Lei Liang

Lake was composed after I spent sometime in a Buddhist monastery in upstate New York in the early spring of 1999. In an evening while walking alone by the side of the lake, I caught the sight of a “V” shape floating and extending on the surface of the water. It was a beaver taking a swim under the moon. I wished then to write a piece of music that served as the silent surface of water on which performers could inscribe their signatures in sounds.

This version for soprano and trumpet is written for and dedicated to Corinne Byrne and Andy Kozar.

– Lei Liang