Lei Liang

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Works

• All
  • Against Piano
    for one piano, two performers
    (1999 )
  • Ascension
    for brass quintet and percussion
    (2008 )
  • Aural Hypothesis
    for chamber ensemble
    flute (piccolo, alto flute), clarinet (bass clarinet), violin, cello, piano, vibraphone (2010 )
  • Bamboo Lights
    for chamber orchestra
    1.1.1.1-1.1.1.0-2perc-hp.pno-2vn.va.vc.db (2013 )
  • Brush-Stroke
    Chamber Orchestra (2005 )
  • Close your eyes
    for voices (soprano/alto) and mixed ensemble
    (2020 )
  • Déjà Vu
    for violin and percussion
    (2019 )
  • Dialectal Percussions
    percussion solo (1994 )
  • Feng
    for solo cello
    (1998 )
  • Feng
    version for solo viola
    (1998 )
  • Feng
    version for solo violin
    (1998 )
  • Five Seasons
    pipa, string quartet (2010 )
  • Garden Eight
    version for piano
    (1996, rev. 2004 )
  • Garden Eight: "Bei" (north)
    version for pipa
    (1996, rev. 2014 )
  • Garden Nine
    2 sopranos, 6 altos, 3 tenors, 1 baritone, piano, and 2 pairs of rocks (1996 )
  • Garden Six
    for six saxophones
    (1996 )
  • Gobi Canticle
    violin, cello (2005 )
  • Gobi Canticle
    violin, viola (2005, rev. 2010 )
  • Gobi Gloria
    String Quartet (2006 )
  • Harp Concerto
    Harp and Chamber Orchestra (2009 )
  • Inheritance
    a chamber opera
    study score (2018 )
  • Inkscape
    for percussion quartet and piano
    (2014 )
  • In Praise of Shadows
    solo flute (2005 )
  • Journey
    for solo violin
    (2023 )
  • A Journey into Desire
    solo guitar (2009 )
  • Lake
    version for clarinet and flute
    clarinet and flute (1999/rev.2004 )
  • Lake
    two flutes (1999/rev.2004 )
  • Lake
    version for alto saxophone and a string instrument
    (1999, rev. 2013 )
  • Lake
    version for flute and alto saxophone
    (1999; rev. 2013 )
  • Lake
    version for two saxophones
    (1999, rev. 2014 )
  • Lake
    for two trumpets
    (1999 rev. 2013 )
  • Lakescape
    soprano, piano, percussion (2012 )
  • Lakescape II
    for 3 percussionists (2013 )
  • Lakescape III
    version for violin duo or violin solo
    (2014 )
  • Lakescape III
    version for viola duo or viola solo
    (2014 )
  • Lakescape IV
    for di, sheng, yangqin, pipa, zhongruan and zheng
    (2014 )
  • Lakescape V
    for baritone, trumpet, trombone, and bass clarinet
    (2016 )
  • Lakescape VI
    for woodwind quintet
    (2018 )
  • Lakescape VII
    for bamboo flute ensemble
    (2018 )
  • Lakescape VIII
    for flute and vibraphone
    (2019 )
  • Listening for Blossoms
    for flute, harp, violin, viola, double bass and piano
    (2011 )
  • Luminosity
    for contrabass solo
    (2014/2016 )
  • Luminous
    full score
    contrabass solo, bass clarinet, horn, percussion, piano, violin, viola, cello (2014 )
  • Memories of Xiaoxiang
    Alto Saxophone and Tape (2003 )
  • Messages of White
    for saxophone quartet, erhu, sheng, pipa, yangqin and percussion (2011 )
  • Mineral Harmonies: Book 1
    (2024 )
  • Mongolian Suite
    for cello solo
    (2022 )
  • The moon is following us
    for piano solo
    (2015 )
  • Mother's Songs
    or viola and pipa
    (2020 )
  • My Windows
    piano (2007 )
  • Parts for a Floating Space
    Saxophone and Percussion (2002 )
  • Parts for a Floating Space
    version for clarinet and vibraphone
    (2002/2014 )
  • Parts for a Floating Space
