"Cunningham proved yet again why she is a much sought after harpsichordist. Her continuo playing was elaborate and she excelled in the solo pieces. Handel's Laschia ch'io pianga is technically demanding but Cunningham aced the fast scale passages with precision and control." Richard Childress for the Winchester Early Music Festival, 2007
Emerald Baroque Ireland's Enchantment Emerald Baroque's new album is available to buy online from 21st April, 2010. Click here to buy.

Click below to hear tracks performed by Bridget Cunningham.

William Babell (1690-1723) 'Laschia ch'io pianga' from Rinaldo

John Playford (1623-1686) London's Loyalty & Rose is White and Rose is Red from The English Dancing Master

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"Bridget Cunningham's harpsichord playing in Giles Farnaby's Daphne was exquisite with beautifully executed elaborate ornamentation." Rosemary Wisbey for the Tilford Bach Society 25 April, 2009
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Bridget Cunningham is a young, dynamic harpsichordist and conductor who plays and presents on several TV and Radio shows. Bridget's performing experience includes working with the London Handel Orchestra, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, English Touring Opera and the Irish Chamber Orchestra. She conducts the exciting Broschi Ensemble and various other groups and has assisted conducting and coaching the Schola Pieta Antonio Vivaldi choir and orchestra.

Research, presentations and performances have been featured on ITV, Sky Arts, RTE, RTP 2 and BBC TV and Radio including Woman's Hour, Front Row, In Tune, Night Watch and Go 4 It. Recordings include the keyboard music for a CD for the Edward De Vere Society and a recording of French baroque music for Signum records. She has recorded BBC documentaries with the OAE on Vivaldi and recorded the virginal music for the BBC 1 series 'Elizabeth, the Virgin Queen' and for 'How London Was Built', and directed music for BBC2 's 'Messiah'. She performs regularly and is recording with her Irish baroque group Emerald, as well as the trio Fleuri, Fleuri Vox and Iberian Archive and is currently a Junior Fellow at the Royal College of Music in performance history where she researches, performs and coaches students on Baroque style.