Justin grounds

 BRIGHTLY BURNING FLAME

In June 2022, after 2 years of working through the pandemic, members of the Irish Doctors Orchestra met together on Heir Island off the coast of West Cork for a week of music making. They invited me to join them with some of my music, and the result is a new film of a live performance of his string orchestra piece ‘Brightly Burning Flame.’

‘Brightly Burning Flame’ was written some years ago following losing a friend to motor neurone disease. I wanted to create a piece for string orchestra which portrayed the arc of a life lived, with all of the pulsing rhythms of a body growing and aging, but also the hopes, dreams, loves - the way a life sings its unique song to the world. It seemed really fitting to bring this piece to the Irish Doctors Orchestra during this extraordinary week of meeting and playing on this beautiful island.

Thanks to the financial support from my Patreon community and the Arts Council of Ireland I was able to bring over Sean Phair and Alex Zanella to film the event.