Sky with the Four Suns

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.

Arvo Pärt Summa
Benjamin Britten String Quartet No. 2, I. Allegro calmo senza rigore
Henry Purcell Fantasia in C minor, Z.738
Mica Levi You Belong to Me
Jasmine Morris Poems of Consciousness
John Luther Adams Canticles of the Sky

You’ll find an online version of the programme notes here.