“The Double Helix Scene” from LSD: Huxley’s Last Trip will be premiered by the Partch Ensemble, performing at REDCAT in downtown Los Angeles, on June 4-5. The opera is being scored for chamber ensemble combined with a collection of microtonal instruments built by Harry Partch. In this scene, set at the Eagle Pub in Cambridge, Francis Crick and James Watson celebrate their discovery of DNA, the Secret of Life. Crick reveals that while under the influence of LSD, he visualized the Double Helix for the first time.