| Yorkshire
Baroque Soloists |
Yorkshire Baroque Soloists was formed
to perform a repertoire from the 17th and 18th centuries for forces
ranging from chamber to orchestral size. The group has performed
and recorded in most European countries and forms the basis of the
baroque and classical parts of York Early Music Festival. |
| Yorkshire
Bach Choir |
The
Yorkshire Bach Choir has gained a national reputation for the very
high quality of its work. It is the only choir in the North that
regularly performs newly edited and rediscovered masterpieces of
earlier centuries, and its contribution to the musical life of the
city and county of York has been widely recognised throughout the
UK and overseas. |
| York
Minister |
The
University and York Minster have close links, and the manuscripts
in York Minster Library have provided graduate students at a higher
level with the opportunity to study primary sources at first hand.
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| York
Early Music Festival |
Every
year, York hosts Britain's leading festival of early music: the
York Early Music Festival. The festival attracts visitors from all
over the world. The concerts present an enormous range of music
given by leading performers, and what's more, they take place within
some of England's finest medieval churches, guildhalls and historic
houses. |
| York
University Music Department |
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| University
of York Centre for Medieval Studies |
The
Centre for Medieval Studies at the University of York was founded
in 1968 in order to promote interdisciplinary research into the
Middle Ages, and it is now one of the most successful teaching institutions
in this field anywhere in the world. |
| National
Centre for Early Music |
York
enjoys the presence of the National Centre for Early Music. It supports
the Early Music Festival and promotes other events throughout the
year. The Centre's home is the refurbished St Margaret's Church
in York, and is set to become a truly national centre for the study
of early music, bringing researchers, performers and audiences together
in the recreation of historical performance style. |
| City
of York |
The City of York itself,
with its historical buildings and all-pervading sense of history,
is an endless source of fascination and delight to all who live
here. |