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
Credits
Creative team
Charles Hazlewood
ConductorRíoghnach Connolly
Voice, flute, and shrutiStuart McCallum
GuitarsOliver Vibrans
Responding composer
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