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In Oliver Leith鈥檚 music, pleasure and pain overlap, so both feelings are palpable in every gesture. Pearly, goldy, woody, bloody, or Abundance for orchestra begins with the best of intentions: 鈥渃lassical, thick, like marble moulding, beautiful, regal.鈥� But formalities quickly get out of hand; everything at Leith鈥檚 party droops, fuzzes and deflates.

The psychedelic, blissful minimalism of Terry Riley鈥檚 In C flirts with darkness before being dragged back into the light. As a lover of John Coltrane and Miles Davis, a believer in the power of collective music-making, and a seeker of transcendence, In C distilled Riley鈥檚 thinking into something pure and strong, and became minimal music鈥檚 first mainstream hit.

Searing pain sits at the heart of John Adams鈥檚 Harmonielehre. Spread across forty minutes, Harmonielehre is both Adams鈥檚 love letter to the symphonic tradition, and a happy marriage of lyrical late Romantic expression with his own glittering minimalism.

Into this heady mix comes a world premiere of new work by Mica Levi, a creator of music with hidden, unerring depths known for their exploratory film scores and cross-genre collaborations.

The show is presented as part of THE BLACK LIGHTS; a new festival of contemporary art taking place across multiple venues in Blackpool 26th - 28th June 2026.

New work by Mica Levi has been co-commissioned by 麻豆社 Radio 3, 麻豆社 Philharmonic and THE BLACK LIGHTS.

This show will be recorded for future broadcast on 麻豆社 Radio 3.