The National Centre for Early Music is an accessible, flexible and intimate music venue based in the medieval, Grade I listed, converted church of St Margaret's in the heart of York. It serves as a national centre of excellence for early music, hosting festivals, concerts, and creative learning programmes.
A concert of Irish and Swedish traditional music featuring Andy Irvine and the Swedish folk band Quilty, part of the University of York's Baroque+ Day.
Multi-award-winning jazz guitarist Martin Taylor performs his solo show 'Standards', celebrating the golden age of jazz through classic tunes from the Great American Songbook.
Polish-Belarusian band performing traditional dances and songs from eastern Poland on acoustic village instruments, with audience encouraged to dance.
A concert bringing together musicians from across the Soviet-Chinese divide to explore the maqam-based classical repertoire of the Central Asian Uzbek and Uyghur peoples.
Grammy-winning jazz duo Tim Garland and Geoffrey Keezer present their new album 'Mezzo' live at the NCEM, with a student performance preceding the main set.
Solo folk concert by Martin Simpson, acclaimed for his acoustic and slide guitar work.
Two of the most exciting English folk fiddle players bring together tradition and new compositions in this concert.
A screening of the 1929 German silent film The Woman Men Yearn For, with a live improvised soundtrack by pianist Jonny Best.
A theatrical concert experience featuring the music of Danny Elfman from Tim Burton's films, performed by the Mystery Ensemble.
A medieval folk music concert by the ensemble She'Koyokh at the National Centre for Early Music.
A lively blend of world jazz, folk and Caribbean grooves led by James Lascelles.
The Persian Trio bring classical Persian music and contemporary elements to the National Centre for Early Music.
A concert of art songs by Spanish and Latin American women composers, performed by soprano Lorena Paz Nieto and pianist Helen Glaisher-Hernández, with a pre-show talk.
A half-day choral workshop led by Odaline de la Martinez on 17th-century Mexican convent music, with a run-through for family and friends.
A screening of the silent documentary 'Grass' (1925) accompanied by live music from Peyman Yazdanian and Adib Rostami.
Jazz concert celebrating John Coltrane's 'A Love Supreme' with Denys Baptiste and Gary Crosby, marking the 60th anniversary of the album's recording.
A winter evening of consort music, song and dance by the Bellot Ensemble, opening the York Early Music Christmas Festival.
A choral workshop led by Jo Wainwright focusing on J.S. Bach's motets, requiring sight-reading ability and choral experience.
A concert of early music performed by the Echo Vocal Ensemble at the National Centre for Early Music, part of the York Early Music Christmas Festival.
Early music concert by the Nocturnalia Ensemble featuring 17th-century folk tunes, works by Purcell, Locke and Matteis, and a modern premiere of a William Viner sonata.
Two York ensembles explore Christmas music from Renaissance Rome, combining sacred polyphony with Italian seasonal songs.
A festive folk supergroup brings reimagined winter and Christmas classics to the National Centre for Early Music as part of the York Early Music Christmas Festival.
John Potter introduces his new book 'Christmas Carols: an English Enchantment' in a relaxed conversation at the National Centre for Early Music.
A Christmas folk show bringing together five of the English folk scene's most inventive artists to celebrate winter traditions and resilience.
An early music concert by the ensemble Imago Mundi, reimagining John Dowland's Lachrimae with Armenian traditional music.
The 50th edition of the UK's most important early music festival, held at the National Centre for Early Music in York.