    version for cello and piano
    (2002/2019 )
  • Peking Opera Soliloquy
    alto saxophone (1994 )
  • Petal by Petal, Leaf by Leaf
    for flute, viola, and harp
    (2016 )
  • Piano, Piano
    For an Improvising Pianist
    piano (2012 )
  • Serashi Fragments
    for string quartet
    (2005 )
  • Silk and Bamboo Concerto
    for flute (or bamboo flute) and string quartet
    (2023 )
  • Six Seasons
    for any number of improvising musicians and pre-recorded sounds
    (2022 )
  • Some Empty Thoughts of a Person from Edo
    harpsichord solo
  • Song Recollections
    for string quartet
    (2016 )
  • A Thousand Mountains, A Million Streams
    for orchestra
    (2017 )
  • Touching with Sound
    for piano
    (2023 )
  • Trans
    for solo percussion and audience
    Open to interpretation and changes; the three staves for the performer do not designate fixed instrumentation – each may transmutate, and they can transform into one another. (2013 )
  • Tremors of a Memory Chord
    full score
    for piano and grand Chinese orchestra (2011 )
  • Trio
    piano, cello, percussion (2002 )
  • Verge
    for eighteen solo strings
    (2009 )
  • Verge Quartet
    for string quartet
    (2013 )
  • vis-à-vis
    for pipa and percussion
    (2018 )
  • Will you come to my dream?
    for piano, four-hands
    (2017 )
  • Winged Creatures
    for harpsichord, 2 violins and cello (2006 )
  • Xiaoxiang
    concerto for alto saxophone and orchestra
    (2009, rev. 2014 )
• Solo (excluding keyboard)
  • Dialectal Percussions
    percussion solo (1994 )
  • Feng
    for solo cello
    (1998 )
  • Feng
    version for solo viola
    (1998 )
  • Feng
    version for solo violin
    (1998 )
  • Garden Eight: "Bei" (north)
    version for pipa
    (1996, rev. 2014 )
  • In Praise of Shadows
    solo flute (2005 )
  • Journey
    for solo violin
    (2023 )
  • A Journey into Desire
    solo guitar (2009 )
  • Lakescape III
    version for violin duo or violin solo
    (2014 )
  • Lakescape III
    version for viola duo or viola solo
    (2014 )
  • Luminosity
    for contrabass solo
    (2014/2016 )
  • Memories of Xiaoxiang
    Alto Saxophone and Tape (2003 )
  • Mongolian Suite
    for cello solo
    (2022 )
  • Peking Opera Soliloquy
    alto saxophone (1994 )
  • Trans
    for solo percussion and audience
    Open to interpretation and changes; the three staves for the performer do not designate fixed instrumentation – each may transmutate, and they can transform into one another. (2013 )
• Solo keyboard
  • Garden Eight
    version for piano
    (1996, rev. 2004 )
  • The moon is following us
    for piano solo
    (2015 )
  • My Windows
    piano (2007 )
  • Piano, Piano
    For an Improvising Pianist
    piano (2012 )
  • Some Empty Thoughts of a Person from Edo
    harpsichord solo
  • Touching with Sound
    for piano
    (2023 )
• Chamber (2-5 players)
  • Against Piano
    for one piano, two performers
    (1999 )
  • Déjà Vu
    for violin and percussion
    (2019 )
  • Five Seasons
    pipa, string quartet (2010 )
  • Gobi Canticle
    violin, cello (2005 )
  • Gobi Canticle
    violin, viola (2005, rev. 2010 )
  • Gobi Gloria
    String Quartet (2006 )
  • Inkscape
    for percussion quartet and piano
    (2014 )
  • Lake
    version for clarinet and flute
    clarinet and flute (1999/rev.2004 )
  • Lake
    two flutes (1999/rev.2004 )
  • Lake
