The week in classical: Israel in Egypt; James McVinnie & Tristan Perich: Infinity Gradient; Bluebeard’s Castle – review theguardian.com/music/2024/mar…

The MCO & EBS shall perform for ever +ever! What a tremendous #Handel #IsraelinEgypt by the world class of its own MonteverdiChoir&Orch -happy 60th choir jubilee!- & Peter Whelan at the Elbphilharmonie (sol.: Julia Doyle Amy Wood james hall Nick Pritchard J Comerford T Hambleton 🎶😍🤩👏🙏🎆

On RTÉ lyric Live tonight, Paul Herriott brings us two recent concerts by the Irish Baroque Orchestra
With music from Buxtehude to Bach with tenor #HugoHymas & conductor John Butt
Plus, their programme Jupiter and the Bear featuring oboe player Andreas Helm with Peter Whelan

Tune in from 7pm

⭐ EXCITING NEWS ⭐
National Concert Hall is delighted to honour the celebrated Ann Murray DBE with its 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award. The Award will be presented at a Gala Concert on Tues 30 Jan with the National Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Peter Whelan

⚠️ On sale Fri 8 Dec 10am

Lovely to chat with @whelanpp of Irish Baroque Orchestra today about their upcoming Messiah performances in National Opera House and St. Patrick’s Carhedral RTÉ lyric fm

Book your tickets for this year's Dublin HandelFest (14th-16th July) :

dublinhandelfest.com/events

Handelmania returns to Dublin!

Katie Morrisroe (Head of National Historic Properties, OPW) and Peter Whelan (Artistic Director, IBO) begin the countdown to Dublin HandelFest 2023, with help from ‘Paddy’s Trumpeters’, apprentice trumpeters from the Royal Irish Academy of Music.

June's New Release Playlist features Askonas Holt artists Malcolm Martineau, Ian Bostridge, Harry Bicket, Lucy Crowe, Neal Davies, Peter Whelan, Gergely Madaras, and Yannick Nézet-Séguin.

Listen here: ow.ly/5QjM50P2qev

brilliant interview by Cliodhna Ryan with @AliyeCornish & Peter Whelan of the Irish Baroque Orchestra about the upcoming Dublin HandelFest.. really interesting to read about the way music was performed and listened to in the 18th century!

This month's edition of TheGOO features an interview I did with @AliyeCornish and Peter Whelan of the @irishbaroque. We chatted about their upcoming @dublinhandelfest and all things 18th Century! Thanks to Peter and Aliye for sitting down to chat to me.

I loved doing this interview with Peter Whelan and @AliyeCornish of the Irish Baroque Orchestra about Dublin HandelFest. Pick it up and check it out. It's a trip back to Dublins music scene in 1740. It was a buzz!

We feel very cool all of a sudden 😎 Thanks TheGOO for profiling our Dublin HandelFest with Peter Whelan and @AliyeCornish!

#13 out today...
Featuring our guide to Pride clubbing, SELK, Malachy Tuohy, Hothouse Flowers, Dec Pierce's new label 95 Records, Chewie, The Irish Baroque Orchestra & HandelFest, Robbie Kitt (Give Us The Night), Metronome in the NCH and lots more...

Out today! New Irish Baroque Orchestra CD on Linn Records  - 'Mr Charles the Hungarian - Handel’s Rival in Dublin'. Lots of fantastic music and some epic stuff for the horns! irishbaroqueorchestra.com/product-page/m…

Check out my music on Apple Music. Listen now!
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We could not have imagined a more magical finish to #BVOF 2023 in Dromore Yard last night. Thank you to Paula Murrihy, Irish Baroque Orchestra and Peter Whelan for what was a truly unforgettable evening.

📸 John D Kelly Photography

#BVOF #BVOF Concerts #IrishBaroqueOrchestra #paulamurrihy

Are you ready for Così fan tutte?
We're opening at the National Opera House in Wexford tomorrow. 🎶

Catch us at:
University Concert Hall - Limerick
The Gaiety Theatre - Dublin
leisureland - Galway
Cork Opera House - Cork

🎟 bit.ly/INOCosiFanTutte
📆 19 May - 2 June

I’m proud of this one! With the phenomenon that is Anneke Scott 📯

Well worth your cash. A genuinely brilliant and thrilling version of a much-loved classic.

Peter Whelan and the Irish Baroque Orchestra plan to record Handel’s Dublin 1742 ‘Messiah’ in 2024/2025.
We are looking for supporters to help bring this project to life and be a part of the story. Read more about the campaign here ⬇️
irishbaroqueorchestra.enthuse.com/cf/bring-hande…