MANCHESTER COLLECTIVE: SKY WITH THE FOUR SUNS
"A rare chance to experience an intimate string quartet show in the round. Get up close and personal to the music. Catch every movement and breath."
Manchester Collective Presents Sky with the Four Suns live at Future Yard on Saturday 7th February 2026.
Enter a realm flooded with light and sound.
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.
Tickets on sale now.
Programme
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 New commission
John Luther Adams Canticles of the Sky
Approximate runtime: 85 minutes + interval
7:00pm doors, 7:30pm show starts, 9:30pm show ends, including 20-minute interval
"Totally magical evening, a truly immersive experience. Being close to the performers and instruments allowed me to appreciate the skill and musicianship"
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- All our pizzas are vegetarian and vegan friendly, available by the slice or a full 16″ pizza
- Kitchen open 3pm-9pm for this event. Usual opening hours are 5-9pm on Fridays + Saturdays, plus all show days
- Slice + A Pint deal available before 7pm on all show days
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VENUE INFO
Future Yard is open every day from 10am – so you can stop by for a coffee or a pre-show drink in our bar area whenever you like. Our pizza kitchen is open on weekends and before every gig, 5-9pm.
The live room doors open at 7pm (this is separate from our bar area), and music starts at 7:30pm. The bar is open after the show.
Manchester Collective and Future Yard presents
Sky With The Four Suns
Saturday 7th February 2026
7:00pm doors
75 Argyle Street
Tickets £20.00 advance (+ booking fee)
£16 Early Bird (+ booking fee)
£10 Low Income/Birkenhead Residents (+ booking fee)
Tickets available online in advance or in person at the Future Yard Box Office.
Under 16s must be accompanied by an adult. We cannot issue refunds to under 16s who are not accompanied by an adult.
Future Yard is a cashless venue – all payments are taken by contactless or chip and pin. Live curfew 11pm.
If you have any specific access requests, please read all of the details about accessibility at Future Yard here.