Contemporary music concerts in York

Lunchtime Concerts

1pm to 2pm Saturday

Tickets just £5 online or on the door

Evening concerts

7.30pm to 9.30pm Saturday

Tickets £12/£10 online or on the door

(£5 for students)

On Turning Sixty

“I have been writing music for longer than I care to remember!” At 60, in a new article for York Late Music, David Power looks back on his path from writing rock to contemporary classical music. Inspired at first by listening to a Slade top hit to write music for the Gs, his early teen band with friends, then by way of Bowie, Eno and Stockhausen, finally to immerse himself in contemporary classical music, writing with songs still at the centre of his work. Four of his piano pieces will be performed at the lunchtime concert featuring Duncan Honeybourne on the 5th November at 1pm.

Composer of the Month

Norwegian composer Stine Solbakken composed Karl Johan’s Gate, to be performed at the exciting evening concert on Friday 30 September 2022, featuring the Delta Saxophone Quartet. Interviewed by fellow composer Steve Crowther, Solbakken describes her background, how she became interested in composing, how she works and reveals which pieces of music she’d select for that Desert Island

Review: Gemini (October 2021)

Paul Conway has written an extensive review of Late Music’s October evening concert, featuring Gemini, which included premieres of pieces by Sadie Harrison and Morag Galloway. Of Harrison’s Fire in Song, he notes “this work made a strong impression on disc, but seeing it performed live was an even more affecting experience”. You can experience that difference yourself at one of our concerts!