Ming-Hsiu Yen: Compositions

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Compositions

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Orchestra:

Yun (2006; rev. 2008) for orchestra [10'00"]

Balafan (2004) for piano and orchestra [12'00"]

Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence (2005) for soprano and orchestra [9'00"]

Sailing to the Horizon (2002) for orchestra [12'00"]

Chamber:

Chinatown (2008) for yangqin, pipa, percussion & saxophone quartet [6'30"]

Phalaenopsis (2007) for violin and piano [7'30"]

Sorrowful Beauty (2003; 2007, rev.) for clarinet and string quartet [9'00"]

Elegy (2005, 2006 rev.) for saxophone quartet [7'30"]

Midnight Sun (2006) for percussion quartet [7'45"]

Movements (2002, 2004, 2005, arr. 2007) for 7 players [6'00"]

The End of the End (2005) for string quartet [3'00"]

For Sylvia Plath (2001) for 16 players [12'00"]

Ti-O-O (2000) for double bass and piano [4'30"]

Vertigo (2006) for 2 pianos and 2 percussionists [5'00"]

Duet (2000) for violin and piano [9'00]

Solo:

Two Old Postcards from Formosa (2007) for solo piano [9'00"]

Movements for piano (2002-2005) for solo piano [12'00"]

The Beam of Light (2006) for solo clarinet [7'00"]

Feline... (2006) for solo contrabass [4'15"]

Perpetual Motion (2007) for percussion solo [5'00"]

The Forgotten Corner (2005) for solo piano [7'30"]

Taiwanese Suite (2002) for solo violin [6'30"]

Choir:

The Sound of the Sea (2000) for SATB choir [6'30"]

Electronic:

Icicles (2004) for CD playback [4'40"]

Left Behind (2005) for CD playback [4'45"]