York Early Music Festival
Established in 1977 the York Early Music Festival is designed to celebrate York’s myriad of medieval churches, guildhalls and historic houses through historically informed music making of the highest international standard.
![York Early Music Festival York Early Music Festival](https://images.ctfassets.net/dittccn4etc2/3DLmMlrRRio8kasdhuMlpR/f2fb8d3255d6727e141f90d89489474f/York_Early_Music.jpeg?w=1200&fm=avif&q=75)
☀️Summer festival
When
☀️Summer festival
📅TBA
About
The York Early Music Festival was established in 1977 in order to celebrate music from the medieval to the baroque presented within an array of historic venues across the city of York. Supported by the Arts Council of England and the City of York, the festival is administered by the National Centre for Early Music.
The 2024 festival will be all about celebrating reinvention, recreation and song:
Something old, Something new, Something borrowed …
Guest artists joining this year include the award winning vocal ensemble Vox Luminis in a programme of Claudio Monteverdi presented in the Quire of York Minster; the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment directed by Steven Devine inviting us to join them at Zimmerman’s famous coffee House; lutenist Elizabeth Kenny brings her exhilarating Cubaroque project to the NCEM stage and BBC Radio 3’s New Generation Artist Helen Charlston joins us as artist in residence with guests including Consone Quartet, Toby Carr, John Butt and Jonathan Manson.
Past events
![York Int'l Young Artists Competition Final York Int'l Young Artists Competition Final](https://images.ctfassets.net/dittccn4etc2/6bfLm3MZ4ps29r1ldCPcha/43cbf6e9af3c2dded605f117bc3b93b2/Screenshot_2024-04-28_at_22.33.55.png?w=640&h=480&fit=fill&f=face&fm=avif&q=75)
York Int'l Young Artists Competition Final
- 📅Sat 13 July 2024
- 📍National Centre for Early Music, York
- 🕑10:00am
- 🎫£40, £10 under 35s
- 🎉York Early Music Festival
![Cappella Pratensis & I Fedeli Cappella Pratensis & I Fedeli](https://images.ctfassets.net/dittccn4etc2/7MCCwYkUQRVJXY2BGUmGly/2c7ce0d303f8b2b3440079a03f14e3a9/Foto-I-Fedeli-Continuo.jpg?w=640&h=480&fit=fill&f=face&fm=avif&q=75)
Cappella Pratensis & I Fedeli
York Early Music Festival
- 📅Fri 12 July 2024
- 📍York Minster
- 🕑9:00pm
- 🎫£35 (£33 concessions)
- 🎉York Early Music Festival
![Salve Susato: treasures from Antwerp's golden age Salve Susato: treasures from Antwerp's golden age](https://images.ctfassets.net/dittccn4etc2/4434ivGV1rHuAztyr9fX78/c975dfce814bc65f7ff4f96826f5391b/Utopia-Continuo.jpg?w=640&h=480&fit=fill&f=face&fm=avif&q=75)
Salve Susato: treasures from Antwerp's golden age
Utopia
- 📅Fri 12 July 2024
- 📍National Centre for Early Music, York
- 🕑6:00pm
- 🎫£22 (£20 concessions)
- 🎉York Early Music Festival
![Bella Donna Bella Donna](https://images.ctfassets.net/dittccn4etc2/4gBFinFAIiOh06CMDpbmfN/bfeacec33481e61a087e0287b5cd38c8/ApotropaiK-Continuo-2.jpg?w=640&h=480&fit=fill&f=face&fm=avif&q=75)
Bella Donna
Apotropaïk
- 📅Thu 11 July 2024
- 📍Merchant Adventurers Hall, York
- 🕑9:45pm
- 🎫£22 (£20 concessions)
- 🎉York Early Music Festival
![Sacro Monteverdi Sacro Monteverdi](https://images.ctfassets.net/dittccn4etc2/4ffCeoNADSetYP4BvArWGr/a1fa152d32fcaba6b4363387f02677c3/vox-luminis_-Continuo.jpg?w=640&h=480&fit=fill&f=face&fm=avif&q=75)
Sacro Monteverdi
Vox Luminis
- 📅Thu 11 July 2024
- 📍York Minster
- 🕑7:45pm
- 🎫£35 (£33 concessions)
- 🎉York Early Music Festival
![Dowland: Lend ears and tears, O hapless man Dowland: Lend ears and tears, O hapless man](https://images.ctfassets.net/dittccn4etc2/79CAoq5QJ46p1GTuynFFPW/60e6f150839be5ae4fbc3f0c235feb00/Helen-Charlston-Continuo.jpg?w=640&h=480&fit=fill&f=face&fm=avif&q=75)
Dowland: Lend ears and tears, O hapless man
Helen Charlston & Toby Carr
- 📅Wed 10 July 2024
- 📍Merchant Adventurers Hall, York
- 🕑9:30pm
- 🎫£22 (£20 concessions)
- 🎉York Early Music Festival