    version for alto saxophone and a string instrument
    (1999, rev. 2013 )
  • Lake
    version for flute and alto saxophone
    (1999; rev. 2013 )
  • Lake
    version for two saxophones
    (1999, rev. 2014 )
  • Lake
    for two trumpets
    (1999 rev. 2013 )
  • Lakescape
    soprano, piano, percussion (2012 )
  • Lakescape II
    for 3 percussionists (2013 )
  • Lakescape III
    version for violin duo or violin solo
    (2014 )
  • Lakescape III
    version for viola duo or viola solo
    (2014 )
  • Lakescape V
    for baritone, trumpet, trombone, and bass clarinet
    (2016 )
  • Lakescape VI
    for woodwind quintet
    (2018 )
  • Lakescape VIII
    for flute and vibraphone
    (2019 )
  • Mother's Songs
    or viola and pipa
    (2020 )
  • Parts for a Floating Space
    Saxophone and Percussion (2002 )
  • Parts for a Floating Space
    version for clarinet and vibraphone
    (2002/2014 )
  • Parts for a Floating Space
    version for cello and piano
    (2002/2019 )
  • Petal by Petal, Leaf by Leaf
    for flute, viola, and harp
    (2016 )
  • Serashi Fragments
    for string quartet
    (2005 )
  • Silk and Bamboo Concerto
    for flute (or bamboo flute) and string quartet
    (2023 )
  • Song Recollections
    for string quartet
    (2016 )
  • Trio
    piano, cello, percussion (2002 )
  • Verge Quartet
    for string quartet
    (2013 )
  • vis-à-vis
    for pipa and percussion
    (2018 )
  • Will you come to my dream?
    for piano, four-hands
    (2017 )
  • Winged Creatures
    for harpsichord, 2 violins and cello (2006 )
• Large ensemble (6-12 players)
  • Ascension
    for brass quintet and percussion
    (2008 )
  • Aural Hypothesis
    for chamber ensemble
    flute (piccolo, alto flute), clarinet (bass clarinet), violin, cello, piano, vibraphone (2010 )
  • Garden Six
    for six saxophones
    (1996 )
  • Lakescape IV
    for di, sheng, yangqin, pipa, zhongruan and zheng
    (2014 )
  • Lakescape VII
    for bamboo flute ensemble
    (2018 )
  • Listening for Blossoms
    for flute, harp, violin, viola, double bass and piano
    (2011 )
  • Luminous
    full score
    contrabass solo, bass clarinet, horn, percussion, piano, violin, viola, cello (2014 )
  • Messages of White
    for saxophone quartet, erhu, sheng, pipa, yangqin and percussion (2011 )
• Choral (a cappella or with any number of instruments)
  • Close your eyes
    for voices (soprano/alto) and mixed ensemble
    (2020 )
  • Garden Nine
    2 sopranos, 6 altos, 3 tenors, 1 baritone, piano, and 2 pairs of rocks (1996 )
• Orchestra
  • Bamboo Lights
    for chamber orchestra
    1.1.1.1-1.1.1.0-2perc-hp.pno-2vn.va.vc.db (2013 )
  • Brush-Stroke
    Chamber Orchestra (2005 )
  • Harp Concerto
    Harp and Chamber Orchestra (2009 )
  • A Thousand Mountains, A Million Streams
    for orchestra
    (2017 )
  • Tremors of a Memory Chord
    full score
    for piano and grand Chinese orchestra (2011 )
  • Verge
    for eighteen solo strings
    (2009 )
  • Xiaoxiang
    concerto for alto saxophone and orchestra
    (2009, rev. 2014 )
• Opera
  • Inheritance
    a chamber opera
    study score (2018 )
• Large ensemble (13-17 players)
  • Close your eyes
    for voices (soprano/alto) and mixed ensemble
    (2020 )
• Open instrumentation
  • Six Seasons
    for any number of improvising musicians and pre-recorded sounds
    (2022 )
• Wind ensemble
  • Close your eyes
    for voices (soprano/alto) and mixed ensemble
    (2020 )