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In 1582, four Japanese teenage ambassadors set sail from Nagasaki to Lisbon on what would be an 8-year adventure. Discover their amazing story and celebrate their musical accomplishments in Japan and abroad at a performance of Lyracle’s new program, Musicians of the Tenshō Embassy. Learn more at lyraclemusic.com/events Performers: Ashley Mulcahy, mezzo-soprano James Perretta, viol Danielle Boivin, actor […]

Enjoy a live performance of music enjoyed and played in Colonial America! The Practitioners of Musick will offer a program at the historic Abraham Staats House (c.1740) that reflects late 17th and 18th century Dutch and English popular music heard in New Netherlands and its capital, New Amsterdam.  A march composed in honor of American

BEMF concludes its 2023/24 Season with two brilliant returning ensembles in April: Jordi Savall with Hespèrion XXI on April 5 and Stile Antico on April 19 ARTIST: Hespèrion XXIJordi Savall, DirectorXavier Díaz-Latorre, theorbo & guitar; Andrew Lawrence-King, arpa doppia; Philippe Pierlot, treble and bass viols; Xavier Puertas, violone; David Mayoral, percussion; Jordi Savall, Director & treble and bass viols WHEN: Friday, April

This prestigious biennial competition provides the finale to this year’s York Early Music Festival (6 – 13 July). The 2024 competition final will be presented by a panel of judges:  Bart Demuyt, Director of AMUZ/Alamire; internationally acclaimed lutenist Elizabeth Kenny; Philip Hobbs from Linn Records; Lionel Meunier, Director of Vox Luminis; and clarinettist/lecturer Emily Worthington

The National Centre for Early Music is delighted to announce the programme for York Early Music Festival taking place from 6 – 13 July 2024 and that tickets are now on sale. This year’s festival focuses on the human voice and song, a combination prized for its power to communicate most directly, and through metamorphosis,