silhouette, mirror — two violas (2024)
Version for two violas commissioned by Tallā Rouge Viola Duo. The commissioners currently have exclusivity of the arrangement.
duration 5’
The musical material for silhouette, mirror comes from Lanzilotti’s string orchestra work, with eyes the color of time, a finalist for the 2022 Pulitzer Prize in Music.
The title of this piece refer to works of art that were featured in The Contemporary Museum (Spalding House) in Honolulu when it first opened: James Seawright’s Mirror XV (1987) and the bronze doors at the entrance of the museum by Robert Graham which had silhouettes of women in them.
silhouette, mirror — Video Co-Directed by Grittani Creative & Miles Jappa. Performed by Tallā Rouge: Aria Cheregosha & Lauren Spaulding, violas. Shapes in Collective Space | ǝɔɐdS ǝʌıʇɔǝlloƆ uı sǝdɐɥS (Bright Shiny Things, Sep. 20, 2024)
performed by Tallā Rouge Viola Duo (Aria Cheregosha & Lauren Spaulding) at Boulanger Initiative's WoCo Fest 2024: Evolve at AMP by Strathmore
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“at once suspenseful and sublime.” — Tristan McKay, I Care if You Listen
“. . . my favorite work is the closer from Leilehua Lanzilotti: ‘silhouette, mirror,’ an adaptation of the piece of the same name written for a string orchestra, that ripples with exquisite tension and striated textures.” — Peter Margasak, The Best Contemporary Classical Music on Bandcamp, September 2024 (Tallā Rouge to have each other’s back. But the music on the pair’s impressive debut album Shapes in Collective Space, Bright Shiny Things 2024)
Past Performances
Friday, May 17, 2024 — Tallā Rouge Viola Duo performs at Colorado MahlerFest, Roots Music Project, Boulder, CO
Friday, April 12, 2024 — Tallā Rouge Viola Duo performs silhouette, mirror at WoCo Fest, Amp@Strathmore, North Bethesda, MD
Thursday, March 28, 2024 — Tallā Rouge Viola Duo, The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, College Park, Maryland
Sunday, March 3, 2024 — Ladies Musical Club of Seattle presents Tallā Rouge Viola Duo, Raymond Theatre, Seattle, WA
Saturday, March 2, 2024 — Ladies Musical Club of Seattle presents Tallā Rouge Viola Duo, 130th annual luncheon Seattle Opera, Speight Jenkins Hall Program: La Calle 92, Seattle, WA
Friday, February 23, 2024 — Tallā Rouge Viola Duo, World Premiere, Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, DC