02.04.12

Paul Cox, from Cavan Tv’s “The Green Room” presents a feature on our St Matthew Passion in Cavan.(Starts on 7 minutes 20 seconds)

The Green Room presented by Paul Cox Wednesday 28th March 2012 from Drumlinmedia.com on Vimeo.

26.03.12

With just a week to go to our St Matthew Passion concerts, take a look at our short promo video. Tickets are still available HERE and from local outlets. All information is contained in our St Matthew Passion page. (Recording courtesy of RTÉ Lyric fm)

16.02.12

Resurgam presents the greatest musical drama of all time, Bach’s St Matthew Passion, in Holy Week performances in Cavan, Kilkenny and Galway. At last this most famous of all choral masterpieces will be heard in Ireland in a manner as close as possible to that of Bach’s day.  The version used will be that used by Bach himself in the 1740s. The vocal forces are modelled on those available to Bach, and the soloists will be drawn from each of the two choirs. The players of the Irish Baroque Orchestra will be performing on period instruments. Irish audiences will hear for the first time the vivid colours and textures familiar to the vast crowds that packed the Leipzig churches in Bach’s own time every Good Friday to hear this work.

Resurgam, with Irish Baroque Orchestra
Peter Davoren (evangelist)
Raitis Grigalis (Christus)
Mark Duley, director

16.02.12

Our final Sacred Symphonies Concert is now fully sold out, please keep an eye on our Facebook and Twitter over the next two days for details on returns.

07.02.12

Thanks to all who joined us for Sacred Symphonies I on Saturday. Due to the unprecedented demand we have added extra seating for the remaining two concerts, please book online to ensure your seat!

31.01.12

Resurgam Artistic Director Mark Duley discusses the ideology and music explored during our February concert series, Sacred Symphonies, in the video below:

 

20.01.12

Tickets now on sale for Sacred Symphonies at Dublin’s City Hall priced at €15/€10. Tickets are available here or at the door. Limited capacity so book early to avoid disappointment!

07.01.12

Happy New Year to all Resurgam’s supporters and followers!

Please find the photo gallery from our recent Messiah performance at Christ Church Cathedral Dublin, with Irish Baroque Orchestra and Jeffrey Skidmore. Messiah 2011 Gallery

14.12.11

The Irish Times review of Resurgam & IBO’s Messiah last week refers to the “The slick sixteen voices of Resurgam dispatched their decorative chorus work with precision, clarity, and seeming effortlessness.”

Full review available here

13.12.11

Please join us for some Carol Singing at City Hall this Saturday at 1.05pm!

22.11.11

Resurgam still have some slots remaining for our auditions on November 29th and December 3rd.

If you would like to arrange an audtion please contact Gavin O’Sullivan at info@resurgam.ie

* (Audtion criteria is set out in our Auditions pagein the sidebar)

21.10.11

   

Resurgam and IBO are pleased to announce that the soloists for our upcoming Messiah concerts in December are Deirdre Moynihan (Soprano), Stephen Wallace (Countertenor), Eamonn Mulhall (Tenor) & Greg Skidmore (Baritone). With our first class team of soloists and maestro Jeffrey Skidmore conducting, Messiah 2011 promises, yet again, to be a major highlight of the festive season! Early booking is advisable from http://www.irishbaroqueorchestra.com/boxoffice

13.10.11

Thanks to our colleagues at The National Concert Hall  for recording this video of the Songs of Farewell Open Rehearsal. Also, many thanks to those who came along to hear us, it was a very worthwhile event and hopefully we can have more in the future, watch this space!

11.10.11

Song of Farewell: A Western Sojourn

Dear Friends & Supporters,

We are just back from our latest Resurgam tour, a rich mix of Nunc Dimittis settings together with complementary
offerings by Parry, Tippett, and Bingham, performed in various venues in the west and southwest of Ireland. My
head is filled with the music we have enjoyed over the last week as well as some wonderful memories of places and
people. Touring a programme is a special challenge – one has to keep the music as fresh as possible whilst dealing
with the challenges of long journeys on sometimes difficult roads, new accommodations every night, and the
alimentary lottery of foraging in a new place at every mealtime. It is a credit to our singers that by the end of tour
they seemed as enthusiastic about the music we were singing as they were at the outset. My thanks to all who took
part, and to Gavin for expertly managing the tour with his usual savoir-faire.

Each venue added something unique and special to the programme. Many of Ireland’s ancient western cathedrals
are relatively unknown, and some of our crew discovered for the first time the special charms of buildings such as
Rosscarbery standing above its little estuary or Kilfenora nestling up in the middle of the Burren. In Newport, we
found what must be one of the best examples of Celtic-revival architecture in the country, the imposing St Patrick’s
Church complete with sumptuous acoustic and superb glass from the Harry Clarke studio. In Tuam Cathedral we
were delighted to discover a fine stained glass window depicting the Nunc Dimittis scene, complete with Simeon,
Anna and the basket with the two turtle doves. Perhaps the most memorable evening was in Kilfenora: here, after
taking in the superb high cross and stonework of the ruinous choir and transept, to step into the little nave with its
plain interior complete with fireplaces, box pews and double-decker pulpit was to enter another time-zone
completely, and the turf fire and candlelight created a wonderful ambience (although at one stage the turf smoke
got the better of one of our sopranos!). Smoky cathedrals require post-concert tracheal lubrication, and we enjoyed
the hospitality of some great hostelries, such as Vaughan’s in Kilfenora and Eugene’s in Ennistimon.

Tours such as this I find hugely enjoyable. A team of fine singers and a programme of wonderful music is of course
the starting point, but then there is a special magic when one finds a remarkable building providing fresh insight
and an enthusiastic audience of whatever size. To drive across the lunar vastness of a landscape such as the Burren
and sing amidst ancient stones for folk who may never have heard such music before is a rare privilege.

Here’s to the next one!

Mark Duley,

Artistic Director, Resurgam

08.08.11

Thanks to the Kilkenny Arts Festival for this footage of our summer project with Irish Baroque Orchestra and the inimitable Christophe Rousset.