YORK Minster's Nave will be transformed by a sound and light projection next month.

The cathedral will open its doors after hours for Northern Lights on June 16 and 17.

The cavernous Nave will be completely cleared of chairs and filled with music from the cathedral’s organ, before the light and sound installation is shown at 9.30pm.

Artists Ross Ashton and Karen Monid from double Guinness World Record winning company The Projection Studio have designed the projection, which takes inspiration from the cathedral’s stained glass and architecture.

The event launches a new three-year fundraising campaign to extend state-of-the-art external glazing to all 128 of the Minster’s mostly medieval stained glass windows, many of which currently have no protection from the elements.

Ross, who is already well known in York for outdoor projections including the highly successful projection Rose, shown outside York Minster’s South Transept in 2010, said: “This one is particularly special as it will be inside the Minster itself."

Tickets costing £5 can be purchased through the Minster’s website at www.yorkminster.org. For more information visit the website or call 01904 557200.