BlackGate

Kate Ellis, cello
Caimin Gilmore, double bass
Lavinia Meijer, harp

Programme to include
 
Gabriella Smith “Bare” 
Lavinia Meijer “Atmospheric Rivers”
 
Caimin Gilmore “BlackGate”

Kate Ellis, Caimin Gilmore, & Lavinia Meijer perform BlackGate by Caimin Gilmore. 

BlackGate, written for Double Bass, Cello, Harp & DX-7, had its premiere at Kilkenny Arts Festival in August ’24. This concert marks the release of the piece on 10” vinyl through Dublin label Ten Spot Records. BlackGate is a cross genre piece & reflection of Gilmore’s work as a bassist & arranger across multiple styles from contemporary music to pop, classical & folk.

“Caimin Gilmore’s upright bass-playing was reminiscent of Danny Thompson’s work, fluid and sunlit.” The Spectator

“Fabulous playing by Caimin Gilmore.” Journal of Music

Caimin Gilmore is a Double Bassist, songwriter & composer from Dublin. He works with a wide range of ensemble’s using extended technique to transcend across genres. He has performed &/or recorded with recording artists such as Damon Albarn, Adam Cohen (on Leonard Cohen’s ‘Thanks for the Dance’), Greg Saunier (Deerhoof), Aaron Dessner (The National), Phoebe Bridgers (Boy Genius), Bernard Butler (Suede), Lisa Hannigan, Lisa O’Neill, Ye Vagabonds, John Francis Flynn, Jessy Buckley to name a few. He is a member of contemporary classical groups Crash Ensemble & s t a r g a z e.

Kate Ellis is Artistic Director of Crash Ensemble, cellist with Martin Hayes’ Common Ground Ensemble and toured with Bono as part of his Stories of Surrender show. Recent projects include the Irish premiere of Philip Glass’ Cello Concerto Naqoyqatsi with the Philip Glass Ensemble and the National Symphony Orchestra, orchestral arrangements for Martin Hayes and the NSO, the release of a major new work for solo cello by Northern Irish composer Ed Bennett on the Ergodos label, curation of a contemporary music series ‘Europe: Here and Now’ at the National Concert Hall, Dublin and the creation of new music in collaboration with the Vernon Spring, Multi-Traction Orchestra and with UK and US based musicians as part of Brawl Records Echolocation project.
 
Lavinia Meijer (1983), an exclusive Sony Classical International Artist, is one of the most versatile harpists of our time. After her debut at Carnegie Hall in New York in 2007, she is regularly invited to perform as a soloist in Europe, Asia and America, including Carnegie Hall New York, Berlin Philharmonie, Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Seoul Arts Center and Musikverein Vienna.
 
Her intense groundbreaking renditions of the music by Philip Glass have mesmerized audiences across the world. After meeting him in 2011, he gave permission for her to transcribe his five-piece, Metamorphosis, for harp. Since then she has transcribed various other of his works, including Opening Piece, various movements from The Hours, Etudes and the main theme from Koyaanisquatsi. As well as performing on stage with Glass and participating alongside him in interviews, he has invited her several times to perform at Carnegie Hall New York and his Days and Nights Festival at the Big Sur in California.
 
She also collaborated and shared the stage with Ludovico Einaudi, Iggy Pop, Patti Smith, Laurie Anderson, Olafur Arnalds and Sufjan Stevens. Her albums are released worldwide (Channel Classics, Sony Classics) and have been awarded Edison Awards and platinum status.

Presented by New Music Dublin
Sponsored by RTE/NCH/Arts Council Ireland