    • CBCPSCD2007.
    • 26.

  • Benjamin Britten

    Ceremony of Carols 鈥� This Little Babe and Interlude

    Choir: Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Performer: Osian Ellis.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 10-11.

  • Catrin Finch & Seckou Keita

    Future Strings

  • Claude Debussy

    La Cathedrale Engloutie (from Preludes Book 1)

    Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet.
    • Chandos : CHAN107435.
    • Chandos.
    • 10.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Concerto in C major K.299 for flute, harp and orchestra 鈥� 3rd movement 鈥榬ondo鈥�

    Performer: James Galway. Orchestra: Sinfonia Varsovia. Performer: Catrin Finch.
    • DG : DG4776233.
    • DG.
    • 3.

  • Gustav Holst

    The Planets Opus 32 鈥� Neptune 'The Mystic'

    Performer: Halle Orchestra & Ladies of the Halle Choir. Conductor: Sir Mark Elder.
    • Hyperion : CDA67270.
    • Hyperion.
    • 7.

  • Trad.

    O Salutaris Hostia

    Performer: The Hilliard Ensemble. Performer: Jan Garbarek.
    • ECM : 4453692.
    • ECM.
    • 5.

  • William Mathias

    Celtic Dances Opus 60 鈥� No鈥檚 3 & 4

    Performer: National Youth Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Owain Arwel Hughes.
    • Diversions : ddv 24135.
    • Diversions.
    • 7-8.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Concerto no. 2 in C minor Op.18 - 1st movement 鈥榤oderato鈥�

    Performer: Simon Trpceski. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.
    • Avie : AV2192.
    • Avie.
    • 1.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Daphnis and Chloe Suite No 2 聳 'Lever du Jour'

    Conductor: Andr茅 Previn. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.

  • Steve Reich

    Electric Counterpoint 3

    Performer: Pat Metheny.

  • John Rutter

    A Clare Benediction

    Performer: The Cambridge Singers.
    • CSCD514.

  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Fantaisie for violin and harp Op.124

    Performer: Chlo毛 Hanslip. Performer: Catrin Finch.
    • Sony Classical : SK93103.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 12.

Broadcast

  • Sat 11 Oct 2014 14:00
    大象传媒 Radio 3

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  • Saturday Classics

    A view of classical music from a range of presenters; themed series and one-off programmes

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