THE National Centre for Early Music, in York, is to play host to an online celebration of music for springtime on March 27 and 28. The weekend programme of Awaken will feature celebrated British musicians, working across a range of historic venues to mark “the unique association between the City of York and the exquisite beauty of the music of the past”. The two days of festivities will begin with a musical whistle stop tour led by the all-male vocal group The Gesualdo Six, directed by Owain Park at 1pm. Beyond These Shores: A York Tapestry will
explore the musical “jewels in the crown” of Renaissance Europe, as revealed in the stained glass and manuscripts of the City of York.