Finally watched the tape of this last night - yes, great stuff. Catrin is an absolutely stunning player, so credit to her for not taking advantage of her spotlight-position and showing off.

A huge bouquet of skunk cabbage, however, to whoever controlled the camera shots. That Spanish dancer was fascinating - and did we get to see him dance? I mean SEE him, in a full-body view? Yes, for about three seconds (no exaggeration). The rest of the far-too-few shots were of a disembodied face bouncing up and down, a hand, a pair of feet. It's one of my pet peeves (happens all the time to Irish dancers too) to be subjected to the director's Artistic Vision obscuring the real vision of the talent on display. And what makes them assume we need to see up everyone's nostrils?

I also think there should have been a representation of the modern Irish harp as it is now played, because there really has been a revolution in the trad style. It is now highly ornamented, which was pioneered by Maire ní Chathasaigh though it has many exponents these days. Paul Dooley on metal-strung harp was wonderful, as always, but I would like to have heard him do some Irish music, and not just the Welsh ap Huw material which we had already heard. The late 20th-century revival in Ireland was pretty much ignored. There's a huge amount happening in Scotland too, which was likewise passed by.

Also would have enjoyed a taste of the fab jazz harpist Deborah Henson Conant (hipharp.com) who is really taking it to new levels. (She can sing too. And I mean sing.)

It was super to hear the Welsh triple ringing out, though I would have liked to have heard Robin Huw Bowen actually get to play, perhaps for Welsh dancers to complement the Spanish one. There's a strong history of Welsh harpers accompanying dancers and it would have been interesting to see. They went to all the trouble to film Robin and then left in the talk but edited out his music (I presume he would have played at some point during his interview, sitting as he was right next to his instrument).

Still, you can't cram everything into an hour, and what we did see was marvelous. I loved the non-mainstream harps, which always deserve more exposure - those South Americans really rock.

Please, sir, I want some more -