Lavinia Meijer (harp), Clarice Jensen (cello), Caimin Gilmore (double bass): GROUNDTONE Day 4

  • July 21, 2025 8:00 PM - 9:30 PM
  • PS21 : Center for Contemporary Performance

    2980 New York 66
    Chatham, New York 12037
Ticket Price $17.50-$30.00 Buy Tickets
Description

GROUNDTONE closes with an evening of new music featuring stellar soloists from Europe and the Hudson Valley, a US premiere, and much more.

 

PS21 and New Amsterdam Records present an international double bill featuring music and performances from American cellist/composer Clarice Jensen & Dutch harpist Lavinia Meijer, culminating in the US premiere of BlackGate, by Irish composer Caimin Gilmore.

 

Jensen, whose album The experience of repetition as death was described by NPR as “among the great ambient albums of the 21st century,” here presents preview material from her forthcoming new record.

 

Meijer, one of the foremost harp players in Europe, regularly appears on the biggest classical stages in the world & holds the distinction as the only classical artist to have hit the top 10 in the Dutch album charts with three consecutive albums.

 

Gilmore, a double bassist & member of new music group Crash Ensemble, is celebrating the release of his debut album BlackGate on New Amsterdam & Ten Spot Records (IRL), August 1st. The work will receive a series of special US performances from Jensen & Meijer in July. Gilmore is currently touring the US with Irish band Ye Vagabonds & has performed on over 40 albums, including releases from Leonard Cohen & Damon Albarn, but here emerges with BlackGate as a major new Irish compositional voice.

 

PROGRAM

Set I  Lavinia Meijer solo harp
Works by Lavinia Meijer and Phillip Glass

Set II  Clarice Jensen solo cello & effects pedals
Works from Jensen's forthcoming album In holiday clothing, out of the great darkness due for release on FatCat/130701 October, 2025

Set III  US Premiere of BlackGate by Caimin Gilmore  
With cellist Clarice Jensen, harpist Lavinia Meijer, and electronics

 

Date & Time

Mon, Jul 21, 2025 8:00 PM - 9:30 PM

Venue Details

PS21 : Center for Contemporary Performance

2980 New York 66
Chatham, New York 12037 PS21 : Center for Contemporary Performance
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A vibrant center for contemporary performance in the Hudson Valley, PS21 “presents work that challenges and invites” (The New York Times): adventurous productions by leading and emerging American and international artists in music, dance, and theater, and visionaries creating entirely new genres. On our open-air Pavilion Theater stage, across our expansive, unspoiled grounds, and in the diverse surrounding communities, PS21 cultivates and presents productions that transcend aesthetic boundaries and revitalize existing artistic languages and grammars. Throughout the year, we host developmental residencies for dancers, musicians, actors, and creators of original, even unclassifiable new work. Rooted in community collaboration, PS21’s programming engages creatively with critical global and social issues. It is a mecca for innovative and original artistic voices, a destination for performance that can be experienced nowhere else in the region. PS21’s Pavilion Theater is a green-energy marvel surrounded by 100 acres of unspoiled meadows, trails, and woodlands that are a haven to wildlife and visitors across the region.  Integrated into our unspoiled campus, the theater embodies our commitments to the public: open, inviting, and optimized for their enjoyment and encouraging citizen expression and participation.

 

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