User:Irishmaestro

Tom Ó Drisceoil (b.1986)


I'm a harpsichordist, organist, musicologist, music teacher and occasional composer from Cork, Ireland.

Completed an MA degree in performance at CIT Cork School of Music in 2012, which included an Erasmus term at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" at Leipzig. I graduated with a BMus degree from CSM in 2010, and I graduated from UCC in 2007 with a BA Degree. I have a particular interest in French and North German harpsichord music, and have lately been developing a serious interest in the music of Christoph Graupner, particularly the church cantatas. I am currently pursuing Doctoral research into the cantatas of Graupner at the University of Edinburgh.


I'm also an enthusiastic choral singer, and I sing tenor with Madrigal '75 Vocal Ensemble.

Current editing projects:

  • Critical editions of various cantatas and other pieces by Christoph Graupner.
April 2019: Partita in F minor "Vom Winter", GWV 121, Partita in D minor, GWV 104, Partita in E-flat major, GWV 105, Partita in F major, GWV 108
March 2019: Ouverture in E minor, GWV 413, Violin Concerto in A Major, GWV 337 & Ouverture from Berenice e Lucilla.
January 2017: Ein König der die Armen treulich richtet, GWV 1101/49
July 2016: Ach! meines Jammers und Herzeleids, GWV 1175/26b
January 2016: Nehmet das Wort an mit Sanftmut, GWV 1134/23, Unsers Herzens Freude hat ein Ende, GWV 1175/26a, Auf Zion! auf, ermuntre dich, GWV 1101/19 & Müssiggehn bringt keine Krone, GWV 1117/20
October 2015: Wir haben einen Gott der da hilft, GWV 1165/24
May 2015: Herr die Wasserströme erheben sich, GWV 1115/34, Ich esse nichts als Aschenbrot, GWV 1137/13 & Wir sind krank, GWV 1153/19
June 2014: Erbarm dich mein, o Herre Gott, GWV 1163/24
  • Current projects: Magnificat anima mea [in C Major], GWV 1172/22, Ich liebe Jesum voller Freuden, GWV 1159/13, and Partien auf das Clavier, GWV 101-108

Note that my own preference for part nomenclature in German baroque music is for singular part names (i.e. Violin[o] I), and that plural part names on IMSLP for my own uploads (i.e. Violins I) are not my choice.

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ga- Tá mé ábalta caint as gaeilge.
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fr Cet utilisateur parle français.
hpd-4 This user is a professional harpsichordist.
org-3 This user is an advanced organist.
tenor-3 This user is an advanced tenor singer.