Works of Yuanlin Chen
List
of Principal Works and Performances:
| Tribe among
Mountains |
2008, for string quartet with pipa and tape,
premiered by Kronos Quartet and Wu Man at Barbican Center,
London, UK on May 10, 2009 |
| Wondering along the
Journey |
chamber music for Western instruments, Eastern
instruments, percussion and electronics, performed by Melody of
China at Le Petit Trianon Teather, San Jose on Oct. 4, 2007; Mountin
View Community School of Music on Oct. 5, 2007; St. Mark’s Epistopal
Church, Berkeley on Oct. 6, 2007; Noe Vally Ministry, San Francisco
on Oct. 7, 2007 and Teatro Heckscher, El Museo del Barrio, New York
on Jan. 5, 2008 |
|
Fantasy Sound
|
for eight tracks
surrounding sound installation, performed at Friendship Hall of
Central Conservatory of Music in 2005 and Music
Hall of Oregon
University in 2006 |
|
Great Wall |
a cantata with orchestra |
|
Great Wall Resound |
a suite for
Chinese traditional instruments and electronics with video,
Premiered by CEMC at Performance Hall of Central Conservatory of
Music on Dec. 21, 2004 |
|
Blowing across the Sky,
Striking throughout the Earth |
for 7 wind players, 6 percussionists and conductor, premiered by
Melody of China on January 26, 2003 at Herbst Theater, San Francisco |
|
Red Cliff
|
Concerto for pipa and
orchestra, underwritten by the American Composers Forum with funds
provided by the Jerome Foundation,
in
progress, will premier by Gao Hong, pipa solo and the Seattle
Creative Orchestra |
|
Chasing the
Sun |
for four classical guitars, written for the Minneapolis Guitar
Quartet through a grant provided by the Jerome Foundation, will
premier by the Minneapolis Guitar Quartet in April, 2002 |
|
Shijing Suite |
for Chinese traditional
instruments and electronics, underwritten by the American Composers
Forum with funds provided by the Jerome Foundation,
premiered by the
San Francisco-based Melody of China ensemble at
Yerba Buena
Center for the Arts,
San Francisco on March 4,
2000 |
|
Overture-Rhapsody |
for orchestra, 1999,
performed by Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra at Suntory Hall,
Tokyo, Japan on August 28, 1999 |
|
Two Prose
Poems |
for Chinese instruments: dizi, erhu yangqin and daruan, performed by
Music from China,
Miriam a. Friedberg Concert Hall, Feb. 21, 1998, Merkin Concert
Hall, Manhattan, NY, Oct. 10,1993 |
|
Away from Xuan |
for orchestra, 1997, performed by BBC Scottish
Symphony Orchestra, Concert Hall, Broadcasting House, Glasgow, UK,
December 5, 1997 |
|
Voice of The Mountain |
for full orchestra, 1996 |
|
Voice of The Mountain |
for chamber orchestra, 1996 |
|
Stream |
for soprano and orchestra, 1995, performed by Romania
Orchestra Simfonica, Romania |
|
Horseman Song |
for soprano and orchestra, 1995, performed by
Romania Orchestra Simfonica, Romania |
|
Jing
Yun |
for
violin and computer-generated tape, 1994, performed by
Contemporary Chamber Player, Recital Hall of Staller Center,
SUNY at Stony Brook, April 28, 1994 |
|
Percussion
Trio |
1992, performed by Contemporary Chamber Player, Recital Hall
of Staller Center, SUNY at Stony Brook, NY, Nov. 24,1993 |
|
Flying
Swans |
for soprano, clarinet, violin with digital effects processing
system, 1992, performed by Contemporary Chamber Player, Weill
Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, Manhattan, NY, Dec. 12, 1992;
Recital Hall of Staller Center, SUNY at Stony Brook, April 28, May
15 and Oct. 24, 1992; Academy Theater, Honolulu Academy of Arts,
Honolulu, June 3, 1995 |
|
Woodwind Quintet |
1991,
Performed by Contemporary Chamber Player, Recital Hall of Staller Center, SUNY at Stony Brook, Nov.
10, 1992 |
|
Sea Erosion |
for orchestra, 1989, performed by Central
Philharmonic Orchestra, Beijing, 1989 |
|
Ga |
for unaccompanied chorus, 1987, performed by Central
Philharmonic Orchestra, Beijing, 87; at the Chinese Contemporary
Music Festival, Glasgow, UK 88; at chamber music concert, Australia
89 |
|
Cowherd and Weaving Girl |
theater music, 1986, performed By
Central Conservatory of Music and Beijing Dance Academy, Beijing,
1986 |
|
The First String Quartet |
1985,
performed by China Youth Quartet, Beijing 1985 |
|
Ancient Dance |
1984,
performed by China Opera House Orchestra, Beijing 1984 | |
