to you (the architects are most courageous) — two violins, viola, cello, and piano (2018)
When I give this piece to musicians, I often leave only the note that the piece is “(Mis)readings of Frank O'Hara's to you, and a love song.” The full stanza of the O’Hara poem is:
the architects are most courageous
because it stands for all to see
and for a long long time just as
the words “I’ll always love you”
At the time I wrote this piece, I thought of “the architects”—or composers—as the other, as something I was looking at “there over the river,” but not a part of. As I change, the poem continues to change. Perhaps none of the interpretations are misreadings, only a reflection of where we each are in that moment, standing for all to see.
Written for Point CounterPoint Summer Music Festival 2018, and premiered there by Ari Streisfeld and Isabel Ong, violins, Lanzilotti, viola, Jason Calloway, cello, and David Kaplan, piano, duration 7’
to you (the architects are most courageous) — piano quintet. Set of score and parts.
Digital download of the score and parts for to you (the architects are most courageous) for piano, two violins, viola, and cello.
This PDF is only for individual use. Libraries wishing to acquire the score should purchase the print edition.
Upcoming Performances
Saturday, April 17, 2027 — Soundstreams presents Praise Song for Oceania curated by Métis composer and pianist Jesse Plessis, featuring Lanzilotti’s ahupuaʻa; say it in your heart, say it when you sleep; to you (the architects are most courageous); and MMIP; Trinity St Paul's Jeanne Lamon Hall, Toronto, Canada
Past Performances
Friday, March 10, 2023 — Third Street Music School, Thoughts from the Future, Faculty Concert, Aimée Niemann, Abby Swidler, Megan Atchley, Talia Dicker, and Eli Wallace (free with RSVP), New York, NY
Thursday, January 30, 2020 — Music, Architecture, Perception: reflections on the work of Leilehua Lanzilotti and Andrew Norman, DePaul Ensemble 20+, Michael Lewanski, conductor, DePaul University, Chicago, IL
Monday, July 9, 2018 — Ari Streisfeld and Isabel Ong (violins), Leilehua Lanzilotti (viola), Jason Calloway (cello), David Kaplan (piano), Point CounterPoint Music Festival, VT