4:30 Gates / 5:30 Astrid Sonne / 6:30 Cowboys Sadness | Co-Presented with Chosen Family

$20 adv/$25 gate / $10 Kids (5-16) / $15 Members

Drinks by Stockade Tavern / Food by Diego's Taqueria

What is the true sound of a red-orange sun emerging just above the horizon? What’s the sonic equivalent of a monolithic butte towering high above a vacant valley, as menacing thunderheads form in the distance?

The answers lie in the atmospheric & sprawling debut from Cowboy Sadness - a new collaborative project from The Antlers, Bing & Ruth, & Port St. Willow.

The stylistic signatures of each member - Moore’s heavy, undulating organs, Silberman’s melancholic guitars, & Principe’s galloping, hypnotic drums - form thick textures, cavernous spaces, & deep grooves.

“Selected Jambient Works Vol.1” is the summation of over a decade of work. With sounds more akin to Pink Floyd and Can than John Cage, the album is an odyssey through vivid, mercurial environments for the listener to inhabit continuously, unpeopled landscapes where signs of life are rare, but exquisite when uncovered.

Astrid Sonne is a Danish artist, composer, producer and viola player, currently based in London.

Her new album Great Doubt (Escho, 2024) is an addictive collection of chamber pop miniatures that melds her intimate, unadorned vocals with woozy electronics, understated string/piano arrangements and raw, unprocessed programming.

‘Great Doubt’ follows an already acclaimed discography — ‘Outside Of Your Lifetime’, ‘Cliodynamics’, and ‘Human Lines’ — that crafted a signature sonic world, positioning the classical with the modern: baroque moods and arpeggiated synths; choral voices and electronic experiments.

Key performances and commissions to date include: Berlin Atonal – where she performed new work Ephemeral with a choir, Rewire Festival – who commissioned her to write and perform Cycles of Lost and Found, and Strøm Festival – where she unvailed site specific compositions for the ruins under the Danish Parliament and a stretch of the Copenhagen Metro.

“Sonne manipulates stray elements of 20th-century modernism and beyond to illuminate her curious, elliptical songs… pioneering a gloriously odd, twitchy, off-kilter form of R&B“ — The Guardian (Contemporary Album of the Month)

“a delicious garden of sound to explore… liquid natural magic“ — The Wire

What to expect when attending an event at Opus 40:

-Entry is at 356 George Sickle Rd, Saugerties, NY

-COVID Policy: we are an entirely outdoor / open air venue, and we do not require masking at events. Occasionally, events are moved indoors due to weather, in those cases if you do not feel comfortable being indoors we will offer a full refund. 

-No Pets (sorry, we love animals!)

-All Events are All Ages unless noted otherwise. Children under 5 are free. Please be considerate that this is a concert and not a playground, and that all children under 16 must be with guardian on the sculpture. See Children Safety Rules for more

-Concerts may be canceled if there are sustained heavy rain storms. All ticket buyers will get an email and full refunds. Updates will be on our facebook + instagram as well

-Bring a chair / picnic blanket. We also have a limited number of wooden folding chairs and picnic tables on site.

-No Outside Food or Alcoholic Beverages. Outside snacks and non-alcoholic beverages are OK (small coolers only). Every show has 1-2 food local vendors onsite as well as cocktails/beer/wine at the Stockade Tavern barcart. Water/Drinks, Snacks and more available in the gift shop.

-The Sculpture typically closes when music begins or at Sunset. We encourage you to come early (at Gates Time) and explore the grounds!

-ADA parking is available (follows signage) and Carpooling is always encouraged!

Enjoy the show and do not hesitate to reach out with any questions: info@opus40.org or visit our FAQs page