Irish Baroque Orchestra
The only professional orchestral ensemble in Ireland playing historically authentic instruments, the Irish Baroque Orchestra is among the leading period instrument groups in the British Isles. The players perform only on actual Baroque instruments or modern replicas of these.
The Irish Baroque Orchestra was formed in 1996 by Mark Duley and Thérèse Timoney; Duley was the chorus master of the RTÉ Choir of Ireland's national radio network, and had worked with John Butt and other conductors interested in early music. The Irish Baroque Orchestra cultivates repertory of the 17th and 18th centuries, by no means all of it connected to Ireland, although the group's annual performances of Handel's Messiah, HWV 56, are calendar highlights. Under artistic director Peter Whelan, the group presents an annual concert series and special events at the National Concert Hall in Dublin, as well as touring throughout Ireland. The orchestra has held a residency at the Ardee Baroque Festival in Ireland's County Louth. It enjoys funding from the Dublin City Council and the Arts Council of Ireland. The Irish Baroque Orchestra maintains a training arm, the Irish Youth Baroque Orchestra. The group made its debut in 2010 on the Avie label with Flights of Fancy, an album of early Italian Baroque music that won plaudits from The New Yorker magazine, among others. The group also issued The Irish Baroque Orchestra Plays Bach on the recording label of the RTÉ Lyric FM radio network. The Irish Baroque Orchestra then signed with Scotland's Linn label and released Concerti Bizarri, featuring Baroque violinist Monica Huggett, in 2016. They followed that up with Welcome Home, Mr. Dubourg, an album featuring extant excerpts from the rare Ode for Dublin Castle (1739) by Irish Baroque composer Matthew Dubourg as well as Italian works, in 2019. In the fall of 2019 the group backed an Irish National Opera cast in performances of Vivaldi's opera Griselda.
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Mr Charles the Hungarian. Handel's Rival in Dublin
Peter Whelan, Irish Baroque Orchestra
Klassik - Erschienen bei Linn Records am 09.06.2023
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Welcome home, Mr Dubourg
Irish Baroque Orchestra, Peter Whelan
Klassik - Erschienen bei Linn Records am 26.04.2019
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Concerti Bizarri
Irish Baroque Orchestra, Monica Huggett, Andreas Helm
Klassik - Erschienen bei Linn Records am 06.01.2016
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Flights of Fantasy - Early Italian Chamber Orchestra
Klassik - Erschienen bei Avie Records am 14.09.2010
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
The Hibernian Muse. Music for Ireland by Purcell and Cousser
Irish Baroque Orchestra, Peter Whelan, Sestina
Klassik - Erschienen bei Linn Records am 24.06.2022
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
The Trials of Tenducci: A Castrato in Ireland
Peter Whelan, Tara Erraught, Irish Baroque Orchestra
Klassik - Erschienen bei Linn Records am 12.03.2021
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
... plays Bach
Klassik - Erschienen bei RTÉ Lyric FM am 27.04.2012
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Rachel Baptist: Ireland’s Black Syren
Rachel Redmond, Peter Whelan, Irish Baroque Orchestra
Klassik - Erscheint am 24.05.2024 bei Linn Records
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo