Lie Down and Listen, Baroque Bliss, St Margaret's, York

Lie Down & Listen: Baroque Bliss, Sunday 7 February

Baroque Bliss comes to the medieval church of St Margaret's, home of the National Centre for Early Music in York, this February, led by singer and sound healer Catarina Carvalho with special guest Toby Carr, one of the UK's leading theorbo and lute players.

The blissful Tibetan bowl sound healing and lying down classical concert experience that's been selling out across the UK, Ireland and the US arrives in York with Baroque Bliss.

"Utterly Blissed Out" The Financial Times

Location:
St Margaret's, National Centre for Early Music, Walmgate, York YO1 9TL

St.Margaret's has been holy ground for around a thousand years, and the church's finely carved doorway dates from the end of the 12th century. Since 2000, St Margaret's has been home to the National Centre for Early Music, so the lute and theorbo you'll hear are being played in a place devoted to exactly this music.

What to expect:
Baroque Bliss is a gentle, deeply restful experience of Tibetan bowl sound healing and early music, experienced lying down within the ancient walls of St Margaret's. At its heart are the lute and theorbo of Toby Carr, whose playing The Guardian has called "sensuous and vivid", alongside singer and sound healer Catarina Carvalho, who leads the session.

Catarina's voice and the soothing vibrations of Tibetan bowls will ease you into deep relaxation, before blissful, melancholic baroque melodies and the deep resonances of the theorbo begin to fill the church. As the music washes over you, you'll feel the weight you've been carrying lift, the mind quieten and the heart open.

You'll leave feeling restored, lighter and deeply at peace, warmed through in the heart of winter.

We can't wait to welcome you to this very special Lie Down and Listen.

Dates:
Sunday 7th February: 12pm, 3pm and 5.30pm

Tickets:
£45 (plus £1.75 booking fee)
Includes:

• 90mins experience
• Mattresses, cushions and blankets provided for your comfort

About Lie Down and Listen
Lie Down and Listen was founded by pianist Christina McMaster and has previously partnered with unique heritage buildings across the UK and Ireland, including at Highgrove His Majesty The King's Gloucestershire Residence, The Painted Hall at the Old Royal Naval College, and the historic Trinity College in Dublin. The locations themselves are as much part of the experience, offering guests the opportunity to truly dwell and experience a feeling of awe in historical places

What Our Guests Are Saying

★★★★★
"I have been moved to tears every single time I have attended. I cannot recommend them enough!"
Diane Abeno, Google review

★★★★★
"Christina's graceful presence and gentle reminder for us to carve out time to slow down to listen is needed in a world that always asks us for more. What a beautiful session."
Emma Hodgkinson-Last, Google review

★★★★★
"The most surreal and relaxing experience I've ever had… Highly recommended…on leaving…I am floating"
Paula Taylor, Google review

Meet Your Host: Catarina

Catarina is a classical singer and sound artist with a passion for embodied sound. Her journey from opera into yoga led her to use voice and sound to help people feel and process emotion without judgement.

About Toby Carr

Toby Carr is a lutenist and guitarist who performs across the UK and beyond as a soloist, chamber musician and continuo player, on renaissance lute, baroque guitar and theorbo. The Guardian has described his theorbo playing as "sensuous and vivid", and Gramophone has praised his "delicate touch". Toby has joined Lie Down and Listen for sold out sessions at the Bodleian Library in Oxford, and brings the deep resonances of baroque music to this experience.