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Irish Baroque Orchestra

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Founded
  
1996

Genre
  
Early music

Active from
  
1996

Record label
  
Naxos Records


Website
  
www.irishbaroqueorchestra.com

Albums
  
... plays Bach, Flights of Fantasy - Early Italian Chamber Orchestra

Similar
  
Monica Huggett, Chamber Choir Ireland, Mark Duley, RTÉ National Symphon, Malcolm Proud

Profiles

Messiah resurgam irish baroque orchestra 2011


The Irish Baroque Orchestra is an early music ensemble based in Ireland. The Irish Baroque Orchestra is Ireland’s only professional period instrument orchestra. It was established in 1996 by Mark Duley and Thérèse Timoney. The artistic director is currently Monica Huggett.

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The orchestra presents four seasons of concerts annually along with a number of one off events. Each season includes a week of education, in conjunction with the Dublin Institute of Technology Conservatory of Music and Drama. Their repertoire is mostly from the 17th and 18th Century.

It performs across the country, taking residency at the Ardee Baroque Festival each November in Ardee, County Louth. In 2009 the orchestra performed in the Dublin Handel Festival.

It is supported by RTÉ lyric fm and the Arts Council of Ireland.

Resurgam irish baroque orchestra at kilkenny arts festival


Songs

Sonate à 6Flights of Fantasy - Early Italian Chamber Orchestra · 2010
Bach: Concerto for Two Violins in D minor: Allegro plays Bach · 2012
Bach: Suite no1 in G minor: Fantaisie plays Bach · 2012

References

Irish Baroque Orchestra Wikipedia


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