Resurgam was founded in 2003 by Mark Duley and is one of Ireland’s most acclaimed vocal ensembles. It inspires audiences and partner choirs the length and breadth of Ireland, bringing alive the emotional drama found in so much vocal music, especially that of the seventeenth century. Resurgam has worked with an international array of conductors including Monica Huggett, Christophe Rousset, Erin Headley and John Butt, and has performed in the UK and continental Europe, including an acclaimed appearance at the Bach Festival of Lausanne. Within Ireland, Resurgam has appeared at most of the country’s major international festivals, including Galway International Arts Festival, Kilkenny Arts Festival, Ardee Baroque Festival, and the Cork International Choral Festival.

Resurgam has given many ground breaking performances of music from the Renaissance and Baroque periods, including the first Irish period-instrument performance of Bach’s St Matthew Passion. The group’s unique work in the field of early vocal music in Ireland has also extended to the acclaimed single composer retrospectives the choir has undertaken (including Giovanni Gabrieli, Heinrich Schütz, and Orlandus Lassus). In addition to its work in the field of historically informed performance of Renaissance and Baroque repertoire, Resurgam has also brought to Irish audiences the great choral works of the Russian Orthodox tradition, touring the country with Rachmaninov’s All-Night Vigil and Liturgy of St John Chrysostom, and giving the first complete Irish performance of Schnittke’s monumental Concerto for Choir.

Resurgam has collaborated with flagship Irish instrumental ensembles, including the Irish Baroque Orchestra, the RTÉ Concert Orchestra, and the Orchestra of St Cecilia. It works regularly with the English Cornett & Sackbut Ensemble, and with them has toured Ireland performing music by Schütz, Praetorius, Lassus and Monteverdi.