List of Works
WORKS PUBLISHED (exclusively by G Schirmer, Inc.)
盛宗亮作品表（由G Schirmer 专有出版）
Click on individual work for the program notes & further description of the music.
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Opera, Music Theater and Ballet
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Just Dance (2009)
A Ballet
The Nightingale and the Rose (2006), 17 minutes (recording)
A Ballet
Madame Mao (2003) 120 minutes
Opera in two acts
libretto (English)by Colin Graham
The Silver River (1997) 68 minutes
A Music Theater in two acts
libretto (English) by David Henry Hwang
cast (6+ fl/picc, pipa,);
orchestra (cl, perc, vn, vc)
May I Feel –An Opera in Seven Minutes (1996) 7 minutes (also see Chamber Music)
Words (English) by E. E. Cummings
soprano, tenor and piano four-hands
The Song of Majnun (1992) 60 minutes (recording)
Opera in one act
libretto (English) by Andrew Porter
cast (8); chorus (16-24);
orchestra (2111/2110/timp,perc[3]/hp/pf/str)
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Orchestra
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Never Far Away (2008) 22 minutes (recording)
- for Harp and Orchestra
(solo hp/2222/4220/timp/perc[4]/pno-cel/str)
Shanghai Overture (2007) 10 minutes (recording)
(3333/4331/timp/perc[4]/hp/str)
Olympic Overture (2007) 5 minutes
(3333/4331/timp/perc[4]/hp/pno/str)
Wild Swan (2006) 20 minutes
- Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra
(solo cl/2222/3220/timp/perc[3]/hp/str)
Zodiac Tales (2006) 30minutes
- Concerto for Orchestra
(3333/4331/timp/perc[4]/hp/str)
La’i (2005) 6 minutes (also see Band Works) (recording)
orchestra without strings
(3333/4331/timp/perc[4]/hp,pf)
Colors of Crimson (2004) 25 minutes
- Fantasy for marimba and Orchestra
(2222/3220/timp/perc[2]/hp,pf/str)
The Phoenix (2004) 25 minutes (recording)
Inspired and based on a short story by Han Christian Andersen
English lyrical adaptation by Bright Sheng
soprano and orchestra
(3333/4331/timp/perc[4]/hp/str)
The Song and Dance of Tears (2003) 25 minutes
sheng, pipa, violoncello, piano and orchestra
(3333/4331/timp/perc[4]/hp/str)
Tibetan Swing (2002) 10 minutes (recording)
(3333/4331/timp/perc[3]/hp/str)
Nanking! Nanking! (2000) 27 minutes (recording)
- A threnody for orchestra and pipa
(3333/4331/timp/perc[4]/hp/pf/str)
Red Silk Dance (1999) 15 minutes (recording)
- Capriccio for piano and orchestra
(2222/4230/timp/perc[3]/str)
Flute Moon (1999) 17 minutes (recording)
(solo picc-flute/timp/perc[4]/hp/pf/str)
Two Poems (1998) 25 minutes
- for Violoncello and Orchestra
(3333/4331/timp/perc[4]/hp[2]/pf(cel,syn)/str)
Postcards (1997) 17 minutes (recording)
- for flute & piccolo and chamber orchestra
(1212/2100/perc[2]/pf(cel)/str)
China Dreams (1995) 25 minutes (recording)
(3333/4331/timp/perc[4]/hp/pf/str)
Prelude for Orchestra (1994) 6 minutes
(3333/4331/timp/perc[3]/hp/pf/str)
Fanfare for Orchestra (1992) 5 minutes
(3333/4331/perc[4]/hp/pf/str)
H’UN (Lacerations): In Memoriam 1966-1976 (1988) 22 minutes (recording)
(2222/3220/perc[2]/hp/pf/str)
Two Poems from the Sung Dynasty (1985) 14 minutes (recording)
(soprano; 1111/1000/perc/hp/pf/str)
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Orchestra for Chinese Traditional Instruments
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Spring Dreams (1997) 25 minutes
- for Violoncello & Orchestra of Traditional Chinese Instruments
(Cello;
Di: Bang, Qu, Xin/Sheng: Gao 1, Gao 2,
