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The project 'Music for a Busy City' takes six leading composers out of the concert hall and into Manchester's spaces, making music for the spaces which people pass through every day.

The project includes Matthew Herbet, Mohammed Fairouz, Olga Neuwirth, Philip Venables, Huang Ruo and Anna Meredith all providing music for places around Manchester from shopping centres, train stations to the Town Hall.

Each piece is up to 10 minutes long and is part of the space that inspired it. They play in rotation every hour, so you can journey around town and hear each one in succession.

Anna Meredith has chosen a walkway between two department stores which have lifts either side. Her unique soundtrack is called Chorale for Lifts and is directly affected by the lifts movement as they travel up and down.

Elizabeth Alker spoke to Anna to find out why she chose this particular space…