![Metamorfosi Metamorfosi](https://images.ctfassets.net/dittccn4etc2/4tLTOMPtGjoq5d351JeaCE/1bfe3d3135ec0fa36aba9487ded9e1df/in-echo-Continuo.jpg?w=640&h=480&fit=fill&f=face&fm=avif&q=75)
Metamorfosi
In Echo
- 📅Wed 10 July 2024
- 📍St Lawrence Church, York
- 🕑7:30pm
- 🎫£25 (£23 concessions)
- 🎉York Early Music Festival
![Charles VII, Music Lover Charles VII, Music Lover](https://images.ctfassets.net/dittccn4etc2/4q4aF0EKIUK3bwuc9prQtQ/2bcde8404020a89c963ed6ef67341816/Apotropa_C3_AFk-Ensemble-Continuo-1.jpg?w=640&h=480&fit=fill&f=face&fm=avif&q=75)
Charles VII, Music Lover
Apotropaïk
- 📅Wed 10 July 2024
- 📍Holy Trinity Church, York
- 🕑12:00pm
- 🎫£22 (£20 concessions)
- 🎉York Early Music Festival
![Rose Consort of Viols Rose Consort of Viols](https://images.ctfassets.net/dittccn4etc2/1LZf9Tuj6CQmrx7q4sqtlO/d4d3cf6c284e30d523327b510c10691b/Martha-McLorinan-continuo.jpg?w=640&h=480&fit=fill&f=face&fm=avif&q=75)
Rose Consort of Viols
Rose Consort of Viols
- 📅Tue 9 July 2024
- 📍National Centre for Early Music, York
- 🕑9:30pm
- 🎫£22.00 (£20.00 concessions)
- 🎉York Early Music Festival
![Josquin's Legacy: Through the Shadows Josquin's Legacy: Through the Shadows](https://images.ctfassets.net/dittccn4etc2/6Ns6qwW3CUNWKhxvG4mT5m/3612955cdbe6c5e866e27adff48a380f/G6-2024-continuo.jpg?w=640&h=480&fit=fill&f=face&fm=avif&q=75)
Josquin's Legacy: Through the Shadows
The Gesualdo Six
- 📅Tue 9 July 2024
- 📍York Minster
- 🕑7:30pm
- 🎫£35.00 (£33.00 concessions)
- 🎉York Early Music Festival
![On the wings of a song, I'll carry you, my love, away... On the wings of a song, I'll carry you, my love, away...](https://images.ctfassets.net/dittccn4etc2/71JOioXsLx8n8Ly1BvEhHo/31688e1fe785675c99b61c65d90b2f26/CONSONE-12-Continuo.jpg?w=640&h=480&fit=fill&f=face&fm=avif&q=75)
On the wings of a song, I'll carry you, my love, away...
Consone Quartet
- 📅Tue 9 July 2024
- 📍National Centre for Early Music, York
- 🕑12:00pm
- 🎫£22.00 (£20.00 concessions)
- 🎉York Early Music Festival
![Couperin: Leçons de ténèbres Couperin: Leçons de ténèbres](https://images.ctfassets.net/dittccn4etc2/7wfzXHBz301oBhhs4OEp7J/81df6e5828963f1ad0c5c22b96083c0c/Helen-Charlston-Continuo.jpg?w=640&h=480&fit=fill&f=face&fm=avif&q=75)
Couperin: Leçons de ténèbres
Helen Charlston
- 📅Mon 8 July 2024
- 📍Merchant Taylor's Hall
- 🕑9:15pm
- 🎫£22 (£20 concessions)
- 🎉York Early Music Festival
![An Evening at Zimmerman's Coffee House An Evening at Zimmerman's Coffee House](https://images.ctfassets.net/dittccn4etc2/1bhyjkU7uPdMZ5dF3gwwhT/4180c44ab30ce3044b4605c6fce2132c/OAE-group-orchestra-Continuo.jpg?w=640&h=480&fit=fill&f=face&fm=avif&q=75)
An Evening at Zimmerman's Coffee House
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
- 📅Mon 8 July 2024
- 📍National Centre for Early Music, York
- 🕑7:00pm
- 🎫£25 (£23 concessions)
- 🎉York Early Music Festival
![Welcome to all the Pleasures! Welcome to all the Pleasures!](https://images.ctfassets.net/dittccn4etc2/51uf8L2guHuBxMpQeclupW/a551fc96ff8642880cb60ece89a03116/University-Baroque-Ensemble-Continuo.jpg?w=640&h=480&fit=fill&f=face&fm=avif&q=75)
Welcome to all the Pleasures!
Domino Consort & University of York Baroque Ensemble
- 📅Mon 8 July 2024
- 📍National Centre for Early Music, York
- 🕑12:00pm
- 🎫£12.00 (£10.00 concessions)
- 🎉York Early Music Festival
![Cubaroque Cubaroque](https://images.ctfassets.net/dittccn4etc2/6g2ZWBhl8k1zuiAwinkeDc/d58d0746d440823d56651e9f97d20d51/cubaroque-Continuo.jpg?w=640&h=480&fit=fill&f=face&fm=avif&q=75)
Cubaroque
York Early Music Festival
- 📅Sun 7 July 2024
- 📍National Centre for Early Music, York
- 🕑7:30pm
- 🎫£25 (£23 concessions)
- 🎉York Early Music Festival
![Le Roi s'amuse Le Roi s'amuse](https://images.ctfassets.net/dittccn4etc2/7j3MtcEkRflv5AfB2lfbUO/034176055f8fc3e6b178ab6a96f85d92/siobhanfinal-Continuo.jpg?w=640&h=480&fit=fill&f=face&fm=avif&q=75)
Le Roi s'amuse
Florilegium
- 📅Sun 7 July 2024
- 📍National Centre for Early Music, York
- 🕑10:30am
- 🎫£22.00 (£20.00 concessions)
- 🎉York Early Music Festival
Location
National Centre for Early Music, York