AS WAVE AS STONE To Be Performed By Aperture Duo In Sierra Madre

Aperture Duo – featuring violinist Adrianne Pope and violist Linnea Powell – will showcase theatrical chamber music in a concert of contemporary works for violin and viola that includes performance art and improvisation.

The program, titled “as wave as stone,” features an array of  works, among them "to be two" by 2022 Pulitzer Prize-finalist Leilani Leilehua, a Kanaka Maoli composer whose work is characterized by explorations of timbre. The piece takes its title from the book by philosopher/linguist Luce Irigaray from which Leilehua has woven excerpts into the score.

Also featured is the Aperture Duo-commissioned work "Travelogue" by Erin Rogers, which the composer wrote while touring Europe. Pope and Powel speak, sing, recite, and even argue throughout the piece. Rogers explains, “The title is a tribute to Joni Mitchell‘s album of the same name, featuring an extensive collection of her orchestrated songs. Theatricality is built into the piece through staging, text, and actions, both players doubling as train commuters and practicing musicians, while encountering a variety of notational geography.”

The program continues with Aperture Duo preforming "edge" by Helmut Oehring, whose experiences as a child of deaf-mute parents led to a highly original perspective on the nature of sound and communication.

Other works include "434.6" by Grammy-nominated artist Andrew McIntosh and "Aure" by Kaija Saariaho, an homage to composer Henri Dutilleux’s 95th birthday.