The English Night: Music for a Winter's Evening

The concert takes its cue from the hours after dark, when public ceremony gives way to quieter forms of listening. At the heart is a line of English invention running from Lawes and Jenkins to Locke and Purcell, with instrumental pieces placed beside songs that bring words into close focus. Rather than a carol concert, The English Night offers something more inward for the opening of the festival: a winter evening of consort music, song and dance, alive to the season without losing the strange, vivid character of this repertory in performance for York audiences today.

'heartfelt and tender, fiery and passionate' – pizzicato.lu

The New Generation Baroque Ensemble is supported by BBC Radio 3, the Royal College of Music and the National Centre for Early Music.