The Alaskan wilderness and the Arctic sky is where night and day steadily unfold with a special kind of magic. These horizons stretch far and wide across the nature-infused music of John Luther Adams. His ‘Canticles of the Sky’ for string quartet is stark, bright and expansive. It takes inspiration from sunbeams that hit ice crystals and refract, forming vivid halos and sundogs. To hear it live is to feel the steady, creeping warmth of a frosty day… 

On our way to these distant soundscapes, we bask in the radiant purity of Arvo Pärt’s ‘Summa’ and briefly leave Earth behind for alien terrains. Experimental British musician and composer Mica Levi is best known for their scores for films like ‘Under the Skin’ and ‘The Zone of Interest’. In a new commission for the Collective, Jasmine Morris manipulates time with her slow-crawling textures and otherworldly sounds.

Join us and ascend to the highest heights.

Jasmine Morris’ new work is commissioned by Manchester Collective with support from our Commissioning Club

Dates

3 Feb – Bristol – Bristol Beacon
5 Feb – Nottingham – Lakeside Arts
6 Feb – Leeds – Howard Assembly Room
7 Feb – Birkenhead – Future Yard
8 Feb – Manchester – Aviva Studios
12 Feb – London – St Martin-in-the-Fields

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Setlist

Arvo Pärt Summa
Benjamin Britten String Quartet No. 2, I.
Henry Purcell Fantasia in C Minor, Z. 738
Mica Levi You Belong to Me
Jasmine Morris New commission
John Luther Adams Canticles of the Sky

Approximate runtime: 85 mins plus interval