FANTASIES FOR FLUTE & HARP
Catrin Finch & Juliette Bausor of Ensemble 360
Upper Chapel, Sheffield
Saturday 31 January 2026, 2.00pm
Tickets:
£23
£14 UC, PIP & DLA
£5 Students & Under 35s
JS BACH Flute Sonata in G minor BWV1020 (12’)
FAURÉ Fantasie Op.79 (5’)
RAVEL Pavane pour une infante défunte (5′)
NEILSEN The Fog is Lifting (3′)
ALWYN Naiades Fantasy Sonata (13’)
DEBUSSY Syrinx (3′)
DEBUSSY Claire de lune (5′)
ROTA Sonata for Flute and Harp (13’)
PIAZZOLLA Bordel 1900 from ‘Histoire de Tango’ (4’)
BORNE ‘Carmen’ Fantasie (13’)
The chart-topping and multi-award-winning “queen of harps”, Catrin Finch, joins Ensemble 360’s flautist Juliette Bausor for a glorious afternoon of duos. Arrangements and original works for this classic instrumental combination will sweep you away in this rare collaboration between two long-time friends.
The concert marks Catrin’s long-awaited return to Music in the Round, following her memorable sold-out performance with Senegalese kora player Seckou Keita in 2018.
Post-concert Q&A with Catrin Finch & Juliette Bausor
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Fantasies for Flute & Harp
Flute and harp duos have a history stretching back hundreds of years. The combination of instruments was very popular in the salons and courts of France in the mid-18th and early 19th centuries, mainly as a result of the harp’s most famous patron Marie Antoinette. Many courts and chateaux around France owned a harp and evening recitals of solo harp, or harp together with flute or violin, were commonplace. Mozart’s Concerto for Flute and Harp K299 was composed in 1778 for the Duke of Guines and his daughter, helping establish this pairing in the concert repertoire.
The combination fell out of favour in the mid-19th century, but experienced a renaissance in the late 19th and early 20th centuries when French composers, drawn to its impressionistic colours and delicate textures, rediscovered its possibilities. Debussy in particular used the flute and harp’s capacity for creating shimmering, atmospheric soundscapes, while subsequent composers including Ravel, Roussel and Fauré contributed works that cemented the duo’s place in modern repertoire. Today, the pairing continues to attract composers across all styles, from neoclassical to contemporary, who are captivated by the instruments’ complementary timbres.
Jo Towler © 2026
“Catrin Finch proves her worth as a notable composer-performer as her fingers dance over the notes”
Classic FM
Catrin Finch
