Folk Bands and Artists
Dave Flynn’s Irish Memory Orchestra
Dave Flynn’s Irish Memory Orchestra (formerly the Clare Memory Orchestra) is the first and only orchestra in the Western World to play exclusively from memory, crossing traditional boundaries between orchestras and audiences.
Visionary founder Dave Flynn has enlisted 20 of Ireland’s leading traditional, classical and jazz musicians to perform his critically acclaimed music.
Achievements include sold out performances at Moscow Catholic Cathedral and South Korea’s Sori International Festival; an Allianz Business to Arts Award for the ESB ‘Concert in a Cavern’; and a collaboration with Martin Hayes and the RTÉ Concert Orchestra at Ireland’s National Concert Hall.
This thrilling, uniquely Irish phenomenon has brought audiences to their feet at every concert they have played. This evening will be the debut performance in Britain of the Orchestra and will feature music from Dave Flynn’s ‘Clare Concerto’.
The Irish Times said of them: ‘Audiences seeing the Clare Memory Orchestra for the first time may be astounded at the informality and communication between the musicians. Feet tapping, vibrato is nowhere to be heard and the absence of sheet music means musicians connect with one another on the fly. Then there’s the appearance of Irish instruments such as the pipes, concertina, whistle and bodhrán, alongside the oboe and silver flute’.