Zhong/Suona: Gao, Zhong, Di/Di Guan, Liu Qin,
Pipa/Ran: Zhong, Da/Yang Quin, 2 Zheng (1 player)
5 Percussion
Hu: Gao, Er, Zhong, Cello, Bass)
Spring Dreams (1998) 25 minutes (recording)
- for Violin & Orchestra of Traditional Chinese Instruments
Violin;
Di: Bang, Qu,
Xin/Sheng: Gao 1, Gao 2,
Zhong/Suona: Gao, Zhong, Di/Di Guan, Liu Qin,
Pipa/Ran: Zhong, Da/Yang Quin, 2 Zheng (1 player)
/5 Percussion/
Hu: Gao, Er, Zhong,
Cello, Bass
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Chamber/Vocal/Solo
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Northern Lights for Violoncello and Piano (2009)
My Other Song for Solo Piano (2007) 15 minutes
Sweet May Again for String Bass and Piano (2007) 5 minutes
String Quartet No. 5 "Miraculous" (2007) 19 minutes
Three Fantasies for Violin and Piano (2005) 15 minutes (recording)
A Night at the Chinese Opera (2005) 9’ for violin and piano
Little Cabage - a Duet for Bb Clarinet & Bass Clarinet (2004) 3 minutes
A Tune from Childhood for Solo Auto Saxophone (2003) 5 minutes
- arranged by Brain Sacawa from the same name piece for solo Clarinet
Variation Fugato for Piano (2003) 4 minutes
Three Tunes for Pipa and Erhu (2003) 7 minutes
Tibetan Dance for Violin, Clarinet and Piano (2001) 12 minutes (recording)
Distant Birthday Bells for Solo Piano (2001) 1 minutes
String Quartet No. 4 "Silient Tample" (2000) 18 minutes (recording)
Three Songs for Pipa and Violoncello (1999) 10 minutes (recording)
A Tune from Childhood for Solo Clarinet (1996) 5 minutes
May I Feel –An Opera in Seven Minutes (1996) 7 minutes
(also see Opera, Music theater & Ballet Music)
Words (English) by E. E. Cummings
soprano, tenor and piano four-hands
Seven Tunes Heard in China for Solo Violoncello (1995) 20 minutes (recording)
Concertino for Clarinet & String Quartet (1994) 18 minutes
Seven Yadhtrib Variations for Solo Bassoon (1994) 3 minutes
String Quartet No. 3 (1993) 18 minutes (recording)
Three Chinese Poems for Mezzo-soprano and Piano(1982-92) 6 minutes
Four Movements for Piano Trio (1990) 12 minutes (recording)
The Stream Flows for Solo Violin in two movements (1990) 10 minutes (recording)
My Song for solo Piano (1989) 10 minutes (recording)
Three Chinese Love Songs for Soprano, Viola and Piano (1988) 8 minutes (recording)
The Stream Flows for Solo Viola (1988) 4 minutes (recording)
Three Etudes for Solo Flute (1982-88) 8’ Three Pieces for Viola and Piano (1986) 10 minutes
Two Poems from the Sung Dynasty (1985) 14 minutes (recording)
for Soprano and thirteen players
(Soprano;1111/1000/perc/hp,pf/str)
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Chorus
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Boatmen’s Song (2003) 4 minutes
- for professional children’s choir/women’s chorus, perc, harp
Two Chinese Folk Tunes (1998) 7 minutes
Children's Chorus (nonsense syllables, in 2 parts)
Children's String Orchestra
Fragments from ‘The Song of Majnun’ (1992) 18 minutes
soprano, tenor, chorus and chamber orchestra
(2111/2110/perc[2]/hp/pf/str)
Two Folk Songs from Qinghai (1989) 10 minutes (recording)
(Chorus; 1111/2110/perc[2]/pf/str)
Two Folk Songs from Qinghai (1989) 10’
(mixed chorus, 2 pianos and 2 percussionists)
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Band
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La’i (2005) 6 minutes (recording)
(3333/4331/timp/perc[4]/hp,pf)
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