In a season celebrating his 80th birthday this past Dec. 14, Christie has no Wagner plans. He is as busy as ever as a leader of the period-instrument movement, conducting, playing the harpsichord, ...

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While he grew up in Newbridge in Kildare, where his father was an Army man (who sadly died young), Christy had close connections to the Navan area – and in particular Ardmulchan and Beauparc-Yellow ...