Quatuor Van Kuijk (France) & Parker Ramsay, harp

  • March 1, 2025 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
  • PS21 Black Box Theater

    2980 New York 66
    Chatham, New York 12037
Ticket Price $15.00-$50.00 Buy Tickets
Description

WINTER BLEND

Saturday, March 1st at 3 pm 

PS21 Black Box Theater 

 

Quatuor Van Kuijk and harpist Parker Ramsay visit PS21 with a program of colorfully impressionistic works by French composers Debussy, Fauré, and Caplet paired with Nico Muhly and Alice Goodman’s The Street, a set of meditations commissioned by Ramsay for solo harp. Representatives of the next generation of classical musicians, the internationally celebrated French string quartet and trailblazing American harpist bring their intrepid sense of discovery to classic works of the belle époque and to the vital music of today. 

The program will be followed by a talkback with the artists. 

 

“Style, energy and a sense of risk. These four young Frenchman made the music smile.” — The Guardian

 

“Parker Ramsay is not only redefining what it means to be a harpist today but also paving the way for the next generation of musicians.” — Classical Post

 

ARTISTS

Parker Ramsay, harp

Quatuor Van Kuijk
Nicolas Van Kuijk, violin
Sylvain Favre-Bulle, violin
Emmanuel François, viola
Anthony Kondo, cello

 

PROGRAM

Claude Debussy
String Quartet in G minor, Op. 10 (1893)
La Fille aux cheveux de lin for solo harp (1910)
Danse sacrée et danse profane for harp and strings (1904)


Nico Muhly (text by Alice Goodman)
Suite from The Street for solo harp (2022)


Gabriel Fauré
4 Mélodies (Les Berceaux, Claire de lune, Après un rêve, Mandoline)


André Caplet
Conte fantastique (after Edgar Allen Poe) for string quartet and harp (1908)  

 

HOUSE BLEND 2025

This performance is a preview of PS21’s adventurous summer series of chamber music concerts, artist discussions, and participatory workshops, which returns as a festival weekend this August. Stylistically diverse, House Blend spans cutting-edge new music and bold works of the past, creating new contexts in which even the familiar becomes surprising. Experience some of the most creative and original musicians of our day performing boundary-defying works in an immersive and intimate setting. 

 

Keep an eye out for more details in our upcoming summer season announcement! 

 

Photo of Quatuor Van Kuijk by Svend Andersen
Photo of Parker Ramsay by Tatiana Daubek

Date & Time

Sat, Mar 1, 2025 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Venue Details

PS21 Black Box Theater

2980 New York 66
Chatham, New York 12037 PS21 Black Box Theater
PS/21 Inc

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About PS21

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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