A Galway Early Music Event

Resurgam Mark Duley (director and organ) with continuo Siobhán Armstrong (baroque harp)

This concert is part of a series of Sunday evening concerts organized by Resurgam Chamber Choir, directed by Mark Duley. Initially partnered by Music for Galway for Galway 2020, the series is continuing for 2021 under Resurgam’s own steam.

Programme
Johann Schein, Fontana Israel : Israelis Brünnlein (Leipzig 1623)
Monteverdi, Laudate Dominum SV 287 (1641)
Heinrich Schütz, Geistliche Chormusik (Dresden 1648)
Monteverdi, Venite venite sitientes SV 335 (1624)
J.S. Bach, Jesu meine Freude BWV 227

What the reviewers say
Early music specialists, Resurgam, mined the Italian influence in 17th century German repertoire building to a mighty motet by JS Bach. Director Mark Duley mixed and matched nimble forces of five singers, chamber organ and harp to produce a satisfying variety of timbre and pace. Siobhán Armstrong’s plucked harp strings blended with the ethereal soprano voices of Aisling Kenny and Charlotte Trepess in Monteverdi’s setting of the Song of Solomon would make a cynic believe in angels.

Cathy Desmond, Irish Examiner, 3 May 2021