Breath Upon The Flame - Bristol

Dublin Brass and Eimear Quinn have joined forces for a very special candlelit concert in Bristol Cathedral. The group will also be joined by the renowned folk artist Jim Causley.

The internationally renowned brass quintet Dublin Brass will perform with singer and composer Eimear Quinn along the wonderful Jim Causley at 7:30pm on the14th of March 2026.

‘We’re delighted to be performing with Eimear,’ says Will Palmer, founder and artistic director of Dublin Brass. ‘This concert is going to be a real treat. You’re invited to sit back, relax and enjoy a candlelit evening of traditional Irish music specially reimagined for voice and brass.’

Eimear Quinn is well-known in Ireland and internationally as a singer and composer. She won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1996, and since then has toured and performed extensively, including before royalty and presidents. ‘It is a true pleasure for me to sing with the Dublin Brass Ensemble for the Breath Upon The Flame concerts,’ she says. ‘Performing these beautiful folk songs in the unique context of traditional instruments and classical brass in the glorious setting of Bristol Cathedral – I'm in my element!’

Dublin Brass features members of the RTÉ Concert Orchestra along with leading freelance musicians from around Ireland. The ensemble is joined for the evening by percussion, harp and violin and viola players adding traditional Irish trad sounds to the programme.

‘The concert is in Bristol's beautiful Cathedral, which sets off the broad range of brass instruments, strings, percussion and Eimear’s ethereal voice,’ says Siubhan Ni Ghriofa, who arranged the music for this unique collaboration along with John Buckley, Gavin Murphy and Eimear Quinn herself.

Songs include My Lagan Love, The Voice, Mise Eire, and music from the Oscar-nominated 'Room'.

Jim Causley is a folk-singer, award winning songwriter, musician, proud Devonian and all-round entertainer. He grew up in a wassailing village not far from Sidmouth Folk Festival, sang with local choirs before heading to Newcastle University to study on their brand new degree course in Folk & Traditional Music.

He rose to prominence singing with The Devil’s Interval and Mawkin:Causley as well as touring with Waterson:Carthy and David Rotheray. He has also worked with John McCusker and Kate Rusby.

In recent years his work has focused on his musical settings of poems by his relative Charles Causley, penning his own songs and reviving lost gems from his home county.

Eimear, Jim and the Dublin Brass Ensemble are thrilled to be performing with the fantastic Redland Green Choir and the wonderful Arnos Vocale Chamber Choir!

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