BBC Proms: Paraorchestra and The Breath

Bristol Beacon: Friday 22 August 2025

Musicians sit in a circle with their instruments in a brightly lit rehearsal room.

About BBC Proms: Paraorchestra and The Breath

Paraorchestra return to BBC Proms Bristol this August with the premiere of a very special artistic collaboration.

In this brand new commission Paraorchestra combine with Ríoghnach Connolly and Stuart McCallum - the award-winning duo better known as The Breath. 

With the rousing poetry and folkloric lyricism of The Breath at its core, Oliver Vibrans acts as a ‘responding composer’ to create a vivid sound-world manifested through Paraorchestra’s virtuoso playing, incorporating an array of rare instrumentation for a truly singular experience. 

We have fallen in love. The Breath are in a lane of their own, as storytellers, as powerful music makers, and with the glorious Oliver Vibrans working as a conduit between them and us, the signs are already of something new, unusual, thrilling and life-affirming.

Charles Hazlewood, Artistic Director

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