Lei Liang

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
  version for pipa and string quartet
  (2010/2014 )
- 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 IX
  for piccolo
  (2024 )
- 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 )
- Mineral Harmonies: Book 2
  (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 )
- Lakescape IX
  for piccolo
  (2024 )
- 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
  version for pipa and string quartet
  (2010/2014 )
- 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
- Mineral Harmonies: Book 1
  (2024 )
- Mineral Harmonies: Book 2
  (2024 )
- 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 )