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York Early Music Festival3–12 July 2008This year’s Festival takes as its theme ‘Exile: music written for a strange land’, focusing on musicians, composers and their families whose politics, church and their own personal ambitions led them to spend time away from home. Guest artists will include Jordi Savall, Rolf Lislevand and Pierre Hantai; the Harp Consort directed by Andrew Lawrence-King, presenting The Play of Daniel in York Minster; Yorkshire Baroque Soloists performing Handel’s Israel in Egypt; the Choir of New College, Oxford; the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment directed by Rachel Podger; London Baroque with Emma Kirkby; and Joglaresa. York Early Music Festival utilizes a variety of historic venues within the City of York - for details of where to stay in the City, contact info@ncem.co.uk Booking is now open for all events of the Festival. To join our free mailing list, contact the NCEM at St Margaret’s Church, Walmgate, York YO1 9TL telephone York [01904] 658338 or e mail boxoffice@ncem.co.uk Please note that dates for next year's York Early Music Festival run from 10th - 18th July 2009.