ARTIST PROFILE:
Resurgam

Founded by Mark Duley in 2003, Resurgam is one of Ireland’s most acclaimed vocal ensembles, specialising in music of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.  Resurgam wants to establish Galway as Ireland’s home of early music and give as many people as possible an experience of this music.  Resurgam delivers the finest choral music to diverse audiences across a wide geographical area, often in partnership with local choirs and other partners.  Resurgam is committed to bringing a collaborative approach to its music-making in every corner of the country, and the western seaboard in particular.  The ensemble values its relationships with local choirs and other partners in these communities and enjoys bringing the expertise of its singers and players alongside them with regular workshops and performance collaborations.

Resurgam has worked with an international array of conductors including Monica Huggett, Christophe Rousset, Erin Headley, John Butt and Christian Curnyn, and has performed in the UK and continental Europe, including acclaimed appearances at the Bach Festival of Lausanne and Kammeroper Schloss Rheinsberg.  Within Ireland, Resurgam has appeared at most of the major international festivals, including Galway International Arts Festival, Kilkenny Arts Festival, Ardee Baroque Festival, Cork International Choral Festival.  Resurgam has collaborated with flagship Irish instrumental ensembles, and works regularly with the English Cornett and Sackbut Ensemble, with whom it has undertaken tours of the west coast of Ireland performing music by Schütz, Praetorius, Lassus and Monteverdi.

Recent highlights for Resurgam have included the release in 2023 of its first recording, 'Thomas Weelkes: Gentleman Extraordinary', with the disc garnering an array of laudatory reviews, including selection as Editor's Choice for Gramophone Magazine.  2023 also featured the ensemble's lauded sell-out performance of Claudio Monteverdi's 1610 Vespers as part of the Galway International Arts Festival.  In 2024, Resurgam partnered with Opera Collective Ireland under the direction of Christian Curnyn, in presenting double-bill performances of Henry Purcell's Dido and Aeneas and John Blow's Venus and Adonis.  These performances were part of Kammeroper Schloss Rheinsberg, and were met with international critical acclaim.